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King Charles III and Queen Camilla will not move into Buckingham Palace when renovations costing hundreds of millions of pounds finish next year, breaking almost two centuries of royal tradition. Charles is the first British monarch to decline using the sprawling 775-room central London complex as their official residence since 1837, when Queen Victoria moved…
A Sydney man who spent more than $160,000 on lottery tickets and poker machines in less than two years says his experience shows “more needs to be done” to protect vulnerable community members. John, who asked to remain anonymous due to stigma associated with gambling harm, turned to gambling as a form of escape after…
Sydney Kings assistant coach and co-owner Andrew Bogut has been fined $9,500 for body-shaming the Adelaide 36ers owner online and confronting him after an NBL championship series game. The 36ers accused Bogut of making “persistent and repeated personal attacks” towards Grant Kelley when they lodged an official complaint with the NBL in March. That complaint…
An afternoon stroll on a quiet shoreline with her sandy, joyful golden retriever encapsulates the reason Joanne Ballard retired on the Capricorn Coast. “It’s just wonderful. We really enjoy being here.” The grandmother moved to the area in 2021 with her husband after working for decades in Gladstone and western Queensland. But her idyllic adopted…
Police have released CCTV footage of a regular V/Line commuter who has been missing from his regional Victorian home for more than three weeks. Colac man Matthew was last seen at Footscray Railway Station at 3:30pm on June 3. Police said the 43-year-old regularly took the V/Line train on the Warrnambool line to make the…
The Northern Territory government says it will continue to clamp down on students skipping school, despite new data indicating its hardline truancy approach is not yielding results. Since coming to power in August 2024, the Country Liberal Party (CLP) government has spent more than $20 million on policies including deploying truancy officers to get kids…
Raymond Island in Victoria’s east, a place only accessible by ferry, is known as a community where wildlife rescues are a frequent part of life. But for Bruce and Elizabeth Miller, assisting an injured kangaroo on Monday evening took a dramatic turn. The Raymond Island teacher was walking just behind his wife along what they…
A major search and rescue operation is underway to find survivors in Venezuela after a devastating double earthquake. At least 188 have lost their lives, thousands remain missing and 250 buildings have been lost or damaged, President of the National Asembly Jorge Rodríguez has said. Fri 26 Jun 2026 at 6:33am Fri 26 Jun 2026…
Channel Nine has told staff that star presenter Karl Stefanovic is leaving the network “effective immediately”. The announcement came in an email to staff this morning. The broadcaster’s departure was also addressed on the Today program. “Look, we know there has been a lot of speculation about Karl’s future with the show. This morning, we…
A wildlife rescue organisation is calling for support to set up a facility that can treat and quarantine sick birds after South Australia detected its first case of H5N1 bird flu on Wednesday. It comes as several metropolitan and regional vets have posted on social media that their clinics will not be accepting wild birds….