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A man who murdered his wife’s friend and her daughter in a violent rage had a cyst the size of a cricket ball lodged in his brain, it can be revealed. A health worker said that Mark Bombara was being treated in hospital the days before the double murder in Perth last Friday, and his […]

Australian parliamentarians are facing a rising number of threats to their safety, Australian Federal Police commissioner Reece Kershaw has warned, with reports rising to 725 so far this financial year, up from just 279 in 2020-21. In an appearance before senate estimates on Friday afternoon, Commissioner Kershaw said he was “concerned” by the rise in […]

A serial rapist who preyed on women in Sydney in the 2000s has finally been jailed after almost 20 years. Darren Kennedy, 54, was convicted of five counts of sexual intercourse without consent, as well as multiple counts of assault with act of indecency, detaining a person, aggravated entrance of homes and assault occasioning actual […]

Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has gifted a portrait of herself to the National Gallery with a list of requests currently being negotiated before it can be hung. Her unusual demand comes weeks after the mining magnate made international headlines over her reported distaste of a portrait of her by the artist Vincent Namatjira as […]

Bruce Lehrmann has lodged a last-minute appeal against the landmark dismissal of his multimillion-dollar defamation case. The former Liberal staffer sued Network 10 and journalist Lisa Wilkinson over the airing of allegations by Brittany Higgins that she was raped in Parliament House in 2019. In a landmark ruling, Justice Michael Lee last month found, on […]

An international student who stabbed his girlfriend 75 times before leaping four floors from a Sydney apartment unit will spend the next decade behind bars for her murder. Wejie “Jack” He was on Friday sentenced to 20 years behind bars with a non-parole period of 13 years after pleading guilty to murder. Sydney’s Supreme Court […]

Australian fast food chain Guzman y Gomez will be publicly listed on the stock exchange next month – with an offer that will put the company’s valuation at $2.2bn. The retailer, known for their Mexican-style casual dining, on Friday announced a fully underwritten Initial Public Offering (IPO) of 11.1 million shares at a price of […]

Queensland Premier Steven Miles has responded to Townsville Mayor Troy Thompson’s damning interview on A Current Affair where he admitted to misleading voters about his education, business acumen and military career. In the explosive interview, Mr Thompson revealed he never completed university, exaggerated his military service, and committed forgery. He had previously claimed to be […]

An Aussie production runner who was working on the set of Mark Wahlberg’s new film ‘Play Dirty’, has been remembered as a “bright young man”, as the Australia filming community grapple with his unexpected death. Ryan Cuskelly, 30, from Greater Sydney, was excited to be working as a production runner on the major motion picture […]

Tributes have poured in for two friends who were killed while part of a motorcycle convoy making their way to Sydney for the famous Vivid light festival. Doey Choi, 24 was riding on the back of a motorcycle with William Brown, 26, when their bike and a car collided. The friends were members of the […]