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Annalyse Blyton was visiting a friend’s house in Singleton, in the NSW Hunter Valley, last September when disaster struck. The 17-year-old was viciously attacked by a mixed breed dog that lived there and died of her injuries four days later. Annalyse’s stepmother Naomi Benson said she would never forget the horror of those four days….
When it is Teresa Russell’s time to go, she wants to be turned into human compost. Ms Russell has spent the past two years advocating for “terramation”, a process where a body is placed into a vessel with organic matter and broken down into soil. The practice is currently only legal in Germany and 14…
A domestic violence survivor has spoken about her fight to keep her former police detective ex-husband behind bars as he attempts to be released on parole. Twelve months ago, Stella Magnisalis stood outside the South Australian District Court and spoke about the five years of abuse she suffered at the hands of Matthew Alan Thomson….
Teena McQueen, who served as the federal Liberal Party vice-president from 2017 to 2023, died on Wednesday after a battle with a short but severe medical condition, her family told Sky News. Ms McQueen defected to One Nation in May, after serving in the Liberal Party for decades. One Nation leader Pauline Hanson issued a…
Temperatures will start to warm up across Queensland from today, after a brisk few days, with a burst of rain expected to last through the weekend. Frosts this week across the Darling Downs, Granite Belt and Carnarvon Ranges had Queenslanders shivering through the early mornings. Harry Clark, senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM),…
Newcastle forward Asu Kepaoa has been hit with a six-match ban for using a homophonic slur in a round-of-16 NSW Cup match. Kepaoa fronted the NSWRL judiciary on Wednesday when he pleaded guilty to making the slur in the Knights’ reserve-grade defeat of St George Illawarra last week. Kepaoa, who was sent from the field…
It was anxiety around the cultural impact of Australia’s impending federation that led to the Royal Society of Tasmania obtaining a rare piece of maritime history in 1900. “The council, they were worried that Tasmania would be swallowed up in this big amorphous federated country and that Tasmanian heritage and history might be lost,” Mary…
Every four years, the FIFA World Cup becomes much more than a football tournament. It turns into a global festival powered by millions of fans who come together to support their nations. From Norway flaunting its Viking culture to Japan cleaning up the stadium, the event creates one of the most diverse gatherings in modern…
When fashion designer Jo Smith reached out for support after discovering her designs had been copied by Shein, she said she was referred around by so many departments she felt like she was in “pass the parcel.” The Central Coast-based sole trader said she first found out two of her dresses from her company Y…
The first stage of a $9 million private worker accommodation development, designed to make it easier to attract essential workers to western Victoria, has reached completion. The Horsham Medical Worker Accommodation Project, led by Elmstone Property Group, is set to provide 36 self-contained apartments for healthcare professionals and other essential workers. The project was designed to attract…