Most people who have used dating apps have also experienced some level of sexual violence via the increasingly popular medium, a new survey has revealed. The study by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) released on Monday found three in every four respondents had been subjected to sexual violence through dating apps in the past...
Get set for a soggy slog as the week progresses and into the weekend as potentially record-breaking October rain descends, particularly in Australia’s eastern states and parts of the Outback. Sydney could see as much as 100mm of rain over the coming days as multiple fronts bear down. There are several current minor to major...
Every Australian state is expected to be hit in a forecasted week of storms, with two separate rain bands to cover the country. Heavy rainfall moving across Australia is expected to bring renewed flood risk to eastern states over the coming week. Records have already been challenged in parts of the country’s west as the...
British broadcaster and political commentator Nigel Farage has lashed out at a young protester after he was confronted by the man while in Sydney on Saturday afternoon. The former leader of the UK Independence Party made the visit to Australia to speak at the two-day Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which was held at Darling...
A federal government minister has warned Australia must change its cyber security rules to avoid a leak on the scale of Optus’ latest nightmare in the future. It comes as the telco is called out for not cooperating with the government in the aftermath of the breach, as it is yet to hand over the...
As millions of Australians race to secure their data in the wake of a devastating cyber attack on Optus, three words from a submission arguing against tighter privacy laws have come back to haunt the telco. Less than two years ago, Optus complained there would be “substantial compliance costs” if changes to how the company...
Thousands of Australians have been left without power at their homes as a result of a food delivery drone powerline landing. On Thursday, residents living in Browns Plains, Queensland and those in South Brisbane surrounding suburbs, lost all electricity supply after a food delivery drone collided with the power network at around 2pm. The incident...
An ambitious dog owner seems to have set about an inventive plan to get a free sitter by offering their four-legged companion up as a “part time dog” for an alternative family. A member of the public encountered the bold ad displayed on a noticeboard where it featured a photo of the small dog, Tedy,...
Hurricane Ian has made landfall once again. After tearing a swath through Florida and then heading out to sea, it has now returned to land hitting South Carolina at 2.05pm Friday US time (4.05am Saturday AEST). It’s left destruction in its wake. In one Florida town it hit a cemetery with such force coffins were...
A top Apple executive is leaving the company after he was caught on camera joking how he “fondles big-breasted women” for a living. Tony Blevins, Apple’s vice president of procurement, blurted out the off-colour comments after he was approached by TikTok and Instagram creator Daniel Mac, who is known for asking people in fancy cars...