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People need to be wary of scammers ripping them off under the guise of tax time cons, Australia’s Customer Owned Banking Association warns. In June 2023, Australians lost $38 million to scams, government figures show. End of financial year business makes an attractive disguise for scammers, Customer Owned Banking Association financial crimes chief Leanne Vale […]

International students studying in Australia have been targeted in a virtual kidnapping scam which has seen families lose hundreds of thousands of dollars to scammers. Since August last year, four cases of virtual kidnapping have been reported in Perth with police saying the scam is on the rise. Those targeted ranged in age from 18 […]

A young Aussie has taken to social media to claim there’s nothing to do in Sydney, Australia’s most expensive city. Alannah took to social media to call out the people complaining that there is nothing to do in Sydney when it rains, boldly claiming there is nothing to do in the city even when the […]

More than 20 visas of foreigners with serious criminal histories have been cancelled by Immigration Minister Andrew Giles. The federal government had previously cancelled the visas of non-citizens convicted of crimes including murder, sexual assault and drug trafficking. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal overturned hundreds of cancellations under its interpretation of a ministerial ruling, known as […]

Clean-up is underway after a weekend of wild weather that ripped the roof off a rural pub and left millions inundated by heavy rains. Two people were hospitalised after a severe storm that ripped the roof off the Parade Hotel in Bunbury, south of Perth, on Sunday. It comes less than a month after a […]

A woman’s body has been found after an explosion ripped through a suburban townhouse in Sydney’s west. The explosion happened in Whalan, around 45 kilometres west of Sydney’s CBD, just before 1pm on Saturday. The body was found at the scene about 3.20am on Monday and is yet to be formally identified. It comes amid […]

The double-murder trial of former Jetstar pilot Greg Lynn is expected to resume on Monday after jurors were given a “long weekend”. The 14-person jury was sent home early on Thursday afternoon after Justice Michael Croucher said the next witness to be called was “crook”. “You may have noticed that the informant, Detective Florence, who […]

The pay packets of 2.6 million workers are in line for a boost on July 1, with the workplace umpire to release its annual wage decision on Monday morning. The Fair Work Commission’s annual wage review, which affects minimum and award wage earners, or about one in five workers, is expected to hand down an […]

Quarterly indexation changes to income thresholds will boost the social security payments for nearly 2.4 million Australian households and pensioners. The changes will come into affect from July 1, in order to ensure the government support keeps pace with inflation. Extensions to current income and asset limits mean payments will increase for five schemes, including […]

The mother of an 18-year-old apprentice who was crushed in a fatal scaffolding collapse has called on the NSW government to push through industrial manslaughter laws so no other family faces the tragedy of losing their child in horrific workplace accidents. In April 2019, Christopher Cassaniti died after an overloaded perimeter facade – about 18-tonnes […]