A Black Saturday fire-fighter who kicked his former partner in the head so hard it blinded her in the left eye will keep his Royal Humane Society Certificate of Merit, despite the trauma caused to his victim and the feelings of his fellow fire-fighters. Paul Francis McCuskey, 41, of Reefton, in rural Victoria — who […]

During the 2010 election, the leader’s debate was rescheduled to avoid a clash with reality TV’s night of nights, the MasterChef final. It was a win for those with balanced political and pop-cultural tastes. But today, no such courtesy was given by the Labor party who held their leadership ballot at the same time as […]

With inmates running riot and Kerobokan’s buildings up in flames, Schapelle Corby’s hell-hole home just got more frightening. H uddled in her overcrowded cell, smoke and flames lapping all around her, with live bullets ricocheting in the darkness, Schapelle Corby screamed out for help – but no-one was listening. Over three days, described by those […]

Gordon Wood, the man accused of pushing model Caroline Byrne off a cliff almost 20 years ago, has been acquitted of her murder. Wood has spent more than three years in jail after a jury found he had killed Caroline, his girlfriend, by throwing her off Sydney’s notorious suicide spot, The Gap, in 1995. Related: […]

A Black Saturday fire-fighter who kicked his former partner in the head so hard it snapped her optic nerve and blinded her in one eye has been given a bravery award by the Royal Humane Society of Australasia. In a ceremony attended by Victorian Governor Alex Curnov and other dignitaries at Melbourne Town Hall on […]

Amanda Knox, the US student who was convicted of murdering UK exchange student Meredith Kercher in 2009, has reportedly signed a $4 million book deal. Knox, 24, dubbed Foxy Knoxy, has been given the book advance to detail her years behind bars in an Italian jail before she was acquitted of the murder charges this […]

Crown Princess Mary has been praised for her grace under pressure but even she wasn’t sure what to do when she caught the husband of a visiting dignitary staring at her cleavage. Mary was at a state dinner in Copenhagen on Wednesday when she turned to her left just in time to see Pentti Arajarvi […]

A year on, the Aussie same-sex couple and their five adorable bubs are thriving. Open the front gate to Rosemary Nolan and Melissa Keevers’ Brisbane home and you’re instantly delighted by a scene of fun-loving bedlam. The moment you step into the yard, five very cute little redheads come crawling through a sea of bubbles […]

She famously dated young footballers, but now the blonde beauty is smitten by a far younger bloke – her first grandchild. When Charmyne Palavi pushes newborn Xavier in his stroller along the streets of Brisbane, she is aware people assume he’s her bub. After all, it was only a year ago she was in India […]

When Todd Hobson asked us to help out his sick wife, he was in for a surprise of his own. It’s a letter written directly from the heart. The simple, touching words of a vulnerable husband and father wishing to do something special for his beloved, cancer-stricken wife. “I’m desperate to help my darling wife […]