Australians have taken to the streets to demand an end to gendered violence which advocates warn has reached crisis levels. Thousands of attendees at protests in Sydney, Adelaide and Hobart on Saturday demanded concrete action to break the cycle of violence which has claimed the lives of at least 26 women so far in 2024, … 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
Australia’s national firearms register is set to be up and running in 2028, allowing law enforcement to access information about guns owned in all states and territories. Some $160 million in funding, announced ahead of the May federal budget, will be spread across four years. The money will be used to establish the register as … Read more
Australians will take to the nation’s streets in their thousands to demand an end to gendered violence which advocates warn has reached crisis levels. About 15 rallies will be held across the nation over the weekend amid calls for concrete action to break the cycle of violence which has claimed the lives of at least … Read more
Woolworths has been fined $1.2 million after admitting it failed to pay out more than $1 million in leave entitlements to about 1200 Victorian workers. The supermarket giant was facing a maximum penalty of more than $10 billion, but Melbourne Magistrate Nahrain Warda on Friday found the smaller fine to be suitable punishment. Woolworths self-reported … Read more
Former soap star Orpheus Pledger has been taken into custody, more than 24 hours after a warrant was issued for his arrest. Pledger was arrested on Thursday afternoon, police confirmed, but details of the time and location of the arrest have not yet been disclosed. “Please be advised that Orpheus Pledger, who was wanted on … Read more
An arrest warrant has been issued for a former Home and Away star who is on the run after allegedly escaping custody. Orpheus Pledger was on remand for an alleged assault against a woman last month, and was set to face court on Tuesday but never showed up. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Former soap star … Read more
Melbourne will not get a second supervised drug injecting room despite a Victorian government report pushing for the facility. Premier Jacinta Allan and Mental Health Minister Ingrid Stitt ruled out another centre on Tuesday and instead announced increased medical support. They said $95 million would be spent on health strategies including $36.4 million to establish … Read more
An Australian music festival has been hit by a major data breach, in what is a second blow to the festival after several headline acts pulled out of the lineup, prompting refund demands. The Pandemonium Rocks music festival, which included acts such as Blondie, Alice Cooper and Wolfmother, was made aware of the data breach … Read more
Just before the beginning of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, Eman and Ahmed Shat were overjoyed to announce they would soon be welcoming their fourth child. Now in her third trimester of pregnancy and living in an overcrowded refugee camp in Rafah without basic essentials such as food and water, Eman, 29, is severely depressed … Read more
