The deal, which has been recommended to David Jones shareholders by its board of directors, is offering $4.00 for each share, about 25 per cent above the current David Jones share price. In recent months David Jones has been the subject of recurring speculation about a takeover from competitor Myer but the new offer from […]

After a gruelling four-year investigation, Hughes was convicted this week in a Sydney court of 10 counts of sexual abuse against a number of child victims in crimes that range back more than 20 years. Sarah, who endured seeing Hughes expose himself to her while she was on set, and who told her story first […]

Throughout the former paralympian runner’s sobbing and tearful testimony, June, who along with her husband has waited 15 months to hear some kind of apology from the man who shot dead her daughter, remained stony faced and implacable. It was the face of a woman who has already run her own emotional race and is […]

The 25-year-old took a break from the sport after the London Olympics and has been deciding whether to return to the pool. Rice has since moved to Sydney and spent her time working in breakfast television with the Today Show. The former Celebrity Apprentice star has been plagued by a serious shoulder injury. She said […]

The 31-year-old five-time Olympic gold medallist contracted the bugs after undergoing surgeries on his shoulder at a hospital near his home in Switzerland’s Ronco sopra Ascona. Thorpe has since returned to Sydney, where he is receiving treatment. His manager, James Erskine, told the Australian Associated Press that his condition was “not life-threatening”. “He’s contracted two […]

The emotional 65-year-old has been convicted of 10 out of 11 counts of attacks on girls while he was a household name for his role in the Australian TV show. Hughes screamed “I am innocent” and mouthed, “no, no, no” in an unexpected outburst as the jury revealed nine guilty verdicts at Downing Centre District […]

The claims were made by convicted heroin smuggler Renae Lawrence and broadcast on the Ten Network yesterday. “She said that she knew the marijuana was in the boogie bag, but the person who was supposed to be at the airport at the same time didn’t turn up,” Lawrence said. “She told me and the other […]

Pistorius, a South African paralympian known as the Bladerunner for his prosthetic legs, fought back a stream of tears to stammer out an apology to Steenkamp’s mother, June, who watched him stern-faced from the public gallery. “Since this tragedy happened I’ve been having thoughts about your family, I wake up every morning and you’re the […]

Peaches was found dead by ambulance officers at an address near Wrotham, Kent, south-east of London. According to BBC News, her death is currently being treated as “unexplained and sudden”. The television presenter, writer and model, leaves behind her husband, Tom Cohen, and their two sons. “Peaches has died. We are beyond pain,” her father said […]

Hey Dad! Star Robert Hughes has been found guilty of nine child sex offences. Upon hearing the verdict, following 12 hours of deliberation by a Sydney jury, Mr Hughes screamed out “I am innocent”. He was found guilty of seven counts of indecent assault of a person under the age of 16 and two counts […]