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A Perth couple have lost their cat and their home after an iPad ignited while on charge. The horror blaze has sparked a fire chief to reiterate the warning that devices should not be left plugged in while no one is home. The young family is also reiterating that message, after the Apple charger and […]

A major Australian university has ditched face-to-face lectures entirely in a move which has reportedly outraged staff. Adelaide University, which will launch in 2026 as a multimillion-dollar merger between the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia, announced “most students” will no longer attend face-to-face lectures, which will be gradually replaced “by rich […]

Millions of Australians are bracing for a cold snap this weekend as a front moves its way up southeastern parts of Australia. Tasmania and Victoria will be blasted with cold air, showers, hail and snow as the front makes it way into southern parts of NSW late on Saturday. Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Jonathan How […]

Police believe the boys allegedly murdered by their Blue Mountains mother may have been killed up to 17 hours before their bodies were discovered, court documents have revealed. Trish Smith, 42, on Saturday appeared in court for the first time after she was charged with the alleged murder of her sons, Ben and Russell Smith, […]

Voters whose favourite part of casting their ballot is a sausage sizzle and a cake are in luck, because booths across New South Wales are chockers with grills, tongs and coffee stalls. Democracysausage.org shows voting spots across the state have all the high cholesterol and homemade sweets you could ever want, as the public head […]

A major renewable energy project in rural Victoria has sparked a war of words in a tiny farming community, with neighbours claiming they were blindsided to learn of the “monstrous” proposal and the landowners hitting back to defend the lucrative deals. The proposed 150-megawatt solar farm and battery energy storage system in Bairnsdale, three-and-a-half hours […]

Facebook’s head of global affairs has called a proposed social media ban for Aussie teenagers a “whack-a-mole nightmare” for parents that would fail to stop children from using the app. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has proposed legislating a minimum age for social media use in a bid to restrict teenagers from using platforms like Snapchat, […]

A real estate agent was “scared for herself” when she failed to report a driver in an alleged street race in Sydney’s east that killed two young brothers, a court has been told. Raquel Marie Borg, 27, appeared before Downing Centre Local Court on Friday for sentencing after pleading guilty to a single charge of […]

A major update in Bruce Lehrmann’s Federal Court case has been revealed, as he continues his appeal against a devastating defamation suit loss to Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson. The former political staffer is now appealing “the whole” of Justice Michael Lee’s judgment which found, on the balance of probabilities, that he sexually assaulted Ms […]

A man accused of “aiding” the killer of Gold Coast mum Kelly Wilkinson by driving him to her home and filling up a jerry can of petrol on the way has been found not guilty of murder. Bradley Bell was on trial in Brisbane Supreme Court charged with the murder of Ms Wilkinson, 28, back […]