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This week there has been a lot of wild claims about our misinformation bill. Accusations everyday Australians could be jailed or that it’s a Big Brother bill. In reality it is all about safeguarding Australians. “The spread of disinformation on the internet, and the way in which that infects people’s minds … and causes them […]

A candidate for the Liberal National Party in Queensland’s state election later this month has been grilled about his business interests in an awkward, frequently halting interview. Jacob Heremaia, who’s been a member of the Logan City Council since 2020, is running against the state’s current Health Minister, Shannon Fentiman, in the seat Waterford. The […]

Supermarket bosses have dodged questions as to why a pack of TimTams is more expensive in an Australian grocery store than it is in London. Liberal senator Jane Hume on Friday quizzed Coles and Woolworths senior executives on why a packet of the chocolate biscuits were $6 Down Under and about $4.86 at Tescos, a […]

A group have been called out for their “stupid” and dangerous act after a local snapped them on the edge of a notorious crocodile-infested creek in Queensland’s rugged northeast. The group of four were spotted by an outraged local only metres away from a crocodile while playing in and around the waters of Myall Creek […]

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has revealed his wife pushed him to consider a ban on social media for kids, telling him one night that “you better effing do something about this”. Mr Malinauskas helped trigger a national conversation on social media’s dire effects on children after launching a state-based proposal to implement age verification […]

The wind farm projected to be the largest in the southern hemisphere has officially started creating electricity. On Friday, the first stage of the Golden Plains Wind Farm – 100km west of Melbourne – began feeding into the grid after weeks of testing the electricity generation and issues with little parts of the stagnant turbines […]

A man charged with the murder of his wife – who was found dead in an apparent ride-on mower incident – moved his wife’s body after she was killed, police have alleged in court documents. Royal Australian Air Force pilot Robert Crawford, 46, was not brought before Ipswich Magistrates Court on Friday after police charged […]

A major Australian company will be expanding its four-day work week “experiment” after a six-month trial found employees had become happier, healthier and more efficient. Medibank has decided to move another 250 employees to a four-day week, bringing the total number of participants in the trial to 500. Before starting the initial trial, the private […]

A local council has voted to make pruning trees on your own property illegal to protect “mature plant species” in the area. Residents in Bassendean near Perth will now need council approval before doing any “tree damaging activities” or removing large “regulated” trees on their property under the new tree protection. “Tree damaging activities” includes […]

Aussies could cop a whopping $312 fine for leaving their bins out for too long. Warnings and fines are being dished out to homes in areas of Adelaide for those who fail to collect their bins from the footpath within a certain time frame. Under Port Adelaide Enfield Council’s waste management by-laws, bins are to […]