‘Hero’ Female Cop Shoots Australian Mall Attacker Who Killed Six
A female police officer who shot a knife-wielding man at a shopping mall in Sydney, Australia on Saturday, killing six people and injuring several others, has been hailed as a “hero.” NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Anthony Cooke told reporters that the assault occurred at around 3:30pm local time when an unidentified man attacked seemingly random […]
Suspect among six dead in Australian stabbing spree at busy shopping center: police
Six people were reported dead in a stabbing in Australia on Saturday afternoon, including a suspect who was shot dead by a police officer. The incident took place at Bondi Junction Westfield, a six-storey shopping center in Sydney. Paramedics push a stretcher into the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall to rescue an injured person after […]
Biden says he is ‘considering’ Australian call to drop Julian Assange charges | Julian Assange
Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop a decade-long push by the United States to prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for releasing a trove of classified U.S. documents. Australia has long urged the United States to drop charges against Mr. Assange, an Australian national who has been fighting […]
I’ve always been a messy person. The situation was grim – but could I really change? | Australian lifestyle
○A few years ago, on a starry night, a brave young man found an excuse to visit my house. I’m the dirtiest person I know, so surprise visitors are almost always unwelcome. Usually I manage my dirty secrets by limiting my mess to his one area: the bedroom. It also helped that I was single […]
Logan Sargeant and Williams looking to turn the page after ‘difficult’ Australian GP
It was a weekend the F1 team would like to forget. The Australian Grand Prix was a tough weekend for Williams. Following Alexander Albon’s violent crash during the first practice session, the team broke curfew to repair his damaged FW46 so that Albon could drive in FP3 and qualifying. However, the chassis could not be […]
Stranded Australian cruise passengers describe ‘worst experience of our lives’
An Australian couple left stranded on an African island after being stranded on a Norwegian cruise ship have spoken out about their ordeal, saying it was the “worst experience of my life”. Doug and Violeta Sanders left on their own after their private tour during a stop in Sao Tome last week ran past the […]
Uber ‘tech bros’ sought to destroy Australian taxi app using corporate espionage, court hears | Law (Australia)
Uber’s “technical friends” set out to disrupt Australia’s taxi app when the US company entered Australia’s car rental market and began operating illegal rideshare services, lawyers claim. . Taxi Apps, which operates GoCatch, is suing Uber in the Supreme Court of Victoria, alleging that the ride-hailing giant knowingly and illegally launched UberX in Australia to […]
‘It’s a worldly thing’: the ancient, multi-stranded craft of weaving baskets | Australian lifestyle
MMy first foray into basket making started innocently enough. I found the kit at a craft fair. It consisted of nothing more than a needle, a folded instruction page, and a wad of raffia dyed a fuzzy blue-grey. The photo on the front of the box showed a woven pot containing a rubbery succulent. The […]
Australian Lawmakers Enshrine ‘Protection’ for LGBTQI+ People
Left-wing MPs in the Australian state of Queensland have introduced a bill that would “provide stronger protections for transgender, gender diverse and intersex people.” The state’s discrimination laws were amended at the end of April, providing LGBTQI+ advocates with a range of protections against “discrimination and defamation,” while “intersex people” are similarly treated differently and […]
Will Williams suffer an Australian hangover?
■There are only three races left in the F1 season. While many things have remained the same since 2024, with Red Bull leading the constructors’ championship and Max Verstappen leading the drivers’ standings, recent events have shaken up the field a bit. Mercedes is struggling, McLaren is doing well and Ferrari is steadily closing the […]