More than two dozen employees at South Australia’s child protection department have been stood down over eight months, according to Freedom of Information (FOI) documents. The documents also revealed that as at February 28 this year, there were 12 open investigations into staff as a result of a care concern. A care concern, or a…
NEW DELHI: After 75 years of being a Republic and a decade of Swachh Bharat Mission, absence of toilets in courts hauntingly impedes women lawyers from practicing, lamented Supreme Court Friday and drew a six-week deadline for states to construct washrooms for women advocates in all court complexes.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices…
Lies, damned lies, and statistics. The oft-quoted phrase describing types of falsehoods felt relevant in Queensland politics this week. Premier David Crisafulli proudly trumpeted new Queensland Police Service (QPS) data this week, showing an almost 10 per cent drop in victims of crime. The LNP’s tough on crime agenda and its signature “adult crime, adult…
NEW DELHI: Ministry of external affairs said on Friday that while visa rules and immigration matters are sovereign decisions of any country, India will continue to engage with the US on the difficulties faced by Indian travellers and students seeking to visit the US. “When issues concerning genuine travellers seeking to visit the US are…
A new report paints a mixed picture of Sydney’s rental market with major surges and drops in rent prices recorded in certain suburbs, though a “real test” is to come. Domain’s June quarterly rent report showed Sydney house rents surged 6.3 per cent, or $50, over the quarter to a record $850 a week. The…
NEW DELHI: Pained by the unfortunate demise of a cancer patient awaiting Kerala HC’s order on her plea questioning exorbitant cost of life-saving medicines, the Supreme Court Friday took suo motu cognisance of both issues impacting right to life – plight of patients who cannot afford essential life-saving drugs and the judicial expediency in such…
Australian golfer Lucas Herbert has equalled the score for the lowest-ever men’s major round as he stunned the field to take the overall lead of the British Open at Royal Birkdale. The 30-year-old Victorian birdied six of his opening nine holes in the second round to become part of a select group to shoot a…
NEW DELHI: Signals from DMK and NCP (SP) on the Constitution amendment bill, which will increase seats in Lok Sabha and implement women’s reservation law from 2029, suggest that political momentum is building up in govt’s favour. This comes on the back of the disintegration of Trinamool Congress after BJP trounced it in Bengal elections,…
Growing up in Canberra, Samoan Australian actor Ioane Sa’ula thought he’d play sport professionally. From the age of seven, the Bump and Heartbreak High star played rugby league every weekend. But at 13, he broke his tibia and fibula, the bones in his lower leg. The injury led to a staph infection, eight surgeries and…
Brenda Fricker, the first Irish actress to win an Oscar for her role as Bridget Fagan Brown in the 1989 film My Left Foot, has died at the age of 81. The Irish character actor died in Dublin on Thursday night, local time, after a period of ill health, her agent said in a statement….