Wed, Jan 8, 2020
Kristie Powell had everything to look forward to in life. The young mother owned a successful petcare business and had a loving family. In 2018, a former employee of her's Bhanu Kirkman, 29, broke into her home and repeatedly stabbed her to death. Kirkman developed a twisted sexual fantasy and stalked Powell for months using the alias 'The Reaper'. Despite being found fit to stand trial, Kirkman was found not guilty of murder because of mental illness. Her family feel let down by the justice system.
Mon, Jan 13, 2020
Public housing tenants claim they have been left prisoners in their home due to the "hellish and animalistic" actions of their New Zealand-born neighbour Robert Rakei and his teenage daughter Saige. A disability pensioner and her daughter say they have become too scared to leave their home in Blackburn in Melbourne's eastern suburbs after repeated outbursts of violence, including being pelted with rocks. CCTV footage has captured the Rakei's frequent taunts and vile outbursts.
Mon, Feb 3, 2020
Australian Tim McLean is at the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in Ezhou, in the east of the Hubei province of China. He is able to leave his house to go the shops, many of which have become deserted, wearing two face masks and gloves to try and protect himself. But with no end in sight, and all roads and transport closed, he is unable to travel back to Australia to see his family. Now the virus is rapidly spreading across the world.
Thu, Feb 6, 2020
With the coronavirus poised to go pandemic, profiteers are exploiting global hysteria and charging Australians hundreds of dollars above normal prices for protective face masks. Pharmacists and online businesses are among those suppliers accused of capitalizing on the public's panic, by charging exorbitant marked-up prices for these products made in China, normally available off-the-shelf for a few dollars.
Tue, Feb 18, 2020
It is quite possibly Australia's most famous deck, complete with kitchen, wood-fired pizza oven, and a BBQ. It also has a price tag too, coming in at $100,000. But Geoff Clark's big deck comes with a big question. Many are asking where the former head of the disbanded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission got the money? Now, Clark, his wife Trudy, and their sons, Aaron and Jeremy, combined are facing more than 1100 charges after a police investigation into over $2.5 million of stolen funds from a trust account. The money was meant for Aboriginal communities in South-West Victoria.
Tue, Apr 7, 2020
Cardinal George Pell, the former financial controller of the Vatican, has been freed from gaol and had his convictions overturned following a two-year legal battle. The high court in a unanimous verdict, found that the jury, ought to have entertained the possibility that an innocent person had been convicted because the evidence did not establish guilt to the requisite standard of proof with respect to each of the offences for which he was charged with, and ordered that the convictions be quashed and that verdicts of acquittal be entered in their place. Pell has always maintained his innocence.
Tue, May 12, 2020
Australia is being swamped by Asian buyers. Many nations in the world don't allow foreigners to buy land or property in their country. Instead, it must be leased. China is among the toughest on possession. Yet here in Australia there are no such laws, just a few restrictions on the ownership of large valuable holdings that must be cleared by the Foreign Investment Review Board. There are now calls by those in the real estate industry for us to impose the same rules and lease, not sell, our precious properties.
Mon, Jul 27, 2020
Not everyone is happy being told they must compulsory wear a face mask. Since Daniel Andrews has moved Victoria into stage three lockdown, a number of people have started to rebel against orders they must don a personal protective mask or risk prosecution. They have become defiant as what they see as an encroaching socialist police state on personal liberties and no evidence that masks, the majority of which are manufactured in China, effectively keep out the coronavirus. Wearing masks in public are also seen by some as being un-Australian.
Thu, Sep 17, 2020
One Nation candidate and Townsville resident Troy Thompson has tracked down and confronted alleged thieves after his disabled nephew was robbed of his drone and iPad. Another resident had their car and property stolen from their garage, with the criminals brazenly posting videos on-line and boasting about their thefts on social media. There have been 143 break ins and 48 stolen cars in the regional city in a week alone. The problem residents see right now is not a virus, it's an epidemic of youth crime, with the Queensland Labor government unable to keep people and property safe despite lockdowns.