US First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing mild symptoms, the White House has announced.The Bidens have been vacationing in South Carolina since August 10, and the 71-year-old first lady began experiencing symptoms on Monday.
A Woolies customer was appalled by the state of his delivery, but not everyone has been sympathetic. Find out why.
South Australia's union movement has called for more funding for safety inspectors to cut the number of workplace injuries.SA Unions also want the state government to bring forward new industrial manslaughter legislation and push ahead with a review of SafeWork SA, the safety regulator.
A TikTok trend has been slammed for its scaring young children. Here's why experts are horrified by the videos.
Women's economic opportunities will be a key focus of the federal government's upcoming jobs and skills summit.Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Wednesday released an issues paper outlining five economic challenges facing Australia in preparation for the summit in Canberra on the first two days in September.
The young woman filmed herself locked inside the salon and has spoken of the 'unprofessional' service where she had to blow-dry her own hair. Find out more.
Having sustainability front of mind may be part of the new normal many Australians are living following the onset of the pandemic, research shows.The lockdowns that confined millions of people to their homes and close communities caused many to make more considered day-to-day choices, the University of Queensland research suggests.
Aldi shoppers have been warned about a new scam currently circulating on Facebook. Here's what you need to know.
UnsplashAs the cut-off for the government’s consultation on a National Cultural Policy (NCP) approaches, thousands in the sector are putting the finishing touches to their three-page submissions. These are directed around “five pillars” drawn from Creative Australia, the national cultural policy announced in the last months of the Gillard regime, but ignored by the Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison governments thereafter. Coalition arts ministers showed little interest in cultural policy. Over the l
The Western Australian government admits it failed to meaningfully implement school attendance plans recommended following child suicides in the state's north.Education Minister Sue Ellery has apologised after an inquiry found serious deficiencies in the planning, implementation and oversight of the plans for students in Halls Creek who were identified as being at severe attendance risk.
Critics of the Gelorup corridor project in Western Australia have called the possum's treatment brutal. Find out more
Her family feared the worst when she was last seen going on a date. Find out what happened.
Bingo Industries faces fines of $10 million or more after pleading guilty to criminal cartel offences where prices were allegedly fixed for demolition waste services in Sydney.The waste management firm has been accused in the Federal Court of fixing the prices of skip bins and waste processing services with two competitors Skips Bin Services and Aussie Skips Recycling in 2019.
Paying teachers more as they progress up the ladder will keep them from walking away from what is now a lonely profession of freelancers, a NSW parliamentary inquiry has heard.An upper house committee is investigating how to combat the shrinking supply of school teachers, a problem felt across the country that has now drawn the federal government's focus.
The friends say they're lucky to be alive after the ordeal on a busy Queensland motorway. Find out what happened.
“Strategic ambiguity” – the policy that has underpinned the West’s defence of Taiwan for half a century or more – rests on another ambiguity: Taiwan’s status in international law. And that status matters because it could help us answer three questions: does China have a legal right to restore control over its own territory by force? do Taiwan and its allies have a legal right to resist such an attack? might Taiwan even have the right to declare independence? The islands we know as Taiwan have be
A gradual slowdown is expected in the construction of houses over the next three years due to rising interest rates, as well as land and labour shortages.However, the pipeline of work yet to be completed is likely to keep home building activity ticking along comfortably until mid-2023.
The 35-year-old's sister has revealed the mother's ongoing battle. Find out more.
Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre has a culture of brutality towards children and allowed allegedly sexually abusive staff to continue working, an inquiry has been told.One former detainee, known as Warren, said he was raped and sexually assaulted more than 50 times by guards who withheld his ADHD medication until they abused him.
Coles has announced it will trial a major change to its fresh produce aisle. Find out how the initiative will affect you.
