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A Melbourne mother’s random act of kindness revealed her own heartbreaking story after the man asked why she had helped him. Danielle Brown was approached by a stranger at a shopping centre and was rewarded for showing the man immense kindness despite suffering her own battles. Social media star Samuel Weidenhofer filmed the interaction for […]

Major chemist brands have spoken out against new legislation that will legalise the sale of vapes over the counter without a prescription at pharmacies. Australia’s crackdown on the underground nicotine vape market is set to ramp up from Monday, when new laws kick in banning all e-cigarette sales regardless of nicotine content. From July 1 […]

ANZ Bank’s $4.9bn takeover of Suncorp’s banking arm has been given the tick of approval from Treasurer Jim Chalmers. The massive deal comes after ANZ successfully overturned the nation’s competition watchdog’s opposition to the takeover when the Australian Competition Tribunal granted the deal. “I received very clear advice from Treasury, APRA, ASIC and the Department […]

A man has been charged over an “evil twin” scam that used fake free wi-fi networks to steal the personal data of unsuspecting users. Police allege the man, 42, used a device in a number of locations, including airports in Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide, and on domestic flights, to create “evil twin” copies of legitimate […]

Millions of Australians will shiver through wild winds and rain with an icy start to the weekend as temperatures are expected to drop again. Fierce winds, snow and wind will sweep into the south-east over the coming days, with the Bureau of Meteorology citing an Antarctic airmass responsible for the chilly weather. The low-pressure system […]

A huge global fashion retailer has backflipped on its decision to cancel a three-day pop up store in Australia. Shein planned to open a three day pop-up at store in Perth’s north but the event was cancelled for unknown reasons. Now the retailer has backflipped on its decision and found a new location to hold […]

Traders have bolstered their bets that the Reserve Bank will resume its run of interest rate increases, ascribing a more than 70 per cent chance of additional tightening by November. Speculation of another interest rate increase went into overdrive on Wednesday after hotter-than-expected inflation data, which came in at 4 per cent in the 12 […]

A man has been charged with murder after the body of a woman was found in home in Sydney’s inner west. NSW Police were called to a home on Clements St in Russell Lea, where officers arrived to find the deceased woman, believed to be in her 50s. She is yet to be formally identified. […]

The partner of a social media influencer who allegedly murdered his mother to gain access to her life insurance appeared in the WA Supreme Court on Thursday. Andre Zachary Rebelo was charged in November 2022 with the murder of his mother Colleen Rebelo, who died about two years earlier in May 2020. He was the […]

An iconic Aussie lolly brand has come under fire for quietly bringing back a treat that is as hated as it is loved. Nine years after quietly taking Spearmint Leaves off shelves in 2015, confectionary brand Allen’s is re-releasing the lolly in August. Australian lolly lovers have erupted at the news it will be making […]