If you thought your do on the big day was mayhem, spare a thought for the Groves family clan, with 285 members and counting! Each year, around 300 people flock to the Groves’ Christmas knees-up – 285 of them are blood relatives, the rest are partners and step-children who’ve been lovingly adopted by Australia’s biggest […]

Marcia Mikhael is the Aussie mum and world bodybuilding champ who lived through the terrifying siege in Sydney’s Martin Place, only to come through it stronger than before. “If anyone was going to get through this I knew it was going to be Marcia,” says Marcia’s relieved friend Maria Andriano. “She’s just that type of person, very strong […]

The partner of Sydney siege victim Tori Johnson has thanked Australians for their tributes and ongoing support. A heartbroken Thomas Zinn read out an emotional statement to viewers of the TODAY show this morning, expressing his grief and thanking the community for their strength and support. “As you can imagine, this is a very difficult […]

Princess Diana and her memorial have served as the inspiration for the NSW Government who will follow the same route in utilising the thousands of floral tributes that have flooded in instead of disposing of them. The thousands of flowers that have been laid out to commemorate the victims of the siege that took place […]

A precious and touching note has been left amongst the growing floral tributes at Martin Place by one of Katrina Dawson's young children.

The family of slain cafe manager Tori Johnson have spoken out about the moment their world changed forever. Mr Johnson’s aunt, Lyn Whittaker, has recalled the very second her family received the heartbreaking phone call telling them that the 34-year-old had been killed in the Sydney siege. “The phone rang about 4:30 in the morning […]

The Chairman of beyondblue Jeff Kennett made the announcement on Thursday after the doard ratified Ms Gillard’s appointment at a meeting last Tuesday. Mr Kennett said: “We are particularly honoured that Julia Gillard has seen fit to join our organisation as we continue to serve those in the community suffering depression and anxiety and who are at […]

Kim Kardashian fan Jordan Parke, is so obsessed with Kim Kardashian that he’s spent over $190,000 (£100,000) on EXTREME cosmetic surgery and a designer wardrobe to look just like her.

Lisa Wilkinson’s twitter campaign to save all the notes for Sydney Siege victims’ families, has gone viral. The TODAY host took to twitter this morning saying: “The #savethenotes idea is 2 have all messages attached 2 #sydneysiege flowers collected nxt week & put into bound books 4 affected families”. The touching sentiment went viral within […]

Sydney siege survivor John O’Brien had just been to a doctor’s appointment when he decided to stop in for a quick coffee at the Lindt café in Martin Place. Mr O’Brien, 83, wasn’t to know that just seconds after walking into the popular café he would become caught up in a horrific 17 hour nightmare […]