At a parliamentary hearing in Ottawa on Tuesday sat two name cards – "Mark Zuckerberg" and "Sheryl Sandberg" – and two empty chairs. For the second time in less than a year, Facebook's founder and its chief operating officer declined to appear before an international committee of legislators from nearly a dozen countries who are…
A heavily pregnant 26-year-old woman was walking to work in Sydney's inner east on Tuesday morning when she was allegedly assaulted by another woman who suddenly emerged from an alcove. NSW Police said there was no provocation for the attack in which the woman was allegedly punched repeatedly in the head by the stranger. Loading…
A key Coalition proponent of constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians has warned that strong bipartisan support will be crucial for a successful referendum and rushing the process could risk a Brexit-like outcome. Julian Leeser, a Liberal MP and co-chair of Parliament's constitutional recognition committee, said it would be premature to stake out political positions before…
Cody Walker says he will not sing the national anthem before the State of Origin opener next Wednesday, even though millions of sports fans will be tuned in to what will be one of the biggest sports events of the year. Just as he remained silent during Advance Australia Fair before the Indigenous All Stars…
Scott Morrison got the government re-elected on the back of a budget built on an illusion: that the economy was growing strongly and would go on doing so for a decade. The illusion allowed Morrison to boast about getting the budget back into surplus and keeping it there, despite promising the most expensive tax cuts…
Female university students were pressured into giving lap dances, sharing intimate details of their sexual experiences, and being "slapped on the ass by everybody" as they ran past a group of men before entering a party as part of college hazing at the University of New England. The hazing was documented in a report on…
Miami: An Australian man whose wife disappeared while they honeymooned at sea has been sentenced to eight years in prison for involuntary manslaughter. Lewis Bennett, 42, apologised to the family of Isabella Hellman during a hearing before US District Judge Federico Moreno in Miami on Tuesday. He waived his right to appeal. Bennett was originally…
Accused killer Henry Hammond was banned from a Thornbury restaurant where he volunteered because he frightened the customers. Click Here: Lentil as Anything manager Dayle Lee Jones said Mr Hammond was living in a van beside the restaurant car park and had come to believe he was the Norse god Odin. She was forced to…
A young man and woman killed in what police say was a speed-related crash on the Mornington Peninsula were car lovers whose friends and family will pay tribute to them with an organised car meet. The sister of Pauly Khaled has pleaded with people attending the meet not to hoon or speed, after one friend…
Australia’s public psychiatric system is in slow and painful decline, with “profoundly disillusioned” psychiatrists leaving for private practice, senior specialists warn. The “psychiatric breakdown of the public system” is driving away overburdened psychiatrists who were dedicated to treating some of the most vulnerable mentally ill patients, UNSW Scientia Professor Gordon Parker says. The veteran public…