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An indoor trampoline and climbing wall centre has been fined a second time over an incident where an 11-year old boy fell four metres breaking his sternum. The boy and his two friends were using the climbing wall area at Bounce Australia’s indoor play centre in Geelong in 2022. The boy and one of his […]

Even though Australians are buying less petrol and diesel, bowser prices rose far and above inflation in the 12 months to June, adding to the cost-of-living crunch. An Australian Competition and Consumer Commission quarterly report released on Tuesday shows in the 12 months to June 2024, fuel prices rose by 7.7 per cent, more than […]

A Melbourne woman has been arrested in Turkiye over allegations she was a member of the Australian arm of a banned Kurdish nationalist group accused of carrying out deadly terrorist attacks. Turkiye’s state-run Anadlou news agency reported 40-year-old Cigdem Aslan, also known as Lenna Aslan, was arrested at Istanbul Airport last week while preparing to […]

A woman accused of trying to stab her grandmother to death allegedly expressed “homicidal ideation” towards her relatives in the months prior, a court has been told. Bella-Rose Currie Shields is charged with the attempted murder of her grandmother back in May 2023 after she allegedly attacked her with a knife at the family’s Beaudesert […]

A gambling addict has admitted he stole tens of thousands of dollars from a fundraiser earmarked to support the family of an allegedly murdered woman. Lachlan Morganti, 27, was supported by his partner and family as he returned before the Ballarat Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, pleading guilty to a single charge of theft. The court […]

Big-wave surfer Mikey Brennan has survived a death-defying ride after being wiped out by an 8m wave at Shipstern Bluff in Tasmania. A video from the moment captures Brennan being towed into the wave by a jet ski. As he drops down the face of the wave, it barrels over him, knocking him from his […]

A mystery person who purchased a winning division one lotto ticket last year has just days to claim their prize before its forfeited. The winning Monday and Wednesday X Lotto ticket was bought at BP Mawson Lakes in South Australia on September 27, 2023, but despite repeated call-outs the ticket holder has never come forward […]

A man stabbed to death in a busy restaurant precinct in Sydney overnight was 32 years old. Police are still hunting for the attacker, after the fatal stabbing in Marrickville, which occurred 7.40pm on Monday. The man police are hunting was last seen running down Silver Street, but police authorities yet say what he looks […]

Lawyers acting for two men who were sexually abused by scout leaders when they were children have accused the organisation of employing cruel delay tactics to dodge legal action and prevent justice. One of the survivors, John*, was part of a local scout group as a child and was allegedly sexually abused at a camp […]

A man stabbed to death in a busy restaurant precinct in Sydney overnight was 32 years old. Police are still hunting for the attacker, after the fatal stabbing in Marrickville, which occurred 7.40pm on Monday. The man police are hunting was last seen running down Silver Street, but police authorities yet say what he looks […]