As the bushfire disaster swept across Australia, Central NSW Social Work Manager Cheryl Jenkins began work on the emergency response. She coordinated Services Australia’s network of social workers ensuring they could get into bushfire ravaged communities to provide support and […]
The brave acts of Australian firefighters and volunteers have inspired a new children’s book in recognition of this year’s unprecedented bushfire season. The book titled “My Dad, The Secret Superhero” is the story of a little girl who discovers her […]
The judge presiding over the case of Donald Trump ally Roger Stone has reportedly ordered both sides to participate in a conference call on Tuesday. US District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued the order for the phone hearing on […]
Last week, Boris Johnson, with the help of Dominic Cummings, dismissed Clare O’Neill as the head of the COP 26 global climate change conference, which will be hosted in Glasgow later this year. In turn, O’Neill attacked Johnson, saying he […]
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 21-year-old man reported missing from Redcliffe. Maurice Koroi (pictured below) was last seen leaving an address in Kippa-Ring around 2am on December 26. Preliminary investigations indicate Maurice is travelling through […]
Sun Princess arrives at Kangaroo Island on Sunday. Photo: Supplied Ferocious fires that scorched through half of Kangaroo Island have triggered a sharp decline in visitors – but a cruise ship has led the charge in bringing tourists back. Princess Cruises’ […]
Sam Forencich/Getty Images Take a bow, Damian Lillard. While the Portland Trail Blazers weren’t exactly playing the same version of the Golden State Warriors that knocked them out of the playoffs three of the last four years, the four-time All-Star […]
Intensity, body language and learning to take tosses out of the equation have been key to India’s roaring start to 2020. This was Virat Kohli’s assessment as he drew satisfaction from two hard-fought wins that helped India take the Australia […]
The Supreme Court will consider whether the Trump administration can let employers opt out of offering birth control coverage to workers on moral or religious grounds, the justices announced Friday. The court will hear oral arguments for a challenge that […]
7.26pm EST19:26 Democratic debate clashes with Trump’s impeachment trial Lauren Gambino Hours before the debate on Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House would vote to send its impeachment charges against Donald Trump to the Senate the following […]
Stories in the business pages don’t often catch the eye of Hollywood scriptwriters. But the case of Carlos Ghosn is an exception. Over Christmas, the former boss of the Japanese car giant Nissan, wearing a disguise, reportedly hid inside a […]
A 45-year-old male senior constable from Road Policing Command has been stood down from the Queensland Police Service. The officer is subject to allegations of committing domestic violence. In keeping with our commitment to high standards of behaviour, transparency and […]
Explorer Dream’s Palace Pool Deck. Photo: Dream Cruises All week we are teased by a paragraph in the Dream Daily newsletter, urging women to register for an upcoming show – Dream Boys. Advertised as an over-18s performance where “fantasies will come […]
Glenn James/Getty Images The reminders keep coming, in all sorts of forms, without interruption. Some are subtle, their significance barely registering in real time, if not unnoticed, because this has all become so routine. Others are harder, often impossible, to […]
The Rök runestone, which is etched with more than 700 characters and is dated to about 800 CE, is one of Sweden’s most important cultural artifacts. The meaning of its enigmatic inscription has generated debate for over a century, but […]
The department continues to transform the customer experience by learning directly from customers about how they use our services and redesigning those services around their needs. Through a design session in March 2019 we met Ken, a Disability Support Pension […]
It was billed as a press conference, but Carlos Ghosn’s long-awaited appearance before the world’s media also felt like a courtroom, with a Powerpoint presentation thrown in too. But this courtroom, unlike the one he has avoided in Tokyo, gave […]
Last August the Guardian columnist Owen Jones suffered a horrendous attack as he was out in London celebrating his birthday. In December three men admitted to the charge of affray. Next week a judge will decide whether one of the […]
Investigators have released CCTV footage and an image as part of an appeal for information following a shooting incident and suspicious fire at a bar in Brisbane City. Around 2am yesterday, multiple shots were fired the licensed premises on Boundary […]
Kylie Minogue’s tourism campaign The campaign is dubbed Matesong and features a star studded cast. A photo of a kangaroo leaping across the pages of British newspapers is the sort of free publicity that tourism authorities usually crave. Except the […]
Brian Blanco/Associated Press The LendingTree Bowl is the final FBS postseason game before the CFB National Championship. While the spread indicates the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns will blow out the Miami (OH) RedHawks, Monday’s matchup could be intriguing to fans of […]
Dominic Bess has won praise from the players of both sides after providing a crucial contribution on the second day in Cape Town. While the figures – 1-62 from 27 overs – may not look outstanding, Bess’s control allowed England’s […]
If you thought an interracial relationship was just a kind of relationship rather than an issue to be tackled, think again! Buzzfeed News attempted to unpack interracial dating Friday by giving people a space to “speak” with a “chatbot” (read: […]
Good morning and happy new year to everyone. It certainly is for supporters of Sir Keir Starmer as next Labour leader. Over the last three weeks he and Rebecca Long Bailey have been seen as more or less joint favourites […]
