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
Twelve people were arrested on Monday evening at a cinema in India, after they remained seated while the national anthem played. The cinemagoers, who were attending an international film festival… Continue reading Why are Indians being arrested for sitting during the national anthem?
When former detective Dennis Martyn voiced his strong belief in 2003 that Brett Peter Cowan murdered Daniel Morcombe, then homicide squad boss Mike Condon replied: “f*** off you wouldn’t know… Continue reading Daniel Morcombe: Homicide chief rejected Brett Peter Cowan as chief suspect, inquest told
A man and a woman have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a child in Brisbane’s south-east more than a year ago. The 10-year-old boy was found dead… Continue reading Two charged with manslaughter over 10-year-old boy’s death
Yellow Cabs will offer fixed fares for customers who telephone for a taxi in 2017 in the first return volley since ride-hailing* schemes such as Uber were legalised in Queensland. It will be… Continue reading Yellow Cabs taxis to launch fixed fares to tackle rise of Uber
Surfers Paradise on Sunday say they were the victims of an unprovoked road rage attack. One passenger recorded video on his mobile phone as a man started punching the group’s… Continue reading Gold Coast road rage attack caught on camera
An emergency warning has been issued for two bushfires burning in the towns of Abermain and Neath, in the NSW Hunter Valley. An earlier watch and act warning was upgraded at… Continue reading Bushfire threatens homes in NSW towns of Abermain and Neath
It is almost three years to the day since a platform collapsed in the Mount Lyell copper mine, sending two men plummeting to their deaths. Craig Gleeson and Alistair Lucas… Continue reading Copper Mines Tasmania fined $225k over deaths of two workers in 2013
Sometime next year, if all goes well, a retired jet engine will be mounted on a flatbed trailer and taken to a coal-fired power plant in Delhi. With the exhaust… Continue reading Can jet engines clean up Delhi’s foul air?
Queensland’s most senior road policing officer is mystified and alarmed by driving practices after a deadly start to the Christmas holiday period in the Sunshine State. Assistant Commissioner Mike Keating… Continue reading Police ‘mystified’ as road toll worse than last December in just 11 days
Swift action is needed to ensure that people with cognitive impairments and acquired brain injuries aren’t held in jail indefinitely, a disability rights group says. Earlier this month, a Senate… Continue reading At least 100 Aussies with cognitive disability held in jail indefinitely
