Neel Nanda, stand-up comedian who performed on Jimmy Kimmel, dies aged 32

Jimmy Kimmel comedian Neel Nanda has died aged 32. Nanda’s manager Greg Weiss confirmed the death, telling Deadline he was “deeply shocked and saddened”. “He was a wonderful comic, but a better person,” Weiss said in a statement on December 24. Stream the world’s best reality, entertainment and true crime shows for free on 7Bravo … Read more

Pet rottweiler Harlem euthanised following September attack on owner Nikita Piil at home in Success

A pet rottweiler “securely housed” by a Perth council following the savage mauling of its owner in the city’s south has been put to sleep, authorities have confirmed. Staff at the City of Cockburn’s Animal Management Facility have managed Harlem for more than five weeks after the dog turned on Nikita Piil at her home … Read more

Australian households facing home insurance affordability stress as premiums jump following floods and supply chain issues

Many households are on the verge of abandoning their home insurance policies, as new research has found about 1.24 million Australians are facing insurance affordability stress. It comes off the back of home insurance premiums having risen 28 per cent, or $414, to $1894 in the past 12 months, being the biggest hike in two … Read more

Elderly Brisbane man wins battle to save Coorparoo home from Queensland government’s compulsory acquisition amid Gabba redevelopment

An elderly Brisbane man who was told he had until Christmas to leave his home, has had a reprieve with the state government halting its plan to evict him and demolish his home. Trevor Connolly, 93, had been living in his Coorparoo home for 60 years, with no plan of ever leaving, when he received … Read more

Last chance for eligible Victorian households to apply for $250 Power Saving Bonus

Victorians have until midnight August 31 to apply for the current $250 Power Saving Bonus payment from the state government. The new round of the payment was an election promise and was confirmed after the Andrews government’s success at the November 2022 state election. The $250 payment has been available to any household that compares … Read more

The Halloween driving act that could set drivers back $1500

Motorists on their way to a dress up party this weekend may need to plan for a carpark costume change upon arrival because driving in some outfits is technically an offence. Oversized clown shoes or sky-high Barbie stilettos, a Scream mask or some zombie eye contacts, anything that restricts a motorist’s movement or vision can … Read more

‘Keep fighting’: School students’ promise for Palestine as they flood streets demanding an end to Israel’s war on Gaza

Students have again heeded the call of their peers to skip school as they turned out to block streets in Australian cities in support of Palestine. Hundreds of students showed up outside Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station on Thursday to demand Israel end the siege in Gaza, release all Palestinian political prisoners and end its occupation … Read more

Calls to free Palestinian refugee detained in Australia for a decade

Down and out from a decade in Australian immigration detention, Khaled El Ali’s heart sank even further when he learned his first cousin and his young family had been killed in Gaza. Mr El Ali, 37, is a stateless Palestinian man born in Lebanon to Palestinian refugees who were never granted Lebanese citizenship and only … Read more

Health insurer HCF to give customers $176 million cash back

Australian health insurance company HCF has announced it is giving back an additional $40 million in health insurance claims savings to its members. Private health insurer HCF has already given back a total of $536 million since the start of the pandemic to its 1.8 million Australian customers as part of their pandemic-related savings support … Read more