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Heartbreaking details have emerged about the final moments before a NSW doctor was taken by a crocodile after he fell into a river. David Hogbin was nearby a riverbank at the Annan River near Cooktown in Far North Queensland, when he fell into the river on Saturday. Police have confirmed Dr Hogbin was on a […]

US tech giants copped sizeable losses overnight as the battered ASX and Nikkei managed to make up some losses on Tuesday. The ASX energy sector dipped 1.9 per cent by early afternoon, while financials pegged back more than 1 per cent early, settling to a 0.7 per cent gain about 2pm. Discretionaries bounced back too, […]

A prominent university is investigating a claim one of its economics classes was taught in part in Chinese, prompting a “dejected and excluded” English-speaking student to drop out. ABC Radio yesterday aired an interview with a first-year undergraduate student, identified only as Harry, who enrolled in a commerce degree at the University of Melbourne at […]

Australians have been warned to exercise a “high degree of caution” when travelling to the United Kingdom as violent riots continue. The riots come after three young girls, Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, were murdered at a Taylor Swift dance event in northwest England on July 29, while […]

Peter Dutton has called on the Albanese government to reconsider its funding of a UN aid organisation in Gaza following revelations staff “may have been involved” in the October 7 attack on Israel. The United Nations said on Monday nine employees of UNRWA, its agency for Palestinian refugees, had been fired as a result of […]

As a journalist, I’ve spent years writing about the worst tragedies people can endure. But nothing can prepare you for the moment one of those tragedies hits your own family. On Saturday, my brother-in-law Dave Hogbin was taken by a crocodile in a horrific, freak accident during a dream holiday with his young family in […]

National secretary of the controversy-plagued Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), Zach Smith, has attended a Melbourne court as the Fair Work Commission seeks to appoint a independent administrator. Last week, Fair Work Commission general manager Murray Furlong filed a case in the Federal Court seeking to appoint barrister Mark Irving KC as administrator […]

A trio of shooters who murdered two constables and a neighbour erected a “barricade” to slow down a heavily armoured vehicle and used mirrors to disorient responding police, a court has been told. The coronial inquest into the deadly massacre at Wieambilla is now going inside the deadly siege by tactical police who swarmed the […]

University lobbyists have slammed the Albanese government’s plan to cap international students as “rushed policy” and “a political smokescreen”. The Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024 seeks to cap international students and give extra powers to the Education Minister to interfere with courses. Speaking at a senate committee hearing on […]

ASIO chief Mike Burgess has renewed his call for politicians to watch their words after the domestic intelligence agency raised the terror threat level from possible to probable. Mr Burgess told Sky News on Tuesday Australia needs to cool down its political debate, saying “there’s a direct correlation between inflamed language, inflamed tension and violence.” […]