Australian’s are being encouraged to apply for “odd jobs” in Tasmania this winter, with wombat walker, oyster organiser, paranormal investigator and wine whisperer just some of the jobs on offer. The Tasmanian state government has sent out the call for “mainlanders” to consider applying for winter jobs on the Apple Isle to help combat work … Read more
Advertised rents in Australia’s capital cities have dropped, in the largest monthly percentage decline recorded since 2020. A fall of 0.5 per cent was recorded in May, according to a new report by SQM Research. This was “driven by falls in Sydney and an unchanged reading out of Melbourne”, the report said. Know the news … Read more
Tributes are flowing for Australian radio and TV star John Blackman, whose death was announced on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. Blackman’s colleagues from the hit variety show, Hey Hey It’s Saturday, have shared their shock and love for the man who was once a household name. “He had a God-given talent to … Read more
Millennials are leading the exodus from capital cities to regional areas, continuing a trend that began during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and which has been fuelled by high housing and living costs. But people fleeing the fetid air of the dusty, dirty city are not going far, overflowing to nearby regions that make up the five … Read more
New research has left people shocked at the number of calories pregnancy burns. Biologists from Monash University in Melbourne have discovered human pregnancy requires an astonishing 49,753 dietary calories. That’s the same as 104 McDonald’s Happy Meals or 218 Mars bars. “Most of (the) energy that mammals put into reproduction is ‘boiled off’ as metabolic … Read more
Melbourne toddler Charlie Pringle “always had a little potbelly” — an adorable feature his parents, Paige Guy and Sheldon Pringle, had chalked up to a mild intolerance to cow’s milk. But when a call from Charlie’s daycare centre on May 9 alerted Guy to a “rock-hard” area on Charlie’s tummy, the diagnosis that followed came … Read more
A Victorian man is fighting for his life in hospital after his Fijian holiday turned into a nightmare. Clayton Brett was in Lautoka in Fiji when he presented at a hospital with stab wounds. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: The Fiji travel nightmare that left an Australian man fighting for life. The Altona man then caught … Read more
US singer SZA has slammed the behaviour of some crowd members who were seen throwing items onto the stage at her Melbourne show. The singer, whose real name is Solána Imani Rowe, paused her concert to call out the “crazy behaviour” at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne on Tuesday night. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: SZA … Read more
Comedian and TV presenter Andy Lee has announced his engagement to long-term girlfriend Rebecca Harding after 10 years together, much to the delight of fans. Lee, 42, shared the news on the latest Hamish And Andy podcast released at midnight on May 1. After the Melbourne-based Lee revealed he had asked Harding to marry him, … Read more
Two travellers have been fined $54,000 in a Federal Court ruling for attempting to smuggle 240 fish through Melbourne International Airport. One man was initially fined $420 for attempting to smuggle 120 live ornamental fish into the country in December 2019. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry launched an investigation when the same man … Read more
