News Australia

Cosplayers, anime fans, creatives and nerds descended upon Sydney Showground this weekend for Oz Comic Con, and one of cinema’s legendary screen villains made a star appearance: The Joker. Multiple actors have played the antagonist to Gotham saviour Batman, including Aussie hollywood icon Heath Ledger, who took on the role in the massively popular Dark […]

Grieving father and LNP candidate Russell Field has just released a stark new ad slamming the Queensland Labor government for the state’s alleged youth crime crisis, saying he is “sick of the excuses”. The ad, now running across social media, shows Mr Field talking bluntly about the death of his son, daughter-in-law and unborn grandchild […]

A local council in WA will consider a bold new proposal to offer homeowners a discounted rates bill if they pledge to list and protect “significant trees” on their property. The scheme, put forward by City of Canning Councillor Ben Kunze this week, is designed to protect and expand tree cover in the council area, […]

Firefighters have successfully “knocked down” a dangerous 200m by 300m fire in Sydney’s south, but crews are still on scene to “mop up” spot fires. Several fire crews worked through Sunday to contain a fire that reignited near an equestrian centre in Sydney’s Malabar Headlands, after firefighters had previously worked to stamp out two blazes […]

The wife of AFL great Tom Harley has spoken about her fear that her son wouldn’t survive a fight with meningococcal, urging parents to educate themselves about the potentially deadly disease. Podcaster and author Felicity Harley said she still had vivid memories of driving her then five-week-old son Hugo to hospital when he became ill. […]

Health Minister Mark Butler has declined to say how the government intends to respond to a damning report that found both the health system and workplaces were failing women. Released on Wednesday, the report made 25 recommendations, including giving menopausal women flexible work arrangements, and giving extra training to GPs and increasing the time medical […]

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has flagged the government is expecting monthly inflation to drop “quite substantially,” ahead of the August monthly figures set to be released on Wednesday. Speaking to Sky News on Sunday, while Dr Chalmers said monthly numbers could be “volatile and unpredictable,” and are not given as much weight as the quarterly update […]

The diabetic driver charged after two children and three adults were killed in a horror beer garden crash has had his case thrown out of court after a magistrate ruled the evidence was “so weak”. William Herbert Swale, 66, had all charges dismissed this week after his lawyers successfully argued his actions were not voluntary […]

Groundbreaking research reveals Australian healthcare funding is so complicated that it’s impossible to tell if the system is working to its full potential. The research was published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health this week. The study reports that in 2019-20, 1.8 per cent of overall health spending – or $140 […]

A trio of men who gang raped three teenagers during a bucks weekend in Newcastle have received support from their local priests, who describe the sexual assaults as “out of character”. Maurice Hawell, 30, Andrew David, 30, and Marius Hawell, 23, were celebrating Maurice’s upcoming wedding at an Airbnb over a weekend in February 2022 […]