The revelation, made in documents obtained by a South African television station, undermines the prosecution’s argument that Pistorius’ fatal shooting of Steencamp at their Pretoria home on Valentine’s Day last year was a premeditated act. According to the document, the state’s ballistics expert believes Pistorius was “on his stumps” when he fired the shots that […]

However, their plea has been met with a stark refusal with authorities standing by the statement last week that any TV interview may be a breach of Corby’s parole conditions and result in her going back to jail. The letter was handed to parole board chief Ketut Artha earlier this week by Wayan Widyartha. “The […]

Australia Post was given the go ahead for the price rise yesterday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Consumers with a concession card will still be able to buy stamps for 60 cents until 2017. Australia Post blamed the price rise on the rapid decline in the number of people sending letters, telling […]

Bondi clothing store assistant Leeza Ormsby left Sydney for Bali unexpectedly, reports JONATHAN MARSHALL It was the trip that party girl Leeza Ormsby told no-one about. Planned in secret, the first time anyone knew she was headed for Bali was when Leeza’s flatmate arrived home from work to find a note from her left in […]

A New Zealand woman living in Sydney’s east was arrested in Bali last week, accused of having cannabis and MDMA in her Kuta hotel room. Police allege they found a cigarette of hashish in her handbag, as well as 132g of MDMA and 27 grams of hashish inside the villa in North Kuta. Ms Ormby […]

After nine long years of silence, Katrina Richards recounts that fateful flight to Bali in her very first interview. Woman’s Day’s JAMES GRAHAM reports. After nine long years of silence, Katrina Richards recounts that fateful flight to Bali in her very first interview. Woman’s Day’s JAMES GRAHAM reports. Katrina Richards’ terrifying airport ordeal in Bali […]

An 11-year-old boy who has had cancer for more than half of his life has revealed he is refusing life-lengthening treatment. In a Facebook post titled “The Beginning of the End”, Reece Puddington told his friends and supporters that his mother is “letting him go.” “After careful consideration, my mum thought that if she was […]

For the first time in Saudi Arabia, a woman will hold the position of editor at a major newspaper. Somayya Jabarti has been appointed the editor-in-chief of the national English-language daily paper, the Saudi Gazette. Although other women have headed magazines, this is the first time a national daily newspaper has put a woman at the […]

Jee Heon A was in a North Korean detention centre where babies usually did not survive pregnancy and birth due to the extraordinarily harsh conditions. In this case, the baby was born alive. “The baby was crying as it was born; we were so curious, this was the first time we saw a baby being […]

The aerial skier has won a silver medal at Sochi – Australia’s first Olympic medal in the event. Australia regularly sees lesser known figures produce breakthrough results and surpass media darlings and medal hopefuls and Sochi is no different. Morris, a 29-year-old former gymnast from Melbourne, is the country’s only male aerial skier. He was […]