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What Rianna Hills lacks in size, she makes up for in drive. The eight-year-old Gold Coast girl practises as often as she can; on weekends and after school, even as the sun starts to drop below the horizon, Rianna is at her local golf course. “Every time I hit the ball, every week it’s going…
Two people who scaled New York City’s Empire State Building and unfurled a banner about “the power of love” before an apparent marriage proposal have been arrested. Dressed in black and wearing masks, the duo appeared to climb the 443-metre Manhattan skyscraper without tethers and were seen balancing on a narrow ledge to kiss atop…
It is a chill morning on the banks of the Murray River as the Friends of Nyah-Vinifera Park (FONVP) protest camp wakes to greet the day. Protesters have spent the past 40 days blocking river access at the Nyah-Vinifera flood plain, 20 kilometres north-west of Swan Hill in northern Victoria, and say they do not…
Some of football’s most iconic moments have involved players heading the ball, but as millions tune in to the World Cup, there is renewed pressure on Australia’s governing body of the sport to limit the practice linked to dementia and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The Professional Footballers of Australia (PFA) and a concussion expert are…
Mustansir Milky had never bought a new car until February, when he took the leap and purchased an XPeng G6 electric vehicle for $60,000. What drew him to the deal was the promise of a $5,000 cashback from Australian distributor TrueEV. “I hadn’t heard of XPeng before then, but I went for XPeng just because…
The family of a Thai teenager allegedly killed by an Australian man has placed her cremated ashes to rest at a local Buddhist temple as they seek justice for her murder. The body of 17-year-old Tunchanok Donhomla was found inside a suitcase last week, discarded near railway tracks in the coastal city of Pattaya. Thai…
As small businesses along regional main streets close, there are calls to turn empty CBD premises into living spaces to ease pressure and diversify housing markets. In Mount Gambier, on SA’s Limestone Coast, a number of shops have left the city’s main street in recent years, but a new regional plan has suggested “adaptive re-use…
An Australian AI pornography website has been barred from advertising on the world’s largest adult platform and targeted by Australia’s online safety regulator after the ABC revealed it could be breaching laws against child exploitation material. Warning: This story includes references to child abuse material. OurDream, which has been ranked as the biggest AI porn…
Police are investigating the death of a teenage boy found outside a medical centre in Melbourne’s north last night. The boy was located with serious injuries outside the Craigieburn Community Hospital about 7:50pm. Emergency services workers attempted to treat the boy but he died at the scene. Emergency services workers treated the boy, but he…
Extremists are using coded language and memes to evade detection when posting antisemitic content on social media, a royal commission has heard. Far-right individuals have also adopted memes as a way to push “more palatable” antisemitism, which is less likely to be picked up by moderators. Harmful conspiracy sustained anti-Jewish hate online, commission hears The…