Over the last year we have been hearing a lot about the return of the Ford Bronco. The Bronco was part of the Ford lineup for many years and was one of the original SUVs. Word is that the new Bronco is being engineered in Australia alongside the new Ranger …
Read More »Remaining Galaxy Note 7 Users Won’t Get Cellular Access in Australia
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is discontinued for good and the Korean company is still in proces of refunding the customers. Majority have returned their devices, but there are still a few of those who are holding off to the Galaxy Note 7. Samsung is trying to make sure all Galaxy …
Read More »British backpacker in Australia rescued after texting location to father
Media captionPolice intercepted the car at Gympie, 90km (55 miles) from the hostel A British backpacker who says she was held against her will during a car trip in Australia was rescued after texting her location to her father in England. Mary Kate Heys, 20, had agreed to ride with …
Read More »Australia’s ‘bloody’ asylum campaign explained
Australia’s harsh asylum laws are supported by both main parties and are credited with reducing the number of refugees attempting to reach the country by boat. But they are deeply controversial, as BBC World’s Katie Silver reports.
Read More »Ending the ‘sausage party’ of Australia’s film industry
Image copyright Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore Image caption Protesters were dragged away by security guards at Australia’s AACTA awards Actress and director Sophie Mathisen never imagined that for her very first ACCTAs ceremony she would be dressed as a giant sausage. Stars including Isla Fisher and Mel Gibson arrived in Sydney for …
Read More »‘Vanpacker’ tourists irk councils on Australia’s coast
Image copyright Ian Lloyd Neubauer Image caption French tourists Anthony Fenech and Pierre Stoar are travelling around Australia in their van Its official name is Tamarama but it’s known as Glamarama for the beautiful people who sunbake on the golden strip of sand wedged between two striking headlands in Sydney’s …
Read More »Ashes 2017-18: England and Australia to meet in day-night Test in Adelaide
Australia beat South Africa in a day-night Test in Adelaide in November, although they lost the series 2-1 England and Australia will meet in a day-night Test for the first time during the 2017-18 Ashes series. The five-Test series will begin in Brisbane on 26 November, with the day-night match …
Read More »UK man accused of photographing 49 women changing in Australia
Image copyright Thinkstock Image caption File image of fitting rooms A British man has been accused of secretly photographing 49 women as they changed in fitting rooms in Australia. The 28-year-old man was arrested at a swimwear store on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast on Saturday afternoon, police said. They allege videos …
Read More »Australia teenager tells of Northern Territory youth detention ordeal
Image copyright ABC Image caption Dylan Voller gives evidence at the royal commission A teenager says he was deprived of food, repeatedly strip-searched and forced to defecate in his pillowcase while in youth detention in Australia. Images of Dylan Voller wearing shackles and a spit hood caused outrage when they …
Read More »Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart to buy Kidman estate
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart is worth an estimated $12.4bn Australia has given approval for the sale of the country’s largest private landholding, the Kidman estate. It will go to Australia’s richest woman, Gina Rinehart, and her business partner, Chinese developer Shanghai CRED. The …
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