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Four Teenagers Charged With The “Gang-Rape” of a 17-Year-Old Girl in Southwest Sydney

Four Teenagers Charged With The “Gang-Rape” of a 17-Year-Old Girl in Southwest Sydney

Social Justice The Law The Wire

WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS CONTENT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT FIND DISTRESSING A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped in December last year...

If you are pulling a fake sickie, you could be costing Australian businesses and the economy

If you are pulling a fake sickie, you could be costing Australian businesses and the economy

Health Politics & Economy The Wire

A study carried out by Iselect, a health insurance comparison service, has revealed that Australians who frequently take fake sick...

Australia’s Oldest Occupied Ice Age Cave Found in Blue Mountains

Australia’s Oldest Occupied Ice Age Cave Found in Blue Mountains

Science & Environment The Wire

Archaeologists from the Australian Museum and leading Australian universities in collaboration with First Nations community members have discovered Australia’s oldest...

Strange new signals detected in space

Strange new signals detected in space

Science & Environment The Wire

The International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research has discovered a new type of cosmic phenomenon. The international study has found...

UNICEF partners with PNG churches to improve child welfare

UNICEF partners with PNG churches to improve child welfare

Health The Wire 17 June 2025

Papua New Guinea is in the middle of a polio outbreak, low vaccination rates, and high family violence rates. A...

Victorian mental health workers walk out for system reform

Victorian mental health workers walk out for system reform

Social Justice The Wire

Mental health workers across Victoria’s public hospitals and Forensicare are striking today, marching to Parliament House to demand better working...

Red line crossed: what follows Israel’s strike on Iran?

Red line crossed: what follows Israel’s strike on Iran?

Politics & Economy The Wire

Tensions in the Middle East are rising sharply after Israel launched major airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, killing senior military...

Tangled up in blue – humpbacks in jeopardy

Tangled up in blue – humpbacks in jeopardy

Science & Environment The Wire

An entangled humpback whale has been spotted moving down New South Wales’s South Coast these past few days. It was...

‘Finding Freedom’ this refugee week

‘Finding Freedom’ this refugee week

Social Justice The Wire

This Refugee Week, we reflect on the challenges refugees and asylum seekers face when fleeing their home country, and celebrating...

“Zero-tolerance policy” for cab drivers refusing service animals

“Zero-tolerance policy” for cab drivers refusing service animals

The Wire

Taxi drivers who refuse passengers with assistance animals now risk losing their jobs. 13cabs drivers who deny bookings where assistance...