Key points Biosecurity zones were introduced in Australian customs from midnight to stop an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Indonesia from reaching our shores. Travellers from Indonesia are expected to clean their shoes and walk over sanitation mats under the tough new biosecurity rules.  But holidaymakers arriving back in Melbourne on Saturday said […]

Liz Truss says they’ll turbo-charge the struggling economy. Rishi Sunak says they’ll just fuel inflation. Confused? We asked eight of Britain’s top economists… Who IS right about tax cuts? Rishi Sunak is opposed to immediate tax cuts believing it would be inflationary  Liz Truss has promised to slash taxes if she is handed the keys […]

‘I’ll be back’: Bullish Boris ‘is telling aides that he thinks he’ll be PM again within the next year’ after teasing MPs: ‘Mission largely accomplished… for now’ Boris Johnson reportedly thinks he will return as the Prime Minister next year  The scandal-ridden Prime Minister resigned less than three weeks ago on July 7 Johnson said […]

Emergency action on waiting lists is needed to save the NHS from breaking, Rishi Sunak warns NHS waiting list has soared to a record 6.6million in the wake of the pandemic The former chancellor is set to unveil a package of measures to cut bureaucracy Crisis has seen a surge in number of people self-funding […]

Uvalde school leaders have canceled a Saturday meeting in which they were scheduled to consider firing district Police Chief Pete Arredondo for his role in the flawed response to the Robb Elementary School shooting, according to a news release from the school district Friday. “In conformity with due process requirements, and at the request of […]

Families shocked to find biological males were allowed to provide intimate care for vulnerable women due to a subtle change in the rules Care company provided mother of Amanda Watkins with at-home assistance The firm had listed protected characteristics specified in the Equality Act 2010  But care firm had deleted the word ‘sex’ and replaced […]

(Warning: This story contains allegations of sexual misconduct.) Long-time WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon is retiring from the company. McMahon, 77, and the company released statements announcing the retirement Friday. McMahon kept the announcement short on Twitter, merely saying it was "time for me to retire." At 77, time for me to retire. Thank […]

Ryan Gosling stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Thursday, to promote his new Netflix film The Gray Man. However, while he was there, Fallon couldn't resist asking him about playing Ken in the upcoming Barbie movie, especially since Gosling practically broke the internet in June, when Warner Brothers released the first photo of […]

Pat Benatar says that recent mass shootings have compelled her to “protest” gun violence and skip singing one of her most iconic songs. In a recent interview with USA Today, the rock singer explained that she won’t be singing her iconic song “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” during her current tour with her husband […]

By Melissa Fyfe Monique Ryan suffered a “vapours” attack shortly after she decided to run as an independent for Kooyong. “I suddenly thought, ‘If they don’t pick me, I’ll be gutted.’ And that was the way I realised that I had to do it.”Credit:Kristoffer Paulsen As you might expect, there’s a fair bit of teal […]