The windscreen and side mirror of a car have been smashed in an alleged road rage incident between an e-scooter rider and a motorist in Melbourne’s east. Police are investigating a report that a Volkswagen Golf was being driven along Cotham Road in Kew about 12.15pm on November 18 when they sounded their horn at … Read more
A travel warning is set to be issued for Jewish people looking to visit Australia after a Melbourne synagogue was firebombed in what’s being treated as a terrorist attack. US-based Jewish human rights organisation the Simon Wiesenthal Centre is expected to issue a travel warning after the Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea was firebombed in … Read more
Building larger schools could save taxpayers up to $1.5 billion as Victoria is projected to need almost 1000 new kindergartens and government schools in the next decade to keep up with demand. The state will need about 900 new kindergartens, 60 new government schools and 20 per cent more space for TAFE by 2036, according … Read more
Teens under 16 will soon be banned from social media apps like TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Snapchat and Facebook after the world-first laws passed parliament on Friday morning. The significant Bill was part of a marathon last minute rush to pass 31 pieces of legislation in the last sitting week of 2024 before parliament breaks for … Read more
Criticism of Israel or the war in Gaza doesn’t amount to anti-Semitism, the foreign minister says, as Australia grapples with an increase in the vile sentiment. Many in Australia’s Jewish community are feeling scared and unsafe and anti-Semitism must be rejected at every turn, Penny Wong says. “We know that cruel acts of anti-Semitism evoke … Read more
A school bus belonging to an Islamic college has been set alight in Adelaide, engulfing the vehicle in flames. The school bus, which belongs to IQRA College in the city’s south, was parked on Matheson Rd outside the bus driver’s home in Reynella shortly before midnight on Sunday when arsonists set fire to the vehicle. … Read more
Swimmers have been warned to stay away from a popular dam after an organism closely related to a brain-eating amoeba was found during routine water checks. With temperatures steadily reaching the 30s in the next few days, some may have intended to cool off at Drakesbrook Weir, a popular swimming spot 100 kilometres south of … Read more
Peter Dutton has pledged to never address the country as prime minister while flanked by the Indigenous flags because he believes it “divides people unnecessarily”. The Opposition Leader has long appeared publicly without the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags behind him. On Monday night he said Australians should “respect” the flags, but that ultimately … Read more
Safety for tens of thousands of Pacific islander workers in Australia as part of a labour scheme is a major issue with road accidents and exploitation key concerns. The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme benefited Australia and its participants but it could be improved, Employment Minister Murray Watt said as he convened a roundtable … Read more
Remote communities across the country will have free public wi-fi available under a federal government plan aimed at ensuring digital inclusion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Twenty-three communities in the Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia have signed up for the $20 million program, which Indigenous Australians Minister Malarndirri McCarthy said … Read more