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
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
