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It is 11:45pm on a Sunday night, and an anonymous woman has just posted in a Facebook group. Not long after, men start replying, offering to help. What she has asked for is sperm, and now the rest of the conversation has moved to her DMs. Welcome to world of online semen donation. The number…
The finest of the Kiwis we called our own (though actually Northern Irish), Sam Neill was embraced wholeheartedly by Australian cinephiles as a man of endless charm and dashing good looks. And what a career, including everything from a First Nations-led Western to a sci-fi epic via dinosaurs! Deeply saddened by his untimely passing, we…
A young Perth doctor and musician is behind bars after being charged with killing a 63-year-old man in a late-night scuffle several hundred metres from the bustling nightlife strip in Fremantle. The incident has seen the 26-year-old refused bail and remanded in police custody after being hauled before the courts on a manslaughter charge. Here’s…
The Jewish Community Council of South Australia has condemned the vandalism of an Adelaide home on Saturday morning. The response came after Rosti Sverdlov’s Camden Park door and fence was graffitied with antisemitic messages and symbols on Saturday. Council president Annetay Henderson-Sapir said the Jewish community had a proud history in the state. “This shocking,…
Socceroos and Matildas contracted to A-League clubs could soon exercise their right to industrial action after the football players’ union rejected the latest pay deal proposed by league bosses. The previous collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between A-League Men and A-League Women players and the Australian Professional Leagues (APL) expired on June 30. Despite the agreement…
Actor Sam Neill, who starred in My Brilliant Career and Jurassic Park, has died aged 78. A post made to his social media account on Monday afternoon said he had died in Sydney “surrounded by his family”. “The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free,” the statement,…
One of the most beloved actors in Hollywood, the late Sam Neill is remembered as our “honorary Aussie” with a breadth of talent. Sam Neill knew he could make people smile. He had a knack for it. “I’m in the cheering-up business.” Whether it was through his vast array of movie roles, getting us all…
A man has died after he was attacked by his dog on his property in north-west NSW. Emergency services responded to reports of a dog attack at a property on Timor Road in Coonabaraban at about 10am on Sunday. Orana Mid Western Police District officers arrived and found a 55-year-old man suffering from serious injuries….
A paramedic who chose not to force entry to a house, despite being told a man was inside and needed medical attention, had “a flawed understanding” of his powers to enter the property, an inquest finds. South Australia’s State Coroner David Whittle handed down his findings on Monday into the death of 64-year-old David Low,…
As crowds flocked to Noosa Main Beach to make the most of the winter sunshine over the weekend, Will Watson was on an entirely different mission. The wildlife rescuer’s hazmat suit in Queensland’s holiday hotspot drew plenty of attention, but his focus was on a northern giant petrel lying on the sand. Will Watson took…