Australia Public Holiday Monday: Which States Get October 5 Off?
Millions of Australians are heading into a three-day weekend, but whether you get Monday off depends entirely on where you live. Monday, October 5, 2026, is a public holiday in…
Canberra Catholic School Fees to Rise Up to 7.5% in 2027 as $1,000 Levy Kicks In
Families with children at Catholic schools across Canberra are facing higher education costs in 2027, with primary school fees set to rise by 6 per cent and most Catholic secondary…
Brazil Players Face Backlash Over Reaction to Indigenous Welcome in Australia
Brazil’s footballers arrived in Townsville to a welcome prepared by the people of the place they were visiting. Within hours, a short video of their reaction had become the story.…
Constable Mia Lay, 20, Killed in Redfern Police Crash While Responding to Glebe Call
Constable Mia Lay, a 20-year-old NSW Police officer just 16 months into her career, was killed when the patrol car in which she was a passenger struck a tree in…
Blue Mountains Stabbing: Mother Charged With Murder After 5-Year-Old Son Dies
A 42-year-old mother has been charged with murder after a five-year-old boy was killed and his two younger siblings were critically injured in an alleged stabbing in the NSW Blue…
Valley Heights Stabbing: Child Dead, Three Critical in NSW, Australia
VALLEY HEIGHTS, NSW — A child has died and two other young children and a woman are fighting for life after four people were discovered with stab wounds inside a…
Greg O’Neill Shark Attack: WA Issues Rare Catch-and-Kill Order
PERTH, Western Australia — The Western Australian government has issued a rare catch-and-kill order for the great white shark believed to have killed 63-year-old swimmer Greg James O’Neill at Sorrento…
Tim Read Dies at 64: Victorian Greens MP Remembered After Cancer Battle
Victorian Greens MP Dr Tim Read has died aged 64 after living with metastatic cancer, prompting tributes for the Brunswick representative, former doctor, medical researcher and public-health advocate. Read had…