In 1911, a deadly epidemic spread through China and threatened to become a pandemic. Its origins appeared to be related to the trade in wild animals, but at the time no one was sure. Lockdowns, quarantine measures, the wearing of masks, travel restrictions, the mass cremation of victims, and border controls were deployed to try to lower the infection rate. …

Melbourne’s St Patrick’s Cathedral has been vandalised, with the words “rapist” and “no justice” graffitied across its doors a day after Cardinal George Pell was acquitted on child sex abuse charges. “Rot in hell, Pell” was also scrawled across the doors of the cathedral at the centre of allegations the cardinal abused two choirboys in the 1990s. The words “the …

Wuhan residents believe up to 18 times the number of people died in their city from coronavirus than authorities are reporting. The seven funeral homes serving Wuhan have reportedly been running nonstop recently, prompting one resident to say “anyone with any ability to think” knows officials are lying about the death toll. China announced 2,535 deaths in Wuhan – the …

The ACCC and NSW Fair Trading have weighed in after a shopper made a startling discovery in a western Sydney discount store. As the nation grapples with the impacts of the coronavirus crisis, some members of society are taking the opportunity to profit from the desperation of others. NSW shopper Liz detailed one such incident of profiteering to 7NEWS.com.au, revealing …

An Uber driver is behind bars after he was found guilty of raping a drunken teenager in the back of his car. Onur Dedeoglu, 39, will be sentenced in the Downing Centre District Court in April after a jury on Thursday found him guilty of three charges and he was refused bail. During the trial before Judge Nicole Noman, Dedeoglu …

As a senior corporate leader at one of Australia’s big banks, Lina Gyle knows a thing or two about managing money. But she has not been able to find a way around the budget-busting costs of childcare for her son, Eddy. “The childcare cost is bigger than my mortgage repayments,” she said. “Significantly bigger, with interest rates so low.” Without …

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has reportedly pleaded in a letter for President Donald Trump to revise US travel warnings for Australia. The US State Department last week put out a new warning of Americans to consider postponing their travel to Australia with disastrous bushfires ravaging the country. But the Courier-Mail reports that the premier has passionately pleaded with the US leader to …

Local officials in South Australia state said “extremely large” herds have been encroaching on rural communities — threatening scarce food and drinking water, damaging infrastructure, and creating a dangerous hazard for drivers. Snipers took to helicopters in Australia on Wednesday to begin a mass cull of up to 10,000 camels as drought drives big herds of the feral animals to …

As a catastrophic bushfire emergency unfolded across three states on Saturday with lives lost, homes destroyed and Christmas holiday plans for thousands of people in chaos, Prime Minister Scott Morrison is set to fly back into Sydney on Saturday night. Amid mounting pressure to return home, cutting a family holiday in Hawaii short and issuing a statement he “deeply regretted” …

The manner in which NSW Police officers arrested and humiliated two women in hijabs over an alleged unbuckled seatbelt was “appalling” and had the potential to undermine the entire force, critics say. Two New South Wales Police officers have found to have engaged in serious misconduct by belittling two Afghan women during a traffic stop in Sydney’s west. The Law …