Was Kamala Harris hiding something under those classy pumps and Converse All Stars – her alternating footwear of choice during her failed presidential campaign? Could it really be that Joe Biden’s veep has a little toenail fetish that only she – and presumably husband Doug Emhoff – knows about? How else can you explain the fact that her election spending includes some $5,000 to a California nail artist who specializes …

A Queensland father who sexually abused his own daughter nearly every second day over an 11-year period before handing himself into police has been jailed for 12 years for what a judge described as disgusting and unbelievable behaviour. Warning: This story contains content that some readers may find distressing. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced …

A tennis fan is taking legal action against Nick Kyrgios after he accused her of being ‘‘drunk out of her mind’’ during his defeat in this year’s Wimbledon final. In a statement released by her solicitors on Tuesday, Anna Palus said the 27-year-old Australian had defamed her by making ‘‘a reckless and entirely baseless allegation’’. ‘‘Not only did this cause considerable …

A 36-year-old man has been arrested and placed in psychiatric care after he smeared the Mona Lisa with cake in a purported protest against artists not focussing enough on “the planet”. The most famous portrait in the world had her cake and ate it too after a man disguised as an elderly woman attempted to smash the painting’s protective glass before smearing the surface with dessert on Sunday. …

An Indian couple are taking their son to court, demanding that he and his wife produce either a grandchild within a year or cough up almost $940,000. Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad say that they exhausted their savings raising and educating their pilot son and paying for a lavish wedding. Now they want payback. “My son has been married for six …

A Tasmanian councillor has been fined $800 for flashing his penis three times at a Crown prosecutor and her son on a beach in the state’s north-west. Councillor Darren Fairbrother, who has served on the Waratah-Wynyard council since 1996, was found guilty last month on a charge of prohibited behaviour. In delivering her sentence, magistrate Teresa Anderson said the offending was …

A male nurse has been charged by NSW police after allegedly sexually assaulting three women at hospitals in Sydney’s northwest over a period of three years. Since September last year, Strike Force Rymer has been investigating reports a 25-year-old female patient was sexually assaulted while recovering from heart surgery at a Bella Vista hospital. This led to a 42-year-old man …

Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin has apologised to the public after a photo surfaced of her in a nightclub after her foreign minister tested positive for COVID-19. “I did wrong. I should have considered the situation more carefully,” Marin said in a television interview by public broadcaster Yle on Wednesday night (Thursday AEDT). “I should have used better judgment on …

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has labelled Defence Minister Peter Dutton a “boofhead” in a heated exchange during Question Time. The Labor leader got up on a point of order following an answer from Prime Minister Scott Morrison, which lead Mr Dutton to also stand up in his capacity as Leader of the House. “Hang on. Sit down; you sit down …

Victorian police have issued Premier Daniel Andrews with $400 worth of fines for breaching COVID-19 directions after being filmed without a mask before attending Parliament. Mr Andrews had apologised for the incidents, which took place as he walked across the Parliament carpark to speak to journalists on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. “Victoria Police can confirm it has issued two infringement …