A landmark study of television news and current affairs has found that presenters, commentators and reporters on Australian television are overwhelmingly of an Anglo-Celtic background. In terms of the number of appearances during the survey period, almost 76 per cent of those on Australian screens were found to have an Anglo-Celtic background. Just 6 per cent were from an Indigenous …

The federal opposition is pushing for higher scrutiny of the Ruby Princess cruise ship debacle which led to more than 660 COVID-19 infections and 28 deaths. A NSW special commission of inquiry has revealed “inexcusable”, “inexplicable” and “unjustifiable” errors by authorities which allowed 2700 passengers to disembark at Sydney’s Circular Quay on March 19. Labor leader Anthony Albanese says a …

A man has been arrested in the US state of Florida after a failed attempt at kidnapping WWE star Sonya Deville. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said Phillip A. Thomas II began planning the abduction eight months ago. Thomas had never met Deville but had a ‘disturbing obsession’ with her and stalked her on social media. The 24-year-old was inside Deville’s …

An off-duty NSW police officer has been charged with drink driving after a six-car crash in Sydney’s south. Just after 7.15pm on Sunday emergency services responded to a multi-vehicle crash on the Princes Highway at Blakehurst. Police say a BMW sedan and a Mitsubishi Outlander, both travelling south, collided before hitting four other cars in the northbound lanes. The 38-year-old …

More than four decades since they were penned, the Palace letters — dubbed the missing link in Australia’s political history — have been released. And while they may reveal the Queen was unaware of then governor-general Sir John Kerr’s decision to sack the Whitlam government in 1975, they also provide an invaluable insight into some of the more eccentric discussions unfolding …

Part-time and full-time workers are expected to receive different amounts of cash under the revised JobKeeper program set to be announced alongside changes to JobSeeker on Thursday. Both the wage subsidy and the boosted unemployment benefit are set to end in September, but the Federal Government has acknowledged support would still be needed past then as the coronavirus crisis continues. …

Coles and Woolworths have been forced to bring back purchase limits on toilet paper and other essential items after a second wave of panic buying cleared shelves. While the restrictions largely apply to Victoria, which has seen a dramatic rise in coronavirus cases, the restrictions on toilet paper apply across Australia. Even Prime Minister Scott Morrison weighed in on renewed panic …

It’s hard to believe that every night in Australia, there are more than 100,000 that have nowhere to go to stay warm and have a good night’s sleep. In Sydney alone, there are over 800 homeless people who struggle just to stay warm as chilly night temperatures set in. Not-for-profit charity Kids Giving Back has launched a fundraiser called ‘Warm-4-Winter’, …

The NSW Premier says anyone from one of Victoria’s coronavirus hotspots is “not welcome” into the state and that people should assume everyone from Melbourne has the virus. As Victoria struggles with spikes in COVID-19 cases, Gladys Berejiklian has urged NSW residents to reject visitors from south of the border. “I’m very concerned about what’s happening in Victoria,” she said. “Do …

A South Korea-based religious group named the Shincheonji Church of Jesus said that over 4,000 members of the church recovered from COVID-19 are willing to donate plasma for developing a new treatment. The amount of blood pledged to be donated is worth approximately $83 billion according to current prices in the United States. “It is difficult to accelerate developing a …