Sydney : A senior public servant has defended the legality of stripping the information watchdog of funds after the Abbott government was unable to pass laws to abolish it.The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, which oversees freedom of information and privacy law, closed its Canberra workplace late last year because its funding was scheduled […]
Queensland : Most of Australia can expect a drier and warmer than usual winter as the influence of an El Nino takes hold – although the first few days of the season won’t feel very balmy for many. The latest three-month outlook released by the Bureau of Meteorology on Thursday shows the odds favour drier-than-average […]
Perth : Prime Minister Tony Abbott has made an embarrassing blunder, ridiculing his own government’s investment in technology education. During question time on Wednesday, Labor leader Bill Shorten asked the Prime Minister whether he would support coding being taught in every primary and secondary school. “Let’s just understand exactly what the Leader of the Opposition […]
MELBOURNE: A 26-year-old Australian woman has allegedly abandoned her two children to join Islamic State (IS) in Syria. Earlier this month, Jasmina Milovanov told her babysitter that she was going to pick up a new car but she never returned to her home in Sydney. Milovanov is believed to have been lured overseas by a […]
Sydney :A pilot has died in a ultralight plane crash just metres from a cafe where dozens of residents were celebrating a birthday party in the Hunter Valley wine region.The plane crashed into a woody paddock in Lovedale, off Lovedale Road, about midday on Saturday.About 60 people were eating at The Lovedale Store and Cafe, […]