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A major disturbance involving several prisoners has reportedly caused significant internal damage at Perth’s maximum-security prison and left an officer injured. WA Prison Officers Union secretary Andy Smith said a disturbance broke out at Casuarina Prison, in Perth’s south, on Thursday. Mr Smith claimed two wings of a prison unit had been “trashed” and water…

Owning a home in Sydney has become a pipedream for many, with home ownership rates dropping to the lowest level in about 70 years.  New research by accounting firm KPMG shows the city’s home ownership rate dropped to 59.9 per cent in 2025, down sharply compared to the previous national census levels of 61.1 per…

A tsunami warning has been issued in New Zealand following a magnitude-6.3 earthquake. The quake struck 40 kilometres north of Te Anau, with the west coast of the South Island from Milford Sound to Puysegur Point, likely to be affected. New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Agency said that land inundation is likely in those areas,…

Baramulla MP Rashid Sheikh (File photo) NEW DELHI: Patiala house court on Thursday reserved its order on a petition filed by Baramulla MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh, who has sought permission to attend the upcoming Parliament session while remaining in custody in a terror funding case probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).The plea was heard…

SA Police have arrested the alleged organiser of a “fight club” and reported seven other teenagers they say are linked to videos of amateur bouts posted online. In a statement, police said the 17-year-old boy was arrested at his Davoren Park home on Tuesday. He was charged with seven counts of aiding and abetting fighting…

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday carried out searches at multiple locations across four states as part of a money laundering investigation into the illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas into India, officials said.According to officials, the probe is focused on a purported syndicate that operated through public charitable trusts registered under…

A Commonwealth inquiry into racism against Aboriginal people has heard allegations of systemic racism within Northern Territory courts, hospitals, schools and the general community, as the NT government faces scathing criticism for snubbing the probe. Formed after an alleged terror attack against First Nations people marching in an Invasion Day rally in Perth this year,…

NEW DELHI: Congress on Thursday said it would strongly oppose the proposed Delimitation Bill if the Centre reintroduces it during the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament. The party also said it would hold the Narendra Modi government accountable on a range of issues, including alleged corruption, paper leaks, rising prices, foreign policy and the Ayodhya…

Energy giant Woodside has taken three climate activists to court in a bid to force them to hand over documents about the planning of a stink-bomb protest that forced the evacuation of its Perth headquarters. Protesters aligned with the Disrupt Burrup Hub campaign group set off the stink bomb inside the lobby of Woodside’s 29-storey…

NEW DELHI: TMC leader Koel Mallick on Thursday resigned from the Rajya Sabha amid the ongoing exodus of MPs and MLAs from the Mamata Banerjee-led party, news agency ANI reported, citing sources.“Rajya Sabha MP from TMC, Koel Mallick met Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan and has submitted her resignation,” sources told ANI.The…