Pertame grandmother Auriel Swan thinks of her mother when she hears children speaking her language in an Alice Springs classroom. Christobel Swan is one of the last fluent speakers of Pertame, also known as Southern Arrernte, and dreamed of seeing the language passed on to her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and generations to come. Now in declining…
In 2010, around the time of Tesla’s Initial Public Offering (IPO), an acquaintance proudly showed me his red Tesla Roadster, the first imported into Australia. It was a fine little rocket, the first electric vehicle of the modern era, discontinued in 2012 having provided the engineering and financial foundations for the Model S and, eventually,…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce turned heads across the world as they tied the knot in New York City’s Madison Square Garden on 3rd July, sparking chaos among millions. While a number of high profile guests arrived at the much talked about wedding, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds were nowhere to be seen. Days later,…
A south-east Queensland teenager, accused of holding similar ideologies to the American “Unabomber” terrorist, has been acquitted of planning a terror attack against members of the Liberal Party and on the public. Over the past week, the now 17-year-old boy, who cannot legally be identified under the state’s youth justice laws, faced a trial in…
A new LGBTQIA+ pop-up club at a former church in Sydney’s CBD has closed after being ordered to “cease carrying on offensive trade” or face eviction following protests by religious groups. Up to 70 protesters from Christian and Catholic groups gathered outside Divine Playhouse on July 8 to rally against the venue’s opening night. The…
On Monday, in Garajiya village, a subadult lion pinned Maldhari herder Kalu Parmar to the ground for nearly half an hour, holding him down as villagers shouted and threw stones. Parmar escaped with claw injuries. (Below) In the video shared widely online, Parmar is seen patting the lion’s head For years, Vagha Siddha kept telling…
The Brisbane City Council has announced it will invest millions of dollars in a new health and wellness program. The council will allocate $5.6 million in its 2026/2027 budget to boost healthy activities across Brisbane with the new Move Well Brisbane campaign. It is the next stage of the council’s Active and Healthy program, which…
NEW DELHI: The flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh worsened on Tuesday, with one more person reported dead, taking the toll to four, while over 90,000 people have been affected across all 28 districts of the state, officials said.According to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), 90,499 people in 251 villages spread across 202 administrative circles…
Ebola outbreak (AP image) The Trump administration on Monday announced that US citizens currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will not be allowed to travel directly to the United States on commercial flights due to the country’s worsening Ebola outbreak.According to a White House official, the restriction has been imposed under a transportation…
‘Dhamaal 4’ mints over Rs 50 crore by the end of Saturday. (Image Credit: Instagram) The much-loved comedy franchise ‘Dhamaal’ has returned to the big screen with its fourth instalment. Ajay Devgn’s ‘Dhamaal 4’ has surpassed the early trade estimates and registered a solid box office revenue in just two days. According to the latest…