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Canberra local soccer match officials say increasingly hostile behaviour by spectators, players and coaches has led to more than 40 per cent of referees leaving their roles after just a year. Capital Football’s Delfina Shakespear, who served as an A-League match official for 13 years, told ABC Radio Canberra referee abuse was “a systemic problem…
Perth residents are bracing for more wet weather after a powerful cold front damaged roofs and downed trees on Friday night. Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Luke Huntington said the low pressure system had brought heavy rain and damaging winds to WA’s South West as it crossed the coast overnight. The Department of Fire and…
An armed man has been shot by police south of Brisbane after he allegedly confronted officers while carrying a rifle. Officers attended a house on Caswell Road in Woodhill — north of Beaudesert — to conduct a welfare check at about 9pm on Friday. Logan District Patrol Inspector Emma Reilly said the officers were allegedly…
An Australian man has been arrested after the the body of a teenage girl was found stuffed inside a suitcase. Simon Carman, 45, from Ballarat in Victoria, was arrested on Friday evening at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok. Police allege he picked up Tunchanok Donhomla, 17, from the Beach Road vice strip in Pattaya…
The Dolphins and Warriors meet in a blockbuster NRL clash between two genuine premiership contenders at Lang Park. Follow live.
阅读中文版本 Elon Musk tweets a lot but one recent post stuck out. “我的儿子正在学习普通话,” he wrote. “My son is currently learning Mandarin.” The Musks are not the only wealthy family with an interest in learning China’s official language. Some of Donald Trump’s grandchildren are also learning it, as are the children of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos…
High-profile Democrat Pete Buttigieg has been the target of a false anonymous report claiming he was a danger to his four-year-old twins. Mr Buttigieg said the incident led to he and his husband, Chasten, being forced to spend a night apart from their children. “We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed,” he…
A male educator has been charged for allegedly indecently touching a child under the age of 16 at a Darwin vacation care program. The Northern Territory Police Force alleges the incident occurred during a vacation care program at a school in the Greater Darwin region on Wednesday. In a statement, police said the 40-year-old man…
Cabo Verde completed an improbable run through the group stage with a third straight World Cup draw to become the smallest country to earn a spot in the knockout round after a 0-0 draw against Saudi Arabia. The small island nation off the western coast of Africa, which is making its debut on football’s grandest…
It is not every day that you can walk into an art exhibition and become the artist. But a new exhibition in the regional Victorian city of Ballarat encourages the idea that art is for all by getting patrons to colour in the artworks themselves. Memento Mori: Unleashed is an exhibition composed of images from…