Australia has a great chance at winning an Oscar in the unlikely foreign language category. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday Australia’s entrant, Tanna, had… Continue reading Australian film ‘Tanna’ makes Oscars foreign film short-list
Police are urging the public to be on the lookout for a baby boy missing from Caboolture. The one-year-old boy was last seen on December 8 with 24-year-old Alan Reid,… Continue reading Police in urgent search for missing one-year-old boy
India’s top court has ordered all liquor shops to shut down along state and national highways in an attempt to reduce drink driving and road accidents. The court told the… Continue reading India court bans liquor shops on highways
A spike in criminal cases in Queensland has prompted the state’s top judges to plead for urgent government funding, saying they will be unable to cope with the criminal backlog.… Continue reading Courts seek funds to cope with rise in criminal cases
Federal Labor MP Terri Butler has settled a defamation suit with a Queensland university student, agreeing to a “modest payout” over comments she made on the ABC’s Q&A program. Key… Continue reading Federal Labor MP Terri Butler settles racial case against QUT student with ‘modest payment’
A man charged with murdering his wife more than 15 years ago at Margate, north of Brisbane, has been denied bail. Key points Patricia Anne Riggs’s remains were found in… Continue reading Patricia Anne Riggs: Husband charged with wife’s 2001 murder north of Brisbane denied bail
The roof of a Chinese restaurant has collapsed after a water main burst in Sydney’s north-west today, sending a torrent of water 12 metres into the air. Four fire crews… Continue reading Sydney restaurant roof caves in after burst main sends water gushing 12m into the air
A 34-year-old woman has been charged after more than $180,000 was allegedly swindled from a Brisbane engineering company. Fraud and cyber detectives have been investigating the alleged misappropriation of funds… Continue reading Woman charged over $180,000 Brisbane company fraud
It has been revealed Brisbane Child Safety Department workers met with a 10-year-old boy just months before he died following years of alleged abuse and neglect. Curtis Powell’s lifeless body was found by a relative… Continue reading Brisbane nurse charged with manslaughter of 10-year-old nephew
A Melbourne man who filmed a bus passenger’s racist rant and turned him into a national villain has met the man he shamed four years later. Mike Nayna’s video of… Continue reading Melbourne man who filmed racist bus rant confronts man whose life he ruined
Medical professionals and academics are calling for a national law against dowry, as part of Australia’s first summit looking at the impacts of the practice. *Deep, 27, met her husband… Continue reading Anti-dowry summit sparks call for Australian law against ancient tradition
Staff are likening the Royal Hobart Hospital’s (RHH) emergency room to the third world and general practitioners are resisting sending patients there, according to the Australian Medical Association (AMA) Tasmania.… Continue reading Royal Hobart Hospital likened to third world facilities
