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A mum charged with the manslaughter of her daughter by allegedly withholding her insulin for days believed the world was in the “last days” due to Covid-19 being put out by God for people to “turn to him”. Kerrie Elizabeth Struhs is among 14 members of a tight-knit church group known as The Saints who […]

A two-year investigation into what led to a terrible rollercoaster accident that led a Melbourne woman with severe brain damage has come to an end. Shylah Rodden, now 27, sustained life-threatening injuries when she was hit by a Rebel Coaster carriage at the Melbourne Royal Show on September 25, 2022. As well as brain damage […]

Northern Territory senator and the Coalition’s face of the No campaign Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is set to write a memoir slated for release in February 2025. Co-written with Sue Smethurst, the book, Matters of the Heart, will detail the conservative Country Liberal senator’s rise in politics, how she overcame adversity and her upbringing in Australia’s […]

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has begun a three-day trip to Israel, where he will meet with the senior members of Prime Minister’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Mr Dutton trip will stretch from Monday to Thursday August 1, and will involve him meeting hostages impacted by Hamas’ October 7 attacks, and their family. Shortly after landing on […]

The Australian Financial Review has been forced to postpone a big ticket conference after journalists from Nine threatened to rally outside the venue as part of an ongoing industrial dispute. Tuesday’s Government Services Summit was set to bring together Finance Minister Katy Gallagher, NDIS Minister Bill Shorten, and the newly minted Workplace Relations and Employment […]

Lawyers acting for a real estate agent who dipped into four home buyer’s deposits have blamed his “lack of business acumen” as they argue he should not be jailed. Justin Scavo, 40, returned before the Victorian County Court on Monday for a presentence hearing after pleading guilty to 11 counts of causing a deficiency in […]

The foreign ministers of Australia, the US, Japan and India have called out the “twisting” of long standing rules in the Indo-Pacific region, as they announced strengthening of naval communications. The four met in Tokyo where they said navy communication centres were being linked together to enforce borders and fishing rules to address the issue […]

Rex Airlines has been placed on a trading halt on the ASX following rumours of continued strife and internal tension. Confirmation of the temporary suspension was shared in an announcement made to the ASX on Monday at 9.50am, with the message directly referencing a news report made in The Australian’s Margin Call column that reported […]

A surfer whose leg was severed during a shark attack at a NSW beach last week has shared a cheeky post where he joked about the loss of his limb. Kai McKenzie, 23, was surfing at North Shore Beach in Port Macquarie on Tuesday morning when a three metre shark ripped his right leg off. […]

Disgraced former TV personality Andrew O’Keefe told a police officer who allegedly found a crack pipe in his jacket pocket the garment “was worn by someone else”, a court has been told. A haggard and husky-voiced O’Keefe sat quietly in the dock as his lawyer, Sharon Ramsden, applied for his release on bail at Waverley […]