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There is a scene in the final Lord of the Rings film where one of the antagonists is surveying a city upon which he and his forces are about to launch an attack. “Fear,” the character, a grotesque orc called Gothmog, if you’re interested in the details, growls. “The city is rank with it.” Swap…
Another review will be held to decide whether Snowtown serial killer James Vlassakis should be released on parole. Vlassakis was the youngest of four perpetrators convicted for his role in the notorious “bodies-in-the-barrels” killings, which rocked Australia at the turn of the century. Last year, South Australia’s Parole Board granted Vlassakis release on parole. However,…
Authorities are investigating allegations three pet dogs died after being baited at a popular walking spot in the Murray River town of Echuca in northern Victoria. Yvette Height said her two beloved dogs and a dog belonging to her brother died suddenly on Monday just hours after her husband walked them on a grassy area…
Founders, employees and early investors in startup companies will get an extra capital gains tax discount as the federal government moves to stamp out the backlash to its budget. Labor has been consulting with the startup sector and with small businesses, which have argued that the proposed overhaul to the capital gains tax will unfairly…
Once a favourite holiday destination of A-listers Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Aniston, a tropical island resort off the Far North Queensland coast now has a new operator. Double Island was one of the jewels of Cairns’s tourism industry but, over more than a decade, it was left to decay and fall into ruin….
The heartbroken parents of two children killed when they were hit by a car in Sydney’s south-west yesterday have spoken of their shock, saying they forgive the driver. The distraught parents of five-year-old Katherine and Harry, one, fought through tears on Thursday morning speaking of the crash near their Cabramatta home. “I can’t describe it,…
A Gold Coast woman accused of killing two of her adult children five years apart, has been cleared of all murder charges. In 2018 Maree Mavis Crabtree was arrested over the deaths of Jonathan Crabtree in 2017 and Erin Crabtree in 2012. It was alleged by police at the time she drugged her children, aged…
Youth crime fell last year in Victoria for the first time in four years, but adult crime rose by more than 10 per cent in the state, according to the latest statistics. The Crime Statistics Agency (CSA) has released its figures for the 12 months to March 2026, showing Victoria’s overall crime rate fell by…
American Olympic bronze medallist and world champion 1,500m runner Jenny Simpson collapsed after suffering a medical episode while pacing a mile group at an event in Raleigh, North Carolina. Simpson underwent CPR at the track and an automated external defibrillator was also used before taking her to the hospital. The 39-year-old Simpson was taking part…
It has been revealed a South Australian government fund of more than $28 million to assist rural industries has sat unused for a decade. The Rural Industry Adjustment and Development Fund was established in the 1980s to provide loans and grants at the discretion of the primary industries and regions minister. The money can be…