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A helicopter pilot working on a remote cattle station was forced to take evasive manoeuvres to avoid being struck by the wreckage when two colleagues collided, a preliminary investigation has found. Peter Ritter, 29 and Gavin U’Ren, 30, were killed when their helicopters crashed mid-air on an aerial mustering operation in Western Australia’s Kimberley region […]

Flood warnings are in place for parts of NSW after the state copped a drenching overnight receiving more than 100mm of rain. In the past 24 hours, 110mm of rain poured down in Coffs Harbour and further north 90mm fell in Lismore. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has issued a flood warning for the Bellinger […]

As yet another police search for Samatha Murphy’s body comes to a close, the community of Ballarat – as well as the rest of Australia – are demanding answers more than ever before. Now one expert has suggested a theory about the searches for the missing mum. On Monday, seven months after the mother disappeared […]

Holiday-makers who paid thousands of dollars to go on a cruise to visit three ports in New Caledonia were shocked to find out about a huge itinerary change and a $50 on-board credit for the swap a week after booking their cruise. The outraged passengers were informed the cruise was no longer visiting the advertised […]

Hollywood heavyweight Isla Fisher Sydney apartment sale has been delayed just hours before it was set to go to auction. The “newly renovated” two-bedroom Woollahra property is located just meters from Centennial Park and boasts walking distances from Bondi Junction. Ms Fisher, who shot to fame after staring in Wedding Crashers and Confessions of a […]

A vicious weather system off the east coast could bring a dangerous weekend featuring nine metre waves, gale force winds and rain “cracking triple digits,” forecasters have said. Northern areas of New South Wales and southern regions of Queensland could be at risk but messy conditions can be expected across a wide swath of the […]

The bodies of four Australian air force servicemen lost during a mission over Papua New Guinea in World War II have finally been identified. The men’s RAAF plane, that failed to return from a misison more than 80 years ago, was discovered in waters off the coast of Gasmata in PNG late last year. Mining […]

Materials saw its best week since October 2015, despite the Aussie share market remaining relatively flat at Friday’s closing bell. The ASX200 was slightly up 8.5 points, or nearly 0.1 per cent, to close at 8,212.20. Meanwhile, the broader All Ordinaries index set a new 100-day high by gaining 14 points, or 0.17 per cent, […]

Telecommunications firms are facing an overhaul after a senate probe into last year’s massive Optus outage recommended sweeping changes to the industry. About 10 million Optus customers and more than 400,000 businesses were impacted when an apparent software update sparked complications across its Australia network on 8 November. Some customers could not even call 000. […]

New data has revealed the areas in Australia most targeted by scammers as Australians report losing $183m to cybercriminals this year alone. Westpac research found the postcodes with the highest number of reported scams Australia-wide were in NSW and Victoria, while the rate of scams per capita was highest in Western Australia and Queensland that […]