[ad_1] China has reacted with barely restrained anger to the call by the World Health Organisation for a renewed investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 virus. Dismissing the theory that the coronavirus pandemic originated as a leak from a Chinese laboratory bio lab in Wuhan, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian denounced such speculation as […]

[ad_1] New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has described the new government in Australia as an opportunity for a reset between the two nations. Speaking at a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the pair said they were in lockstep on issues in the Pacific amid growing regional tensions. It came as Mr Albanese […]

[ad_1] Live One Nation senator Brian Burston offered to console a distraught staffer with the best sex of her life, his defamation trial has been told. Wendy Leach described his offer as “just filthy”, saying she had previously regarded him as “an old dude from the country, like an uncle”. She also testified to being […]

[ad_1] Hadashah Sa’adat Khan was an isolated and withdrawn teen when she began seeking out online relationships with people who support terrorist organisation Islamic State (ISIS). The Melbourne woman, who was 18 at the time, was trying to “impress” another teenager in the US when she helped arrange for him to join Islamic State in […]

[ad_1] Live The Nadesalingam family are back in Biloela after spending four years in immigration detention, with emotional supporters welcoming them home on Friday afternoon. After four years of detention centres, court challenges and a major medical scare, the family of four who captured the nation’s hearts touched down at Thangool Airport near Biloela shortly […]

[ad_1] Live After four years of detention centres, court challenges and a major medical scare, a family of four Tamil asylum seekers who captured the nation’s hearts have arrived home in Queensland. Priya and Nades Nadesalingam and their Australian-born daughters Kopika, 6, and Tharnicaa, 4, touched down at the Thangool Airport near their home town […]

[ad_1] Live Two directors of the care provider for Adelaide woman Ann Marie Smith have been charged with criminal neglect over her death. Ms Smith — who had cerebral palsy — died in hospital in April 2020 from septic shock, multiple organ failure, severe pressure sores and malnourishment. The 54-year-old had been found living in […]

[ad_1] Live Congressional hearings into the deadly US Capitol attack by supporters of Donald Trump have opened with the panel presenting a video showing even his daughter Ivanka did not believe his claims of election fraud. The January 6, 2021, riot followed shortly after the then-president gave an incendiary speech to thousands of supporters repeating […]

[ad_1] Live Queensland police officers spend nearly half their time responding to and investigating domestic and family violence, but it is not clear their training has led to necessary cultural and structural changes, a judge says. Judge Deborah Richards is heading an independent commission tasked with examining whether “cultural issues” within the Queensland Police Service negatively […]