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Police are investigating how a kangaroo with a joey in its pouch was shot with an arrow on the New South Wales Central Tablelands near Lithgow. Wallerawang community members are looking for the injured animal after it was spotted with an arrow piercing its back at Lake Wallace on Saturday, July 4. Volunteer and macropod…
As we tick closer and closer to Victoria’s state election in November, a flurry of new parties has been racing to join the contest, planning to take advantage of an archaic aspect of the electoral system that has been abolished in every other state. The applications of a dozen aspiring political parties are currently being…
A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton nicknamed “Gus” has become the most valuable dinosaur fossil bought at auction. The fossil, discovered on a South Dakota cattle ranch in 2021, sold for $US50.1 million ($71.8m) after a 10-minute battle between seven bidders at Sotheby’s, New York. “Gus” is one of the world’s most complete T-rex skeletons, with 183…
The Fair Work Commission has ruled a trucking company was within its rights to dismiss a driver after he set the temperature of a trailer full of ice cream nearly 20 degrees too warm. Jeremiah Manly worked as a linehaul truck driver for ERH Refrigerated Transport, and was tasked on December 3 with collecting a…
Adelaide Crows defender Josh Worrell has been reported by police and will face court over a traffic crash last week. Worrell, 25, was involved in a collision involving a pedestrian on Port Road at Woodville on Friday morning. In a statement, police said the pedestrian — a 29-year-old man — “sustained injuries and was taken…
Flights in and out of Adelaide are experiencing disruptions this morning due to heavy fog. An Adelaide Airport spokesperson said a number of flights were delayed for take-off while others have been circling around waiting to land as at 10am on Wednesday. Earlier this morning, two international flights from Malaysia and Singapore were circling over…
Fresh off its first-class flight from Glasgow, it received a reception befitting a visiting dignitary: a bagpiper in full regalia playing inside Boston Logan International Airport. Waiting to greet it were diplomats, the governor and Boston’s mayor. The guest of honour? An orange traffic cone. The arrival of the “Boston Cone” marked the latest chapter…
An inner-Melbourne council will no longer allow shared e-bikes, saying operator Lime refused to take responsibility for dumped bikes. Yarra Council, which covers suburbs including Richmond, Collingwood and Fitzroy, voted on Tuesday night to end a six-year trial of e-bikes and not award a permanent contract. Lime was the only company to tender for the…
For all the hype surrounding France, it folded at the first serious examination of its World Cup credentials, its campaign ending in a spectacular collapse in a 2-0 semifinal defeat by Spain. France was every bit as poor as it had been during the opening hour of the 2022 World Cup final against Argentina. That…
Authorities say they are close to eradicating feral deer near two West Australian towns following an aerial cull of the invasive pests. WARNING: This story contains images of dead and dying animals, which some readers may find distressing. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) carried out a cull near Esperance and Harvey…