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A former finalist on Beauty and Geek and Miss Universe model will wait to learn her fate after she was busted stealing a Chanel handbag from a popular Sydney nightclub. Daniella Pamela Caceres, 29, pleaded guilty at Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday to a single charge of larceny after the incident at Sussudio […]

Western Australia’s top cop has defended how the force responded to the concerns raised by the wife and daughter of double-murderer Mark Bombara prior to the horrific murder of a mother and her teenage daughter. Mr Bombara, 62, shot Jennifer Petelczyc and her 18-year-old daughter Gretl dead in the leafy Perth suburb of Floreat last […]

The ACCC has warned Australians to be wary of scammers who ask them to download software or apps under the pretence of fixing technical issues, with these “remote access scams” on the rise. In a “remote access scam”, the victim will usually receive a phone call from a scammer informing them of a problem with […]

Police have deployed an excavator in a renewed “targeted search” for missing Ballarat mum Samantha Murphy, several months after her disappearance. Detectives from Victoria’s Missing Persons Squad and a range of specialist police are involved in the current search in the Ballarat area. Aerial photos captured by Channel 9 show the excavator in action. Ms […]

The man accused of murdering a beloved children’s doctor is set to answer the charges against him following his latest appearance at court. Kerem Aydin appeared again before Magistrate Simon Smart for a committal hearing at Adelaide Magistrates Court on Wednesday following an adjournment in early May, which was granted after his lawyer claimed he […]

Inflation re-accelerated last month, compounding the challenge the Reserve Bank faces in taming simmering price pressure and delivering interest rate relief to cash strapped borrowers. The monthly consumer price index rose to 3.6 per cent in the 12 months to April, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday, outpacing an expected increase of 3.4 […]

Local councils across NSW will be able to access a $200m incentive pool if they reach their housing targets, in a new announcement set to be revealed alongside highly-anticipated revised targets. NSW Premier Chris Minns is expected to unveil the long-awaited figures in Wednesday’s address to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). He […]

Adam Bandt, the leader of the Greens, has taken to the floor to move to suspend standing orders to debate his motion that the federal government recognise the state of Palestine. It comes amid rising political tensions over Australia’s response to the war in Gaza, which have intensified after an Israeli air strike on a […]

A major component of an ambitious housing plan lauded by experts will be watered down to appease NIMBY councils, despite a new report warning Sydney has virtually no affordable rental properties left. Late last year, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns unveiled a multi-pronged strategy to deliver an estimated 185,000 new homes across the state […]

Australian Baby Boomers have revealed how much they bought their first homes for and whether they really think it is more difficult for young people to get into the property market today. The older generation of homeowners were stopped on the streets of Sydney and asked how much they paid as first homebuyers and if […]