Category: World News

A Victorian man has tested positive to COVID-19 after contracting the virus in a quarantine hotel in Perth at the centre of an outbreak. Two other hotels in Perth have been identified as having the same “high-risk” status for ventilation issues. A third case has been linked to the Mercure

Homegrown Hollywood actress Margot Robbie has shared an international award with a Brisbane charity supporting people living with a disability. Alongside Charlize Theron and Travis Scott, Robbie received the inaugural RAD IMPACT AWARD, which honours “cultural icons who inspire purpose”. Award recipients select a charity to share the award with

WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS DETAILS THAT READERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING An anti-domestic violence campaigner says the suspected murder-suicide at the Barossa Reservoir highlights the need for more to be done to prevent such tragedies. Henry Shepherdson, 38, jumped from the Whispering Wall tourist attraction with his nine-month-old daughter Kobi in

Six Victoria Police officers must pay compensation to former AFL coach Dani Laidley over leaked photos of her in police custody. Images including Ms Laidley’s mug shot and another of her in an interview room wearing a blonde wig and dress were shared among police and on social media last

A Sydney retiree has credited her grandson for her decision to buy the lottery ticket that just netted her $40 million. Thursday night’s $80 million jackpot was the largest draw so far in 2021, and the Sydney woman was one of two winners to share in the prize. The other

Australia Post’s entire board is set to be grilled over Liberal Party links at a Senate inquiry into former boss Christine Holgate’s controversial departure. Ms Holgate says she was unlawfully stood down after it emerged she gifted four Cartier watches worth $20,000 to executives who had clinched a lucrative deal.

Victoria’s streak of days without locally acquired coronavirus cases has ended, with a local man testing positive for the virus after leaving hotel quarantine in Western Australia. The man travelled from Perth to Melbourne on April 21, where he was instructed to get tested for the virus and quarantine. All

Fewer than 10 per cent of Australians have received a coronavirus vaccine as the federal government prepares to expand the rollout to all over-50s from May. The sluggish immunisation program continues to come under fire with national cabinet agreeing to a major reset in a bid to salvage its progress.

A former Israeli Health Minister is set to be prosecuted for interfering in the Malka Leifer case by attempting to prevent her extradition to Australia. Ms Leifer, 54,  fronted the Melbourne Magistrates Court earlier this month and is facing 74 charges of child sex abuse, including multiple counts of rape,

WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS GRAPHIC DETAILS Support groups say the Gold Coast has become a hotspot for increasingly violent crimes against women. Domestic Violence Prevention Centre CEO Rosie O’Malley said nearly a quarter of the state’s domestic and family violence orders were recorded in the Gold Coast region in recent

Australians have good reason to be hopeful of a well-funded retirement thanks to legislated superannuation increases. However, some federal politicians have hinted at reneging on the promises they made to raise super contributions over the coming years from 9.5 per cent to 12 per cent in 2025. Some MPs

The Japanese government is set to declare a state of emergency in Tokyo, Osaka and two other prefectures amid a jump in coronavirus cases just three months before the start of the Olympic Games Japan, which is struggling to contain a resurgent pandemic, is seeking a “short and powerful” solution

Les McKeown, the former lead singer of the 1970s Scottish pop sensation Bay City Rollers, has died suddenly at the age of 65, his family said Thursday. A statement from his family posted on social media said: “It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of our beloved

Malcolm Turnbull has flipped his position on releasing a family of Tamil asylum-seekers being detained on Christmas Island. Mr Turnbull was prime minister when Priya, Nades and their two young daughters were taken from Biloela in central Queensland and put into detention. More than three years on, he now supports

India has recorded the world’s highest daily tally of 314,835 coronavirus infections as a devastating wave of the virus sweeps across the country. Health officials across northern and western India, including the capital Delhi said they were in crisis on Thursday, with most hospitals full and running out of oxygen. Some

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has offered inventors $US100 million in prize money to develop ways to fight global warming by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or ocean. “Right now we’ve only got one planet, said Mr Musk, chief executive of electric car maker Tesla. “Even a 0.1 per cent

A group of Sydney dock workers are sweating on the results of coronavirus tests after boarding a ship now found to have been carrying infected sailors. The Inge Kosan, an LPG tanker, was docked in Port Botany for a day from March 31 after arriving from the Papua New Guinea

A Queensland police sergeant is back on duty after recovering from blood clots he developed three days after receiving a Pfizer coronavirus vaccine. The Therapeutic Goods Administration and health authorities are still investigating whether there’s any link between the man’s condition and the vaccine. Queensland police said the 40-year-old officer

