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12th December 2024

AM Edition

‘Lot to be grateful for’: Councils urged to follow Geelong’s Oz Day lead

As the son of immigrant parents who arrived in Australia with a suitcase and a dream, Geelong’s mayor was brought up believing he lived in a lucky country that deserved celebrating...

VCE results 2024: Year 12 students receive their ATAR scores

Over 60,000 students across will today receive their VCE results, including 41 high-achieving year 12s who accomplished an impressive ATAR of 99.95.

Multicultural commissioner investigated for ‘grossly offensive’ anti-Israel posts

The Allan government is being urged to strip the president of Victoria’s peak Islamic body of his taxpayer-funded role over a series of social media posts, including one that compa...

Cops demand hundreds of millions of dollars in overtime pay

The Police Association has launched a bombshell court action over what it says are thousands of hours of unpaid work done by officers at the beginning and end of their shifts.

Shock taxpayer cash splash on art, dancing, instruments revealed

Taxpayers forked out $650,000 so Federal Government departments could commission artworks, supplies, dance performances, and exhibitions in the last year, while $870,000 was spent ...

Kids’ vax rates are down and our general health is falling: report

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has found several measures of our population’s health have declined in recent years, putting us on track to miss crucial 2030 target...

Bizarre literary twist in Aussie bikie’s court case

The lawyer for an Aussie bikie, who boasted of controlling the country’s cocaine trade, cited William Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde as part of his legal case.

$937: Which Aussies will spend the most this Christmas

New research from ASIC shows that Aussies will struggle with spending this festive season, with one group tipped to spend almost $1000.

Real reason why young Victorians are most at risk of getting cancer

People born in the early 2000s have a six-to-seven-fold increased likelihood of getting bowel cancer — and now researchers have uncovered the gut reason behind the shock trend.

Ex-Covid, Comm Games chief lands plum govt job … again

Former Covid and Commonwealth Games boss Jeroen Weimar — now overseeing the state’s response to the housing crisis — has been appointed to another taxpayer-funded job.

How social media giants will pay for Australian news

Social media giants who refuse to pay for Australian news on their platforms will face huge financial penalties under Labor’s plan to incentivise big tech to fairly compensate loca...

Campbell: Pesutto-Deeming case could alter the course of Victorian history

Thanks to the steady deterioration in the fortunes of the Labor government, the findings from this defamation trial could determine who becomes the next premier of Victoria.

$199 flights: Jetstar launches new route to idyllic island

Jetstar is continuing its expansion into the Pacific, announcing a snap sale with fares as low as $199 as it adds another destination to its growing list of idyllic island routes.

Celebrated by Queen Elizabeth II in 2022, what name is given to a 70th jubilee?

The Chase Australia’s official Shark, Brydon Coverdale, has created a new daily quiz challenge. Test yourself.

4000+ Aussie classrooms will be without a teacher next year

Schools will fail to fill thousands of teaching roles in time for term one amid a mass exodus of educators. See how your state fares.

Bolt: Our politicians are flying blind trying to ‘save’ us from global warming

I knew the climate models must be flawed but “experts” told me to shut up and trust the science. Now we learn what was certain about global warming isn’t at all.

One stupid decision: Preston crash driver’s grim warning

Student Oscar Mugerwa says one bad mistake nearly cost his and his mate’s lives when he wrapped his car around a pole – now he wants to warn others.

Revealed: Cricket launches bid to axe Gabba for ‘50-year’ venue

Cricket Australia has launched a major push to have the Gabba scrapped as a Test venue and replaced by a stadium that could sustain the sport for 50 years.

D-Day looms for Hazlewood’s Brisbane Test hopes

Josh Hazlewood and Scott Boland’s hopes of playing in the third Test between Australia and India in Brisbane will come down to an all-important training session on Thursday.

Ho, ho, no! Sour Christmas shindig awaits law firm guests

It attracts politicians, law luminaries and union powerbrokers but this year, guests who turn up to one of the legal world’s biggest Christmas shindigs are set for an unpleasant su...

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