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They let them on the field at the end and the true believers spilled down from the hill and onto the turf. Some people came prepared and brought footballs they could kick with their children. Others just fell to their knees and kissed the grass. One man poured out a little bit of the last…
NSW Police will review footage that shows a police officer pushing a woman at a pro-Palestine protest in Wollongong. A video filmed by a protester at around 6:20am on Monday shows a woman falling to the ground after the officer pushes her while she stands in the path of a police vehicle at the Wollongong…
Police have received multiple calls with “new information” about a former Brisbane doctor charged with almost a hundred counts of rape. Stellios Theo Theodoros, known by his former patients as Doctor Stan, was charged with 148 counts of rape and sexual assault last month after 15 patients came forward to police. Mr Theodoros did not…
A Brisbane man accused of killing his American partner whose body has never been found claimed “it wasn’t me” after being found guilty of her murder. Mark Waden, 51, faced a murder trial in Brisbane accused of causing the death of Priscilla Brooten in July 2018. The prosecution alleged the 46-year-old was killed by Waden…
Tasmania’s Racing Minister Jane Howlett has resigned from cabinet, citing “relentless personal and political” attacks from opposition parties as the reason. It makes her the second minister to resign from Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s cabinet in just over two weeks. Ms Howlett has faced mounting pressure to move to the backbench over $300,000 in taxpayer money…
The Strait of Hormuz could reopen this week, after bringing almost a fifth of the world’s oil shipments to a standstill for more than three months. At the G7 summit overnight, US President Donald Trump repeated assurances that the globally significant passage will be “completely opened” by Friday, when the ceasefire agreement with Iran is…
A Melbourne childcare centre has been warned over a safety breach that potentially put children at risk of accessing a 12th floor balcony. The Victorian Early Childhood Regulatory Authority (VECRA) issued an emergency action notice to Woodlands St Kilda Road after spotting the fault during an inspection. VECRA said children were “at risk of serious…
The ACT’s former attorney-general Gordon Ramsay is facing a raft of new charges after he was arrested last year for grooming a young person. Sexual assault support lines: The arrest sent shock waves through Canberra when Mr Ramsay was initially charged in October. He was to have been committed to trial in the ACT Supreme Court…
For more than 25 years, astronauts have been staring back in awe at the world from the International Space Station. But on January 12, 2020, Luca Parmitano was devastated by what he saw staring back. Luca Parmitano captured the Black Summer bushfires from space. (Supplied: Luca Parmitano) “I was watching those billowing clouds from 400…
When Julie was born, her dad was 51 and her mum was 40. It was the 70s and Julie says her parents were “extremely old” compared to those of her peers. “I would go out with my dad to the shops and people would say, ‘Oh you’re spending the day with grandad today,’” says Julie,…