Three Melbourne councils will have to refund millions of dollars in parking fines after Victoria’s Ombudsman found they were unlawfully issued. Deborah Glass has found Glen Eira, Port Phillip and Stonnington councils acted “contrary to the law” when they outsourced the review of their parking fines to a private contractor. Kingston and Monash councils paid […]

Disgraced Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of sexual assault and third-degree rape. He faces up to 25 years in prison for sexually assaulting a former production assistant in 2006 and raping another woman in 2013. Weinstein, 67, was refused bail and will be sentenced next month. He was acquitted of three other […]

Victoria’s health chief says authorities can’t rule out cancelling major international events such as next month’s Australian Grand Prix. With the motor race barely two weeks away and the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak still spreading rapidly, including an outbreak in Italy where many F1 teams complete testing, Neil Mitchell questioned whether we need to consider cancelling […]

The head of ASIO has revealed there are now more foreign spies in Australia than ever before and a leading security expert has warned the dangers posed by foreign interference are “insidious”. ASIO director general Mike Burgess made the shocking revelation that the number of spies in the country “is now higher than it was […]

Australia’s primary school principals say we’re raising a generation of anxious kids who are largely absorbing our own stress. A new report presented by the Australian Primary Principals Association shows that 90 per cent of principals said anxiety in students was placing major time and resources on schools. They also found the issue was becoming […]

Victoria’s chief health officer has slammed US President Donald Trump for his claim that the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak is “very much under control in the USA”, and warned the virus could infect up to 70 per cent of the world’s population. Dr Brett Sutton said Trump is “off his rocker” if he truly believes the […]