Brisbane’s cooler months have prompted warnings that rats may be looking for a cosy place to wine and dine — such as your car engine. One Holland Park resident, Tanya Wright, was recently hit with a costly bill after her car wouldn’t start. Her mechanic discovered the engine’s wiring had

WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS GRAPHIC DETAILS Queensland Police Service has vowed to make improvements and review its handling of domestic violence cases after Kelly Wilkinson was allegedly murdered by her estranged partner on the Gold Coast earlier this week. The promise comes after 27-year-old Ms Wilkinson’s charred remains were discovered

Indonesian authorities say rescue teams have detected an object with “high magnetic force” at a depth of 50 to 100 metres in seas north of Bali where a submarine carrying 53 crew disappeared. Yudo Margono, the navy’s chief of staff, said authorities hoped the unidentified object was the missing sub

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have marked Prince Louis’s third birthday by releasing a photograph of their son pictured on his first day of nursery school. Louis is growing up fast and is shown sitting on his bike in the grounds of Kensington Palace, smiling for mother Kate Middleton,

The United States and other countries have hiked their targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions, while Prime Minister Scott Morrison says technology – not new targets — will get Australia to net-zero. US President Joe Biden unveiled the goal to cut emissions by 50 to 52 per cent from 2005

In Scott Morrison’s Australia, the only certainty in superannuation is uncertainty. It’s time for him to end the games and give working Australians something they can hold onto. Before the 2019 election he committed to the legislated super guarantee going to 12 per cent. Then he said he would repeal

Scott Morrison hopes a Navy commander and a truce with state governments will pep up Australia’s sluggish COVID vaccine rollout, under a “recalibration” agreed to by national cabinet. At the second of the national cabinet’s “war footing” meetings on Thursday, state and territory leaders made a number of decisions, swearing

Her name was Kelly Wilkinson, and her body was found in a Gold Coast backyard before breakfast time on Tuesday. She was 27. She lost her own mother only a few weeks ago. And this week, police believe her three young children watched her die after being set alight, allegedly

From vaccines to car park COVID tests, big brands and celebrities have been keen to pitch in to help governments around the world fight the coronavirus pandemic. On Thursday, The Guardian reported that Bunnings Warehouse could become the site of mass coronavirus vaccination hubs to help boost community trust and

Josh Frydenberg’s half-hour upon the budget stage next month will contain the standard tension between politics and economics, but with an extra twist: Conflict between the budget’s inevitably rosy projections of everyone living happily ever after and Treasury’s looming intergenerational report. That’s assuming the fifth report – the IGR –

The Biden administration has pledged to slash US greenhouse gas emissions by 50 to 52 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030, a new target it hopes will spur other big emitter countries to raise their ambition to combat climate change. The goal, unveiled at the start of a two-day

West Australian police have abandoned a fresh search for the remains of teenager Hayley Dodd at her killer’s former home. Special crime detectives and forensic officers have spent the past three days searching the property at rural Badgingarra, near where Hayley was last seen in 1999. It was formerly occupied

One of Australia’s most iconic landmarks is playing canvas to works by a group of Indigenous female artists. The sails of the Sydney Opera House were on Thursday illuminated for day one of the ongoing projection exhibition Badu Gili: Wonder Women. “Badu Gili – meaning ‘water light’ … is a

Are you ready to break up with your budget? You’ve tried, really you have, but no matter what method you have used you always seem to be way off the mark when it comes to estimated spending versus your actual spending. You’re wondering what is the point and whether it

It’s the question on most people’s lips: Do we get a public holiday for Anzac Day? One of Australia’s most poignant public holidays is fast approaching. Anzac Day falls on a Sunday this year, and some states – but not all – will mark Monday as an ‘observance’ public holiday.

A big conversation is under way in the superannuation industry about the necessity for members to be more engaged with their super. But the evidence suggests taking super into your own hands is not necessarily going to give you a better retirement balance. SuperRatings data shows default or ‘MySuper’ funds

Start your engines, because some familiar faces are gracing the judging panel for the inaugural season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under.  Kylie Minogue, her sister Dannii, and Academy Award-winning director Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok), are the first guest judges announced for the forthcoming season of the competitive

Learning rape is bad has clearly been an exhausting task for Scott Morrison. Making matters harder, while on this journey of discovery he’s had to not do a lot of things people seem to want him to do. Firstly there was not reading a dossier on an alleged rape, not