Melbourne : Heroin use in Australia’s Melbourne city have hit a 20-year high due to the plummeting price of the drug, it was revealed on Thursday. Heroin addicts can buy a hit of the drug for as cheap as $13, cheaper than most alcohol for sale in Australia, compared to $38 per hit in the […]
Sydney : A top Vatican official charged in his native Australia with historical sex crimes arrived in Sydney on Monday ahead of his first court appearance later this month. Australia’s Nine Entertainment Co Ltd broadcast video of Cardinal George Pell being whisked away from Sydney airport early on Monday morning. Australian police said late last month Pell, […]
Canberra, June 28 : Three people were killed and another injured after a light plane crashed near Australia’s Mount Gambier region on Wednesday, a media report said. The plane, identified by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) as a TB10 Tobago, crashed into a paddock just outside the regional centre at around 10.30 am, Xinhua […]
Sydney : An AirAsia flight to Malaysia was forced back to Australia on Sunday due to a technical problem, with one passenger saying the plane was “shaking like a washing machine”. The Airbus A330 from Perth to Kuala Lumpur experienced problems about 90 minutes into the journey.It landed safely, with Perth Airport reporting a “technical issue”.“The pilot […]
Melbourne, June 22 : An Australian man died on Thursday after catching a rare mosquito-borne disease while on holiday overseas. The 60-year-old Victoria state resident contracted Japanese encephalitis while on a 10-day holiday in Southeast Asia in May, reports Xinhua news agency. He died at the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), where he spent more than […]