A second Sydney synagogue has been vandalised with swastikas in as many days in an attack the Jewish community said was intended to erode social cohesion. The Newtown Synagogue in Sydney’s inner-west was the latest site targeted, with red swastikas spray painted across its front wall. Police are investigating the incident and attended the scene … Read more
A wildlife documentarian shared his surprise at finding a nesting native bird had laid its eggs merely 30 centimetres from a “regularly used railway” — saying he “can’t decide” whether it’s “one of the worst spots ever or one of the best”. Queenslander Wil Kemp found a bush-stone curlew and it’s nest near a set … Read more
Vandals have graffitied another synagogue in Sydney’s inner west overnight, a day after swastikas were sprayed on the Southern Sydney Synagogue in Allawah. Police were called to a home that was covered with graffiti on Henry St in Queens Park about 6.30am on Saturday. Anti-Semitic attack on the Newtown Synagogue, Sydney. Crime scene has been … Read more
An Australian man who brought the country’s busiest international airport to a standstill after he falsely claimed to be carrying a bomb quit his job and bought a one-way plane ticket in a “rapid descent into a psychotic state”, court documents reveal. Muhammad Arif, 46, was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment to be served in … Read more
A photo of a beach with criss-cross tracks through its sand may appear as harmless fun on an electric bike, but the markings expose a damaging trend wreaking havoc on Aussie coastlines. The latest incident of beachgoers riding e-bikes along dunes occurred at Peregian Beach near Noosa Heads in Queensland over the weekend and a … Read more
New research shows you can’t outrun the 21st century’s insatiable appetite for user data. Analysis by Dutch internet security firm Surfshark has found 80 per cent of fitness apps share user data with third parties. Those third parties are typically data brokers (who sell information about you) and advertisers. Surfshark found two of the most … Read more
A man has been charged with murder after three people were allegedly kidnapped and tortured for hours, leaving one of them dead. Queensland Police have charged the 31-year-old following the death of a 52-year-old man on Sunday in Brisbane’s southwest. He has also been charged with grievous bodily harm, armed robbery and two counts each … Read more
A 31-year-old man has been charged with murder along with the alleged kidnapping and torture of two other people in Brisbane’s southwest. Police allege the Birkdale man assaulted a 52-year-old man near Rudyard St in Richlands about 6.30pm on Sunday. The injured man arrived at Logan Hospital with significant head injuries, before police were called … Read more
Residents of a city who have endured years of noxious odours from waste plants are divided over the announcement of an inquiry into the health impacts. For the last six years residents of Ipswich, southwest of Brisbane, have been complaining of smells they described as raw sewage, ammonia, ethanol, rotting compost, sour milk and decaying … Read more
We may be in the height of summer but Aussies are being warned to stay away from dozens of beaches around the country’s biggest city with the presence of two major threats under the water. A total of 56 beaches around Sydney were contaminated with stormwater pollution on Friday after heavy rain, with experts telling … Read more