An Adelaide teenager is pleading with parents and doctors to stop telling kids to “toughen up”, saying bouts of pain may be masking something sinister. Lucy O’Neill was diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis when she was 14 years old after years of struggling with chronic pain. Now 19 years old, she has described how it took … Read more
The Australian suburbs being crushed under the weight of “extreme rental stress” have been highlighted in sobering new data. A September Rental Pain Index (RPI) report by property research and analysis firm Suburbtrends shows 35 areas at breaking point. The RPI score is calculated using a number of factors including rent changes over the last … Read more
Visitors to the iconic Big Rocking Horse in South Australia will no longer be able to buy a drink or bite to eat while enoying the view of the 18m-tall horse. The Gumeracha park’s cafe is closing after sustaining more than $12,000 worth of damage in Monday’s storm, with wind gusts of up to 105km/h. … Read more
The South Australian government has introduced a bill into parliament to reform driver training laws, including making tests cheaper for learner drivers. Private tests will also be outlawed for car licenses and will now have to be conducted by government examiners. Transport Minister Tom Koutsantonis said the proposed reforms were to address “corruption and sexually … Read more
Petrol prices are at an almost 12-month low in some parts of Australia and are expected to stay low for some time unless simmering tensions in the Middle East boil over. The average price of fuel in NSW in the month of August 2024 was $1.87, very close to the 12-month low of $1.86 seen … Read more
Andrew* lost $13,000 in a matter of seconds through an investment scheme that cost Australians a total of $293 million last year. South Australia Police shared Andrew’s story for Scams Awareness Week to stop others falling victim. They said he began speaking to someone calling themselves “Zoe” on Tinder who, after weeks of conversations, earned … Read more
Renowned Australian chef Maggie Beer has been rushed to hospital after suffering a fall at her Barossa Valley home in South Australia. The 79-year-old Australian food icon suffered minor bone fractures and related injuries, a post on her Instagram page said. Beer is expected to make a full recovery, but her family said in the … Read more
People in three states have been put on alert over wild storms with the potential to bring down trees and power lines, triggering outages. Severe thunderstorms are expected to hit much of south eastern Australia on Sunday, extending from western New South Wales to the east of South Australia and much of northern Victoria. Adelaide, … Read more
Margie and Gary* couldn’t have children of their own but they had love and a safe place to offer — so they became foster carers. Across 30 years of fostering in the Northern Territory and South Australia, the couple have provided emergency accommodation and respite for more than 300 children in child protection. Margie said … Read more
A New South Wales family of eight are struggling to make ends meet after the father, Robert Miller, 34, had an aneurysm that was initially believed to be food poisoning. Miller has been unable to work after surgery last month, leaving his partner, Kerrieann James as the sole income earner. “We’re both casual workers … … Read more
