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EXCLUSIVE A mural painted by a serial rapist in one of the most renowned parts of Sydney will be pulled down in the coming weeks following a renewed push for the artwork to be removed. The artwork, Brown Bear Lane, is situated in a side street off George Street in the Rocks and was painted […]

One lucky ticket holder has won the $150m Powerball, claiming the huge prize after picking the winning numbers. The Lott confirmed the winning entry was purchased in South Australia. The winning numbers were 18, 29, 34, 8, 4, 28, 6 with the Powerball number drawing number 11. There were nine winning ticketholders who claimed second […]

Three farms have now detected a strain of bird flu in two separate states, as a child was confirmed as the first case of H5N1 bird flu in Australia. The child had returned from India in March, where he contracted the aviation influenza A infection and fell ill. Victorian health officials stated that the child […]

Four people have escaped an intense house fire in Sydney’s northern beaches, with police investigating whether an e-scooter on charge caused the blaze. Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters were called to the blaze on Ronald Ave, in Narraweena, shortly after 4am on Thursday. On arrival, crews discovered smoke billowing from the single storey home. After […]

A court has heard a chilling account of how a farmer raped a broke British backpacker after she came to work on his farm. Wayne Robert Green, from South Burnett in Queensland, was found guilty of raping the woman and sentenced to more than three years in jail on Thursday. The woman had come to […]

Australia’s domestic spy agency wants to give up its right to request warrants to question children as young as 14 after it reported only a handful of minors had been charged with terror offences since 9/11. ASIO told a parliamentary inquiry that the federal government should scrap laws that enable intelligence officers to request warrants […]

Australians are in for a warm winter but some residents should be sure to keep their umbrellas handy, with above average rainfall expected across some parts of the country. Winter days and nights are likely to be noticeably warmer than average across the whole country, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s latest climate and long-range […]

Australia is confronting a bleak future in which only those lucky enough to inherit “generational wealth” will be able to live in their own home, according to heartbreaking testimony from young Australians at a “people’s commission” into the country’s tightening housing crisis. The Everybody’s Home commission heard from four young Australians on Wednesday, who delivered […]

More details have been revealed about the property where more than 500 slaughtered horse carcasses were discovered, with allegations the animals were being killed as part of an illegal horse knackery for pet food. Allegations of illegal horse slaughtering, the possession of firearms, the presence of sheep testosterone, and the theft of a horse had […]

Lucie’s day begins at dawn when the Sydney mother heads off to the first of three jobs that she juggles in a desperate and exhausting bid to keep a roof over her family’s head. Eighty per cent of her income is swallowed by ever-rising rental costs and she’s forced to rely on food banks to […]