A woman once branded “Australia’s worst female serial killer” has been pardoned after new evidence suggested she did not kill her four infant children. Kathleen Folbigg spent 20 years in prison after a jury found she killed sons Caleb and…
Clare Nowland, 95-year-old woman tasered by Australian police, dies in hospital
An elderly great-grandmother tasered by police during an incident at a Cooma nursing home last week has died. New South Wales police confirmed Clare Nowland, 95, died “peacefully” in hospital just after 7pm on Wednesday, surrounded by family and loved…
Menindee: Australia begins mass fish death clean-up
A major clean-up effort is under way in Australia after millions of fish died in a river in western New South Wales (NSW). Fish will be cleared from “high density areas”, but it will not be possible to remove all…
Irish man drowns trying to rescue daughter in Australia
An Irish man has drowned while attempting to rescue his daughter who got into difficulty while in water in New South Wales, Australia. Police were told a couple and their three children were in the shallow water at Seven Mile…
Australia: 5-year-old rescued from python by dad and elderly grandad
A five-year-old Australian boy has survived being bitten, constricted and dragged into a swimming pool by a python about three times his size. Beau Blake was enjoying a swim at home when the 3m long (10ft) reptile struck, his father…
Aussie state launches toolkit to support women’s well-being on World Menopause Day
Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW), on Tuesday, announced the launching of a free online toolkit to raise awareness on menopause and offer women reliable resources. Menopause is the time that marks the end of a woman’s menstrual cycle.…
Flood warnings as southeast Australia lashed by heavy rain
Flood warnings were issued, hundreds of homes were evacuated, thousands more lost power and a man was missing as heavy rain lashed southeast Australia on Thursday. Rivers across Australia’s most populous states, New South Wales and Victoria, and the island…
Police arrest teenager for alleged terrorism
The Australian Federal Police said on Wednesday that it had arrested an 18-year-old man in the southern city of Albury in the New South Wales (NSW) state over terrorism-related offences. The NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) launched an investigation…
NRL’s idea to return crowds to stadiums within weeks ‘absurd and dangerous’, says doctors’ association
The NRL’s ambitious push to get crowds back into stadiums on match days in a matter of weeks has been dismissed as “absurd and dangerous” by the Australian Medical Association. With the NRL to resume its suspended 2020 season behind…
