Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Courtney Gould gets you up to speed on the happenings from Parliament House. As Anthony Albanese stood in front of a Medicare banner and Pauline Hanson put her hand out for donations, voters could be forgiven for thinking the election was two months, not two years,…
A NSW coroner has recommended medical staff who failed to treat, transfer or monitor a newly arrested prisoner for alcohol withdrawal should have their conduct reviewed by professional councils. Dictor Dongrin and his brother were arrested in June 2022 after a violent and drunken incident at the family home in Coffs Harbour, in which their…
A federal prosecutor has told jurors in the US that 30-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht was feeling lonely and dejected over a break-up when he allegedly lit a wildfire in January 2025 that grew into one of the deadliest and most destructive in Los Angeles history. The lawyer representing the former Uber driver countered that the hilltop…
Anti-immigration figures are using social media to exploit anger at the horrific stabbing of a man in Northern Ireland. The attack on Stephen Ogilvie in Belfast, allegedly at the hands of a Sudanese migrant, has led to rioting in the city, with cars and homes destroyed by mobs of people wearing black clothing. While the…
Nagi Maehashi, the founder of RecipeTin Eats, has hired her new “chief taste tester”, a golden retriever named Jaffle. Earlier this year Maehashi announced the passing of her beloved golden retriever Dozer, a fixture of the Recipe Tin Eats brand and a devoted companion to its founder. Nagi took time off to be with almost…
Former Sydney Hells Angels boss Angelo Pandeli has been arrested in Bali while attempting to leave Indonesia on a private jet using a fake passport. Mr Pandeli originally left Australia in 2018 before police executed a search warrant on his Pyrmont home related to a $250 million drug plot. The 55-year-old was never charged with…
A Victorian court has heard that a regional pub where five people died in a road accident did not have a valid outdoor dining permit at the time of the crash. In November 2023, five people were dining outside The Royal Daylesford Hotel in central Victoria when a vehicle left the road, crashing into two…
A former Victoria Police officer has been sentenced to six months in prison after repeatedly harassing a woman on social media over an almost 18-month period. Craig Lineham, 55, was convicted of one count of using a carriage service to menace, after his victim Sarah Baker, who ran a feminist Facebook page, reported the issue…
Casey McLean believes one of the keys to success is he’s not afraid to fail but it’s fair to ask if the State of Origin rookie can even remember what failing feels like. McLean will play his second match for New South Wales on Wednesday night as the latest moment of unveiling for one of…
Damaging storms swept through the Midwest on Wednesday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers and causing more than a thousand flight delays or cancellations at Chicago airports. The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings across Illinois, Kansas, northern Missouri and southern Iowa, while severe thunderstorm watches were in place for parts of…