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AN Australian family is suing Qantas for more than $200,000 after their baby boy lost part of his pinky finger during an in-flight incident.
Electric Parade Music festival ‘awash with drugs’
DRUG overdoses at Melbourne’s Electric Parade music festival have landed more than 20 revellers in hospital.
Fatal attack Woman killed in brutal attack
A WOMAN has died after being stabbed in the chest at a home in Sydney’s west.
New campaign The $7m push to get girls active
FEMALE footballers, rockclimbers and water polo players will feature in a new advertising blitz designed to inspire more Australian girls to take up sport.
Australian history ‘More savage than Pearl Harbor’
IT’S been 75 years since 188 Japanese planes bombed Darwin in the first of almost 100 air raids, drawing the top end of Australia into World War II.
Exclusive Joe’s plan to heal US-Australia rift
AFTER Malcolm Turnbull and Donald Trump’s leaked phone call made world headlines, Joe Hockey has a plan to reset the US-Australian alliance.
Stabbing Woman ‘stabs fiance to death’
JUST a month after getting engaged, young dad David Walsh is dead and his fiancee has been charged with his murder.
Greece: Dionysian worshippers carry giant phallus across Athens
Hundreds of people carried a giant phallus through Athens, Saturday as part of Phallephoria, a celebration honouring the god Dionysus. Masked participants carried the man-sized phallic figurine through the streets of Plaka, Athens old city district, singing songs and dancing. Phallephoria honours Dionysus, the god of fertility and wine, associated with ritual madness in ancient Greek mythology.
Trump attacks the media in Florida
U.S. President Donald Trump attacks the media at a rally in Florida, saying 'they just don't want to report the truth'. Courtesy: AP
Remembering Rhinos
A STUNNING book of photos is being published to raise money for rhino conservation and protection efforts.
Go underwater to see nature’s ocean life on full display
FROM playful seals to translucent lionfish. These are the breathtaking images of life below the surface.
Dying man’s wishes come true
HUNDREDS of strangers have answered the call to make the wishes of a terminally ill man and his fiancee become a reality in the most touching way.
Shark victim saved by his mates
THE hero mates of a young Queensland dad have been credited with saving his life after he was attacked by a shark while spear fishing at a remote reef.
Gunner be a good time at the Oval
THEIR daughters made them listen to Katy Perry’s Roar, but now it’s Welcome to the Jungle for the Fillmores at Saturday night’s Guns N’ Roses concert.
Severe thunderstorm alert for several regions
UPDATE: The weather bureau has issued an alert for severe thunderstorms with damaging winds of up to 125km/h for several regions — while Adelaide is also expecting a possible storm.
TV star Karl shows off new girlfriend
IT WAS a serendipitous way for Today show host Karl Stefanovic to confirm rumours surrounding his new romance — putting on a very public display yesterday with girlfriend Jasmine Yarbrough on Sydney Harbour.
Woman dies driving on wrong side of M1
A 29-year-old female motorist has died after driving up the wrong side of the freeway north of Sydney and crashing head-on into another vehicle whose driver is fighting for his life in hospital.
$2m stolen to fund lavish lifestyle
A GLAMOROUS former law firm office worker faces jail after admitting to siphoning more than $2 million through her unsuspecting WA employer.
‘Please spare others our stillbirth heartache’
A YOUNG couple whose precious son was stillborn at Fiona Stanley Hospital are pleading for greater awareness so mistakes are not made for future parents.
Victoria’s plan to fight racial divide
CONCERNS about the threat of Muslim and far-right extremism have prompted an unprecedented state government push to stop Victorians from turning on each other.
Don’t forget your jacket for White Night
THE only rain falling at White Night will be at the Purple Rain tribute to Prince, with showers to ease off by night time. Here’s everything you need to know about what to see, eat and do.
Sea level rise raises radical solutions
A KINGBOROUGH Council report on climate change found homes and large tracts of public land would be permanently engulfed by expected sea level rise.
Government to introduce trawler ban
SUPER trawlers and trawling in general will be permanently banned in Tasmanian waters through legislation to be introduced in State Parliament
‘Excessive’ tree lopping upsets residents
THE mass removal of trees from an old school site has sparked fresh environmental fears with one resident deeming the cull excessive.
Surfer rescues man from drifting to sea
BRUCE McPadden was surfing at The Spit when he heard desperate cries for help: a man had fallen off a jetski around 4.20pm and emergency services were yet to arrive on scene.
Shark attack victim stable
A YOUNG Far North man has come within inches of death after losing “significant amounts of blood” in a shark attack near Port Hinchinbrook.
Teen says sorry for crash
A TEENAGER who crashed a utility, leaving one of his mates paralysed and the other badly injured, says he regrets the incident daily.
