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A cold polar air mass will send temperatures plummeting this weekend on the nation’s southeast and could prompt snowfall in Alpine regions. The weather system could bring rain and sub-zero temperatures to some parts of NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia on Saturday and Sunday. However, the wintry blast will reach Melbourne on Friday afternoon […]

An American podcaster has lashed out at Australia in an emotional rant, branding us “lame” and “weak” in a recent video. Matt Walsh is a right-wing commentator whose favourite pastime is getting his knickers in a knot about people being “woke” and then whinging about it on the internet. In one of his latest rants, […]

Three people have been infected with the potentially deadly Murray Valley encephalitis virus in Western Australia. Many people can have the virus but no show symptoms, however about one-in-1000 become unwell, and in rare instances it can cause a severe brain infection known as encephalitis. Encephalitis can leave lifelong neurological complications or death, and has […]

A mother has described the horrifying moments a man armed with a knife demanded that she drive him to shops while her baby was in the car. The frightening incident where a mother, known as Kieran, and her baby daughter were abducted and extorted for new MacBooks happened across the Melbourne suburbs of Rowville and […]

The Queensland government has deferred suspending Star Entertainment Group’s licence until the end of 2024, seven months after announcing the initial 90-day operations ban. The Star’s operations in Brisbane and the Gold Coast were originally handed a 90-day suspension from December 1 last year. The government then extended an olive branch by deferring the original […]

Two manufacturers of four-wheel drive accessories have admitted to illegally directing resellers not to advertise or sell their products below a specified price. MSA 4×4 Accessories Pty Ltd, which specialises in making drop slides and towing mirrors, and Offroad Animal Pty Ltd, which makes bull bars, roof racks and lights, have each separately admitted to […]

A racehorse owner who smuggled more than 220kg of cocaine through Sydney airport has learned his fate after a desperate bid to slash his almost three decade prison sentence. Damion Flower was sentenced to 28 years in prison after pleading guilty to importing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug and dealing with criminal proceeds. […]

A close mate of an elderly man allegedly murdered while camping with his lover has told a jury they spoke on the night he vanished and he was “happier than a pig in s**t”. Gregory Stuart Lynn, 57, returned before the Victorian Supreme Court on Friday as three long-term friends of Russell Hill were called […]

A killer husband accused of raping his estranged ex-wife in the weeks before he burned her to death is in isolation in jail due to the chickenpox virus. Brian Earl Johnston is serving a life sentence for the heinous murder of Gold Coast mum Kelly Wilkinson in the backyard of her Arundel home in April […]

Aussie travellers could score free flights with Qantas as the airline launches an incredible rewards program promotion. Qantas Frequent Flyer and Everyday Rewards have joined forces to give 50 lucky members the holiday of a lifetime by making them instant points millionaires in the biggest ever points giveaway in the Qantas Frequent Flyer program’s history. […]