How Centrelink opening hours, payments and reporting dates will change over 2024 Easter long weekend

How Centrelink opening hours, payments and reporting dates will change over 2024 Easter long weekend

Payment and reporting dates over the Easter long weekend are set to shift for Centrelink customers. The revised dates accommodate for branch closures affecting processing times and face-to-face appointments. Centrelink branches across Australia will be closing for the Good Friday public holiday on March 29 and the Easter Monday public holiday on April 1. Newsletters: … Read more

CCTV clue in hunt for gunman who fired several shots at home in Sydney’s south

CCTV clue in hunt for gunman who fired several shots at home in Sydney’s south

CCTV footage has been released in the hunt for whoever fired several shots into a home in Sydney’s south. Multiple shots were fired into the home on Hawkesbury Esp, Sylvania Waters, about 7.10am on Saturday, December 23, 2023. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Police appeal after shots fired at Sydney home. Newsletters: Breaking news as it … Read more

Crown to keep operating Melbourne casino after two-year probation

Crown to keep operating Melbourne casino after two-year probation

Gaming giant Crown has changed its ways enough after a series of scandals to keep operating its Melbourne casino. The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission on Tuesday announced it was satisfied Crown is suitable to continue holding a casino licence. A Victorian royal commission, headed by former Federal Court judge Ray Finkelstein QC, in … Read more

Princess Catherine cancer diagnosis: The sad reason it took so long for Kate to come clean

Princess Catherine cancer diagnosis: The sad reason it took so long for Kate to come clean

Prince William’s response to brother Prince Harry’s olive branch in light of Catherine, Princess of Wales’ cancer diagnosis was reportedly not a “warm” brotherly exchange. Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex — who reportedly learned the news of Princess Kate’s cancer along with the rest of the world on Saturday — shared a … Read more

Apprentice carpenter impaled while working on high-rise building

Apprentice carpenter impaled while working on high-rise building

A Sydney subcontractor has been fined $450,000 after an apprentice was impaled while working on a high-rise building in Wollongong’s CBD. The apprentice was working on the Signature building in Regent St, Wollongong, on August 28, 2019, court documents obtained by 7NEWS.com.au reveal. The man was trying to nail down a spare plywood sheet on … Read more

Moscow attack suspects appear beaten in court, raising questions of torture – National

Moscow attack suspects appear beaten in court, raising questions of torture – National

NOTE: The following article contains disturbing content. Please read at your own discretion. Four men accused of carrying out a terrorist attack that claimed the lives of over 130 people appeared in court in Moscow Sunday night as authorities continue to search for survivors and bodies in the now-ruined Crocus City Hall concert venue. The … Read more

UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill to prevent anyone born after 2009 from ever legally purchasing tobacco products

UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill to prevent anyone born after 2009 from ever legally purchasing tobacco products

The United Kingdom is expected to pass a bill that would prevent anyone born after 2009 from ever legally purchasing tobacco products. The new Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which was introduced to Parliament last Wednesday, will mean children turning 15 this year, or younger, will never legally be sold cigarettes in a “phased approach”. The … Read more

Planet Of The Apes TV series actor Ron Harper has died at the age of 91

Planet Of The Apes TV series actor Ron Harper has died at the age of 91

Hollywood actor Ron Harper has passed away at the age of 91. The American star of TV series Planet Of The Apes and Land Of The Lost died of natural causes at his Los Angeles home on Thursday, Harper’s daughter told Hollywood Reporter. Born in Pennsylvania on January 12, 1933, Harper was described as a … Read more

Anne Hathaway Is a Totally New Woman With a Faux Pixie and Dark Makeup — See the Photos

Anne Hathaway Is a Totally New Woman With a Faux Pixie and Dark Makeup — See the Photos

Anne Hathaway looks like a completely different person on the cover of Vanity Fair in a very, very, very good way. The The Idea of You star transformed herself into a sleek seductress with a faux pompadour pixie hairstyle and deep, dark vampy lipstick and eye shadow to match. In the photos, shot by Norman … Read more

Sticky spot: Canada’s maple syrup production hits 5-year low, reserves sink

Sticky spot: Canada’s maple syrup production hits 5-year low, reserves sink

It’s a sticky situation for Canada’s maple syrup producers. Reserves of the popular pancake topper are dwindling and new numbers from Statistics Canada show maple syrup production has hit a five-year low. According to the government, production dropped from a record high of 79 million litres in 2022 to just over 47 million litres this … Read more