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When Pauline Hanson started out in politics, the only way to reach a national audience was through the mainstream media. It was a stage on which — back in 1996 — she felt belittled, wrong-footed and patronised. This is a long time ago now. Donald Trump, at that time, was buying the Miss Universe franchise…
One person has died after a business jet crashed on a highway in Laredo, Texas, and caught fire. The crash, which happened on Tuesday night local time, caused chaos as people left their vehicles to frantically try to smash the cockpit window and free those inside. The plane had six people onboard when it crashed…
Fourteen million people have been displaced, more than 33 million need humanitarian aid, at least 150,000 are dead and horrific atrocities and massacres occur frequently. Human rights groups have reported these statistics and say sexual violence has become part of daily life for women and girls. Those same groups have called Sudan a “forgotten war” while…
Accused murderer Raelene Polymiadis was allegedly captured on police listening devices confessing to killing her elderly parents, a court has heard. Ms Polymiadis, 65, of Craigmore, is standing trial in South Australia’s Supreme Court, accused of murdering her parents 14 months apart in 2022 and 2023. Brenda and Lynton Anderson were both aged 94 at…
A 13-year-old Queensland boy charged with allegedly preparing to carry out an attack at a school will remain in custody after his bail application was rejected. He appeared in the Maryborough Children’s Court today via videolink. The teenager showed no emotion when Magistrate John Milburn made his decision. The boy has been charged with one…
Iraq striker Aymen Hussein was delayed on the way to his first World Cup, but he still made the best of his tournament debut. Earlier this month, it was not clear whether Hussein would be able to compete at the World Cup after he and another member of the team’s travelling party were detained for…
Aged 71, Lynette Poole is very grateful to be living with her granddaughter. It means the disability pensioner has a roof over her head for now, but she worries the arrangement is stopping the 28-year-old from getting on with her life. “My granddaughter wants to go and have a baby with her partner, and live…
Jeremy Clarkson, a former host of the BBC’s wildly successful Top Gear franchise, says he has been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer. The British TV star shared the news on an episode of his reality show, Clarkson’s Farm, during a conversation with his coworkers, farm manager Charlie Ireland and farmhand Kaleb Cooper….
Kyle Sandilands has come out of a very public wrongful termination dispute $12 million richer — but the real winner could be his former employer. In an ASX announcement on Wednesday, ARN Media agreed to pay the shock jock $12.09 million, with $3 million payable as soon as next month. That figure is well under…
A government minister has told parliament he was removing a Listerine strip from the roof of his mouth when he made what appeared to be vomiting gestures behind a female MP as she was talking about integrity. But an hour earlier Minister Gavin Pearce told Independent MP Kristie Johnston the gesture was due to him…