A man charged over the brazen firebombing of a controversial YouTuber’s house has been granted bail after a judge heard he had cut ties with an outlaw motorcycle group. Andre Stepanyan is one of two men charged over an alleged arson attack at the home of Jordan Shanks-Markovina – who posts under the name Friendlyjordies…
Joy can be hatched in the most unexpected places. On Thursday, it was nestled into the ledge of a skyscraper in Melbourne’s CBD, where two peregrine falcon chicks entered the world for the first time. The newest members of Melbourne’s favourite family hatched in the morning on top of 367 Collins Street, witnessed by more…
Organisers of pro-Palestine events planned for Sydney’s long weekend have agreed to cancel a controversial vigil scheduled for Monday 7 October but are pushing ahead with plans to rally on Sunday. New South Wales police this week launched a supreme court action to have both events deemed unlawful, citing concerns over expected crowd size and…
They are not yet a century old but a collection of black and white photographs taken by a pioneering aerial photographer shows how very different aspects of everyday life are for Britons today. The images, taken by Arthur William Hobart in the 1930s as he leant out of a biplane, capture people moving about on…
Bank payments can be delayed by an extra three days if lenders suspect consumers are being scammed, as part of a crackdown on booming levels of digital fraud in Britain. Under changes designed to protect consumers against online scams, high street banks are to be handed new powers by the Treasury to delay and investigate…
The mother of a six-year-old girl who was killed in a buggy rollover says the five-year jail term handed to the driver was a “slap in the face”. Olivia Stevens was one of seven children, all aged under 10, who were onboard the buggy without helmets or seatbelts when it crashed on 11 September 2021.…
Australian British pianist Jayson Gillham is suing the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra over the cancellation of a concert in August. The pianist has filed legal proceedings in the federal court, alleging MSO management cancelled the 15 August concert in Melbourne in an attempt to silence him over his stance on the conflict in Gaza. “I was…
New South Wales is urging those at risk of contracting mpox to get vaccinated as the state records its largest outbreak, which the top health official has described as “very concerning”. The NSW chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, confirmed there had been 433 cases since 1 June 2024, the state’s biggest outbreak since the…
Madeleine Finlay is joined by Ian Sample, the Guardian’s science editor and Science Weekly co-host, to answer the questions we are all asking about Covid this autumn, from what is going on with the new variant XEC to how to get a vaccine and what scientists think the government should be doing differently How to…
The Queensland state energy minister, Mick de Brenni, has told a court hearing he was not made aware of concerns that safety issues at the Callide power station posed a “catastrophic risk” prior to the 2021 unit explosion that caused statewide blackouts. On the third day of the formal state election campaign, de Brenni fronted…
