The funeral for Holly Bowles, who died after suspected methanol poisoning during a trip to Laos, will be held today at Beaumaris Secondary College, where friends and family pay their respects and say their final goodbyes. Ms Bowles died in a Bangkok hospital on November 21 after consuming a drink allegedly laced with methanol during … Read more
Liliana Goodson tried to smuggle a 24-karat gold-plated pistol into Australia in her luggage. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short An American traveller has been jailed for smuggling a 24-karat gold-plated gun worth $2000 into Australia in her hand luggage. Liliana Goodson, 29, faced Sydney Downing Centre Court on Monday after pleading guilty to two charges … Read more
Nauru has signed a pact with Australia, massively deepening economic and security ties in a major blow to China’s Pacific ambitions. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Nauruan President David Adeang signed the Nauru-Australia Treaty in Canberra on Monday, compelling the tiny Pacific nation to get Australia’s sign-off on any engagement in its security, banking and … Read more
What looks like an idyllic lake in Australia’s suburbs is the site of several disturbing finds. Over several weeks wildlife rescuers have scooped the bodies of dead ducks and other native birds from its waters. “They have no visible injuries, cause of death unknown,” mystified WIRES volunteer Inga Tiere wrote on a community social media … Read more
A woman once widely considered Australia’s most dangerous female prisoner has avoided further punishment after throwing her tea at a nurse at a Sydney hospital. Rebecca Jane Butterfield was jailed for 12 years in 2003 after stabbing her cellmate 33 times with a carving knife but was released from prison earlier this year. The 50-year-old … Read more
A child previously charged with murder says she doesn’t like waking up every day and seeing the same four walls, pleading to be allowed outside. However, the 13-year-old girl’s requests were rejected on Monday as an application to continue holding her in a secure facility for another six months was approved by the Supreme Court. … Read more
Australian wildlife researchers have made an incredibly rare discovery in the bush that they’ve branded “such an exciting result” for koala conservation. Thanks to assistance from a “poo-sniffing English springer spaniel” named Max, a new community of koalas at Fernbrook, inland of Coffs Harbour, has been found that appear to be both chlamydia free and … Read more
Anthony Albanese has unveiled an AFP-led taskforce to tackle rising anti-Semitism in Australia, days after the arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue. The Prime Minister said Friday’s incident was the third arson attack linked to anti-Semitism, following the attack of the office of Jewish Labor MP Josh Burns and the defacement of cars with anti-Semitic … Read more
An Uber driver has avoided conviction for brandishing a water pistol resembling a Glock firearm near the NSW parliament. Waqar Hassan Virk, 28, parked his bronze Toyota Camry on Hospital Rd in Sydney on the afternoon of November 14 in full view of the parliament’s surveillance cameras. According to the court documents, he remained seated … Read more
It will be a sweltering week, as an oppressively muggy heatwave and thunderstorms wash over the east and northwest coast of Australia. The brunt of the heat will likely be felt in Queensland, parts of NSW and Western Australia, which have been issued further heatwave and thunderstorm warnings. Over the weekend, thousands of residents were … Read more