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The son of a former state Premier, who was convicted of drink-driving and causing a violent car crash which was a factor in the end of his dad’s political career, has come out in support of Peter Dutton’s son. An image of Tom Dutton, 18, holding a bag of white powder was splashed across the […]

Australian music legend John Farnham has been pictured celebrating his birthday with his family. The rock star turned 75 on Monday and enjoyed a dinner with wife Jillian Billman, son Robert Farnham and Robert’s wife, Melissa. Farnham announced he was cancer free in August last year after having a tumour removed from his mouth during […]

A young mother has shared a heartbreaking plea for the government to do more to curb the cost-of-living crisis, saying tax cuts aren’t enough for young families to get by. Young mother Emma Robertson and her partner both work at least 40 hours a week to support themselves and their 15-month-old son Atlan. Despite living […]

A much-loved former principal has tragically lost his life in a freak accident at a school in Melbourne’s west. Paul Hogan, 61, was collecting balls from the roof of St Margaret’s Primary School in Spotswood when he fell 3m onto the concrete ground about 2.30pm on Thursday. Mr Hogan suffered critical head injuries and was […]

An elderly driver has been hailed a hero for saving lives after getting caught up in a horror bus crash yesterday afternoon. The tragedy has left three women dead and 27 more injured after the Greyhound bus they were travelling on crashed into a car towing a caravan. The coach allegedly veered onto the opposite […]

A popular Australian festival attended by thousands of people has been plagued by rain, with the entire campsite covered in muddy puddles. About 7000 people are expected to make their way thousands of kilometres across the Australian outback to this year’s Big Red Bash in Birdsville, Queensland. Located about 1580kms east of Brisbane, the annual […]

Australia’s big four banks are under constant cyberattack from transnational organised criminal groups by the “loser in the basement” trying to steal money and information, an expert has revealed. National Australia Bank executive for group investigations Chris Sheehan told the ABC every bank in Australia was being attacked all the time. “Every bank,” he said. […]

Eager taxpayers keen to lodge their tax returns have slammed the Australian Taxation Office after they were placed in a “slow” online queue with wait times of up to an hour. Australians can now file their tax returns, and many eager for a pay bump have flooded social media slamming the ATO after facing “hang […]

Sunrise host Natalie Barr has confronted Barnaby Joyce over his decision to quit booze after he was found rolling around on the footpath after dark and speaking gibberish into his mobile phone. Mr Joyce was filmed by bystanders in February lying on the street during an upside-down phone call in Canberra. The bizarre footage showed […]

Virtually every street in Australia is home to a “bland” and “useless” feature that could be used for something that’s more impactful, environmentally beneficial and socially unifying. Urban planner and social media star Samuel Austin, who raises issues about how we live via videos on TikTok and Instagram, has taken aim at the humble nature […]