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Mollie O’Callaghan has just missed out on reclaiming her 200 metres freestyle world record, unable to keep pace with former teammate Ariarne Titmus’s rapid closing speed. O’Callaghan won the 200m at the Australian Swimming Trials in Sydney in 1:52.86 to book her ticket to the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and remain second only to Titmus in…
A woman who died three days after gastric bypass surgery likely would have survived if she had not been discharged, an inquest has found. Gold Coast woman Rosemarie Campbell died in February 2022 at her home of complications after the operation performed by Vahid Reza Adib at The Wesley Hospital in Brisbane. A coronial inquest…
Three people have died in separate crashes on South Australian roads today, including a young woman who was struck by a rubbish truck in Adelaide’s north-east. SA Police said a 23-year-old woman from Modbury Heights was killed by the truck on Melrose Street in the same suburb about 9:45am. The 48-year-old truck driver, from Prospect,…
A shaggy dog named Bruce has been rescued from the North Sea after being blown away in an inflatable kayak. Bruce was pulled onto a tour boat skippered by Australian Jimmy Reid near the Farne Islands, off the coast of England. “You are the goodest of boys,” Mr Reid said as he patted Bruce. Loading……
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has charged a National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) employee over an alleged plot to steal $5 million from the National Disability Insurance Service (NDIS) and a disability services provider. Officers from the AFP, SA Police and other agencies executed a search warrant at the woman’s home in the northern Adelaide…
Oil and gas giant Inpex has launched proceedings with the Fair Work Commission seeking urgent orders to stop strike action at its Ichthys LNG facility in Darwin, citing significant disruptions. Earlier in the week, the Offshore Alliance — a union comprising the Australian Workers’ Union and the Maritime Union of Australia — flagged on social…
Hong Kong authorities have charged seven people and two companies with offences including manslaughter following the city’s deadliest fire in decades. The massive blaze engulfed seven apartment buildings and killed 168 people in November. Former residents and relatives of the dead have been waiting for answers for months after the fire shattered the close-knit community…
The Gold Coast mayor says the state government will have to guarantee more affordable homes to make up for the 550 lost from a new development. The Labor opposition has called out Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie’s move to write to developers last month and request the removal of an affordable housing component from applications for…
A well-known Melbourne socialite has faced a regional Victorian court charged with spiking a drink at a party at the Mount Buller ski resort. Amy Tossoun, 34, faced the Mansfield Magistrates’ Court today over offences related to an alleged drink spiking in July last year. She did not enter a plea regarding charges of possessing…
Western Australia has recorded its fourth crocodile attack this year after a man trod on a saltwater crocodile at a popular Kimberley fishing spot. The 35-year-old was fishing in waist-deep water at Barred Creek, about 40 kilometres north of Broome, when he was bitten late last month. He was taken to Broome Hospital for treatment…