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The son of a woman killed in a horrific crash in Northern Victoria in 2023 says he was “trying not to feel defeated” as the Court of Appeal dismissed a prosecution appeal to increase the killer driver’s sentence. In 2023, Christopher Dillon Joannidis, 32, ignored several road signs and drove through the intersection of the…
A Federal Court judge has dismissed an appeal against a judgement which ordered New South Wales MP Mark Latham to pay $140,000 to independent MP Alex Greenwich over a homophobic tweet in 2023. Mr Latham had appealed the determination that he had defamed Mr Greenwich, and the openly gay MP cross-appealed to increase the penalty….
When Oakland left back Jesus De Vicente scored an Olympico in the Roots’s two-nil win over the Las Vegas Lights on the weekend, you would be forgiven for thinking that was the highlight of his week. Loading Instagram content But the Spaniard had another moment that brought his soccer journey full circle. “I was around…
Two people have died in a truck and car crash on the New South Wales south coast. Emergency services were called to the Princes Highway near Mortimer Road at Falls Creek, south of Nowra, around 8am after a truck and car collided, blocking the roadway. Police have confirmed the driver and passenger of the car…
Bondi gunman Naveed Akram has been charged with 19 additional offences. The 24-year-old was already facing 59 charges after the shooting at a Jewish festival celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach last December, in which 15 people were killed. The initial charges include 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder, and one count of…
Somalian football referee Omar Artan is returning home after being denied a chance to make his World Cup debut when the United State barred him from entering. Artan was expected to become the first Somali to officiate in a World Cup match. Stay across the latest news, analysis and features from the 2026 FIFA World…
A further $105 million federal and state funding package has been announced for struggling Nyrstar smelters in Tasmania and South Australia. Last August, Nyrstar received a $135 million joint funding package from the governments to keep the smelters in Hobart and Port Pirie in operation. That funding — a $57.5 million contribution from the federal…
Today’s ACT budget will deliver measures to make the territory the first Australian jurisdiction to abolish stamp duty for all first home buyers, the ACT government says. Under the changes unveiled ahead of the budget today, no first home buyer in the ACT will have to pay stamp duty, beginning in July this year. The…
Police have arrested a man 10 months after 28-year-old Brandon Yates was fatally stabbed in the Illawarra. The 28-year-old was found with stab wounds to his chest in the early hours of Sunday, August 17, 2025, at a unit on Crown Street in Wollongong. He died in hospital the following Saturday. At 6:30 this morning,…
Residents in the US state of Mississippi are suing Elon Musk’s xAI and SpaceX, saying a power plant fuelling nearby data centres is blasting “omnipresent and inescapable” noise, eroding their health and home values. The lawsuit, made public in a federal court on Tuesday, local time, alleges Mr Musk’s companies negligently failed to curb the…