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A Victorian judge has bemoaned “most unfortunate” delays as the man who murdered Ellie Price awaits sentencing. Ricardo Barbaro, 37, was found guilty of murdering Ms Price in September last year following a month-long trial in Victoria’s Supreme Court. The 26-year-old mum’s body was discovered in her South Melbourne apartment more than four years earlier […]

The principal of a primary school on the Gold Coast has been charged with possessing child exploitation material and allegedly using encrypted messaging apps to groom children in the Philippines for sexual activity. Patric Brady, who was the principal of Oxenford State School from 2018, was arrested on Tuesday in Pimpama by detectives from Taskforce […]

No good deed goes unpunished – especially in the time of social media. Spare a thought for the poor bugger in Hobart who offered a tent for rent in his backyard at $125 per week. A friend posted the listing on Facebook over the weekend – everything included except food – and it quickly drew […]

Adrian Pacione’s untimely death at the young age of 20 has remained unsolved as the last of four men charged over a “retribution” plot walked free from the Victorian Supreme Court. Mr Pacione was watching Gran Torino at a friend’s Lalor home on the night of July 18, 2020, when four shots were fired through […]

Tanya Plibersek’s decision to hold up the development of a $1bn gold mine was a “political” move aimed at winning over potential Greens voters, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says. Ms Plibersek, the federal environment minister, has blocked the proposed site of the tailings dam for waste for the McPhillamys mine in central western NSW because […]

ANALYSIS Coles and Woolies are raking in big profits and raising their margins as the cost-of-living crisis enters its fourth year. The big two supermarkets reported their financial results to the stock market this week, and both showed just how enormous they are in the Australian landscape. Woolworths’ Australian supermarkets reported $50 billion in sales. […]

The oldest living survivor of sick experiments conducted at Nazi death camp Auschwitz has called on the Australian government to block a controversial US commentator from entering the country. Candace Owens’ plans for a November tour have drawn vigorous backlash due to extreme views she has expressed, including conspiracy theories about Jewish people and the […]

Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce says former prime minister Scott Morrison considered taking a nuclear energy policy to an election; however, it wasn’t pursued because it polled poorly and wasn’t appealing to voters. While the Nationals firebrand asked the then Coalition government to consider nuclear energy “all the time”, Mr Morrison ultimately vetoed the decision. “We’ve […]

Veteran TV reporter Robert Ovadia is expected to face allegations from a further 13 women as he sues Network Seven and its news boss over allegations he was unlawfully sacked. The well-known 7News Sydney journalist launched civil legal action against his former employer following news of his sacking on June 21. Ovadia was initially stood […]

A major bank has lowered its fixed rates for thousands of Aussies with home loans, following renewed hope of a rate cut after inflation slightly eased. St George bank announced a range of owner occupied and residential investment homes were covered by the changes, effective from Thursday. Owners on a one year fixed rate loan […]