Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters, the investigative journalists who reported allegations of Ben Roberts-Smith’s war crimes, have labelled a Federal Court Judge’s decision to throw out the former SAS soldier’s defamation case “justice”.
Another earthquake has been detected in Melbourne, two days after the city was rocked by an initial tremor. Tuesday’s 2.3 magnitude quake struck around Boronia and Ferntree Gully just after 5pm, at a depth of about 4km. More than 140 residents reported feeling the quake, according to Geoscience Australia. It comes days after a 4.0-magnitude […]
Vivid has officially taken over Sydney’s skyline for a 13th year after opening night began with a dazzling display, which lit up 8.5 kilometres of the harbour. Vivid Sydney 2023 is promising to offer more musical acts, culinary delights and evocative ideas in its “biggest and most culturally relevant” program ever. The festival has proved […]
Used vehicle prices have fallen about 13 per cent after peaking last year, giving buyers a chance to snap up a bargain.
A three-month review into the cause of Menindee’s recent mass fish kill has been launched. The report is expected to be made public by the end of August.
What we learned; Thursday 27 April That’s where we’ll leave the blog for today – thanks so much for joining us. Here is a wrap of the day’s biggest stories:
What’s in a name? A bit, it turns out. Especially if that name is incorrectly merged, slapped on a sign and left languishing at a Melbourne train station for almost a century. Such a circumstance prompted Public Transport Users Association campaigner Daniel Bowen, a former Glen Huntly resident, to write to the government in 2021 […]
Massive stockpiles of soft plastics have revealed we have a big recycling problem in Australia that needs to be fixed. Adam Gilligan from the Environment Protection Authority said there were 15 sites and about 5000 tonnes in New South Wales alone. “It is a large-scale problem and it’s quite concerning because what we’ve seen is […]
It was by chance three years ago that young Baulkham Hills local Max Wang and his mother Echo saw the Hills Athletic Fencing Club, right next to the taekwondo centre Max used to attend. Now, at only 10 years old, Max is travelling interstate and winning gold for fencing while juggling school work and training. […]
Finland has been dubbed the world’s happiest nation for the sixth consecutive year in the annual World Happiness Report, released on Monday. The list is largely based on Gallup World Poll evaluations on matters such as GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity and corruption, New York Post reports. “Citizens of Finland’s strong feelings […]