A battle between five people to buy a tiny beach box on the Mornington Peninsula, 100km from Melbourne, was won with a mind-blowing bid of close to $1 million dollars. The boat shed is one of six along the coveted Blairgowrie coastline, and while locals told 7NEWS they thought the winning $900,000 offer was too … Read more
A Cairns teenager living with encephalitis hopes to raise awareness of the autoimmune disease after doctors initially believed she had a common cold. Makenzie Webber, now 16, became sick after a camping trip to Port Douglas in 2018 when she was 10 years old. Her parents thought she had a cold, but in the weeks … Read more
More than 100,000 car owners have been ripped off by “unfair” Toyota dealer loans, a law firm claims. Melbourne-based firm Echo Law is seeking compensation for Toyota Finance customers, who they say were slugged hundreds of millions of dollars in extra costs because of a hidden dealership incentive. For years, Toyota Finance and its dealerships … Read more
The family of a Victorian boy who died suddenly from epilepsy hopes his death can highlight the importance of organ donation, as his legacy lives on through others. Six-year-old Archie Michael, from Donald in the state’s northwest, died after suffering an epileptic seizure on February 7, just weeks after receiving an epilepsy diagnosis. Archie “randomly” … Read more
A mother and daughter who were caught out by Taylor Swift ticket scammers have had a remarkable reversal of fortune. Milana Bruno met her hero in a viral moment from Swift’s Eras Tour concert on Friday night at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: The 9-year-old scam victim whose luck turned into … Read more
When Melbourne mum Bethany Girardi gave birth to her second child, it was one of the happiest moments of her life. But what came next was more than a year of debilitating pain and sickness that left doctors baffled. Shortly after the arrival of baby Ezra in August 2021, her mental and physical health began … Read more
For some Taylor Swift fans The Eras Tour has brought last-minute heartbreak as they discovered at the last minute they had bought scam tickets. Melbourne mother Sarah had been looking forward to taking her daughters, aged 10 and 13, to the Friday concert, but discovered she had inadvertently acquired stolen tickets, she told AAP. The … Read more
A $1 million reward is being offered to solve the cold case murder of a Melbourne mother 46 years ago. Mary Anne Fagan was 41 when she was last seen alive about 10.30am on February 17, 1978, in the yard of her home in Armadale. She had just driven four of her five children to … Read more
A wild afternoon electrical storm has hit parts of Western Sydney dumping hail, downing trees and sparking a fire as wild weather batters Australia’s east coast. In Victoria, a storm has knocked out power to half a million customers. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Intense electrical storm causes chaos throughout Sydney. Watch the latest news and … Read more
Kellin Behrendorff, 33, was taking mood stabilising medication for two years before she says a refill for her script was refused. The Brunswick woman said her concerns about her not being able to taper off her medication was met with a jarring response from her doctor: “that’s not my problem”. What followed Behrendorff’s “cold turkey” … Read more
