This is certainly not what the Canberra customer ordered.
Dan Himbrechts/AAP The much-debated term “neoliberalism” again entered the political debate last week, with Greens leader Adam Bandt using a National Press Club speech to decry neoliberalism in the Labor Party. Bandt claimed that since the Keating and Hawke governments, Labor has adopted neoliberalism by “privatising public services, cutting taxes for the wealthy and adopting more austerity”. Keating hit back, calling Bandt “a bounder and distorter of political truth”, angrily rejecting suggesti
A heap of jelly-like eggs were found washed up on an Aussie beach, sparking curiosity. See the photos.
Pfizer employees have walked off the job at the company's Perth manufacturing plant as they push for an improvement to a "substandard" wage offer.The pharmaceutical giant has offered its Perth-based employees a five per cent pay rise this year, followed by four per cent and three per cent increases over the following two years.
Collins Street in Melbourne's CBD throws up unique hazards for cyclists. See what they are worried about.
A magistrate in Tasmania has ordered a court hearing surrounding the deaths of 16 polo ponies to proceed, despite flagged new legal action hanging over the matter.The horses were found dead in trailers following a voyage on the Spirit of Tasmania ferry service from the island state to Melbourne in January 2018.
Jeffery Erhunse/UnsplashEgg freezing is promoted as an empowering option for women who want to stop the biological clock and improve their chance of having a baby later in life. But they need to know it’s more like a lottery than an insurance policy. Fertility declines with age. To avoid age-related infertility, women increasingly turn to elective egg freezing. Advertising on IVF clinic websites and social media promote this as an insurance policy that allows women to start a family when the tim
James Marape has been returned as Papua New Guinea's prime minister after a national election marred by violence and fraud allegations.Mr Marape was declared prime minister on Tuesday afternoon after receiving a unanimous 97 votes in the post-election parliamentary sitting.
Kiely Rodni, 16, was last seen at a party on Saturday night. Her mum is now pleading for her safe return.
Choking back tears, New Zealand MP Sam Uffindell has asked voters for a second chance following revelations of a historic boarding school bashing that led to his expulsion.Mr Uffindell will stay in parliament and the opposition National partyroom after leader Chris Luxon declared the 38-year-old a "changed man" since the 1999 assault.
Is the convenience of pre-packaged produce worth almost double the price?
One Sydney supermarket customer has questioned what chemicals are used on fruit after a 'horrifying' find. Read more.
A concerned resident spotted a man behaving strangely in the bushes of a park in Western Australia. Read more.
The fallout from Australia criticising China's Taiwan retaliation continues with yet another scathing message. Find out more.
An investigation is underway into the death of a 47-year-old man on the side of a road in Adelaide amid claims he waited more than 40 minutes for an ambulance after suffering chest pains.The Ambulance Employees Association says the man died on Monday afternoon.
Porsche driver Richard Pusey asked insurers for $2.2 million compensation over the "trauma" of Melbourne's Eastern Freeway crash that killed four police, prosecutors claim.
Lamont Dozier, the middle man in the celebrated Holland-Dozier-Holland team that wrote and produced "You Can't Hurry Love," "Heat Wave" and dozens of other hits and helped make Motown an essential record company of the 1960s and beyond, has died at age 81.Dozier's death was confirmed on Tuesday by Paul Lambert, who helped produce the stage musical "The First Wives Club" that Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote for.
Legislation has been drafted to relax South Australia's Sunday trading laws, allowing shops to open earlier.The changes will also allow all shops across metropolitan Adelaide to trade on Boxing Day.
A woman yelled out "thank you" from the back of the court after a Queensland man was committed to stand trial for murder.Paul Anthony Quinlan was arrested in May 2020 after Scott Pilton was found with life-threatening facial injuries at a home on the 400-resident Lamb Island, off Brisbane.
Police in New Mexico have arrested a man they called their prime suspect in the fatal shootings of four Muslim men in Albuquerque since November, a series of ambush killings that have shaken the Islamic community in the state's largest city.Police credited tips from the public in helping investigators find a car that detectives believed was used in at least one of the killings and ultimately track down the suspect, Muhammad Syed, 51.
