A former West Australian teacher who sexually abused several children while he was minding them at their homes has been sentenced to more than six years in prison. WARNING: This story contains distressing content. Kurt David Charlton, 29, touched the children and took indecent photos of his victims, who were all under the age of…
Brisbane Broncos star Pat Carrigan will spend approximately six weeks on the sidelines after the club revealed he requires surgery to repair a syndesmosis injury. Carrigan’s recovery time frame will rule him out of the remaining two State of Origin matches for the Maroons. The Sea Eagles and Rabbitohs meet in a top eight clash…
WARNING: This story contains details of violence and sexual exploitation, including rape Gwen Frankton says she was at home with her husband of 21 years when the police showed up. It was a snowy February morning, and her husband, Stephen, was sitting at the dining room table in pajamas, fixing one of her silver hoop…
A new national AI strategy by the federal government this week comes at a time when the country is confronting a wave of new high-powered data centres, while public sentiment could be souring on the impacts of the new technology. Data centres have long been under-the-radar for many Canadians, but that’s about to change. New…
Indonesian police have arrested an Australian woman allegedly found with 59 millilitres of vape liquid containing cannabis that she said was for pain relief but can land her in prison. The woman, 53, risks 20 years behind bars under Indonesia’s no-exceptions anti-drug laws, narcotics officer I Nyoman Diana Mahardika told AFP on Thursday. The unnamed…
As the Vegas Golden Knights advance in the Stanley Cup Final, at the centre of their championship run is Canadian goaltender Carter Hart — whose journey has been highly successful on ice and deeply controversial off it. Through the first three rounds, his highlights include a 12-4 record with a 2.22 goals against average and…
Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock says the war in the Middle East is creating a “highly uncertain” environment that could easily contribute to even higher global and domestic inflation than anticipated. She said the conflict’s potential impact on Australia’s economic activity was less certain, but RBA staff expect it to “weigh modestly” on growth this…
Prosecutors have argued that a so-called “ISIS bride” actively participated in the mistreatment of a woman her family enslaved in Syria, as they fought to prevent her from being released on bail. Warning: Details of sexual assault in this story may distress some readers. Zeinab Ahmad, 31, was among the women arrested when a cohort…
Australian bull semen is being sent to China after a five year break as demand for premium beef in the People’s Republic grows. A total of 24,000 straws of bull semen were sent in April and May this year, marking the first exports of Australian cattle genetics to China since 2021. Genetics company ABS Australia…
When former Married at First Sight Australia participant Tahnee Cook heard about allegations of rape on the UK version of the reality show, she was horrified but not surprised. “I can see exactly how the situation can, I guess, set up something like that,” she told 7.30. The allegations came to light on the BBC’s…