Sydney

Second Qantas plane forced to turn around in airline’s fourth mid-air diversions in three days

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A second Qantas plane has been forced to turn around just minutes after taking off due to mechanical issues, marking the airline’s fourth mid-air diversion in three days.  Flight QF1516 from Melbourne to Canberra was forced to turn back after pilots noticed an issue with the flaps of the Boeing 717 aircraft. The plane took … Read more

Michael Clarke, Jade Yarbrough and Pip Edwards: Inside drama-filled days leading up to Noosa fight

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New Year’s Day 2023 dawned bright and beautiful in Sydney but inside the seven-month romance between former Australia cricket captain Michael Clarke and girlfriend Jade Yarbrough trouble was already brewing. Officially they were still a couple – although Jade was away in the US ski resort of Aspen with her sister Jasmine and brother-in-law Karl Stefanovic. On … Read more

Qantas plane travelling from Melbourne to Sydney forced to turn around mid-flight

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A packed Qantas plane travelling from Melbourne to Sydney has been forced to turn around mid-flight in the airline’s third incident in three days.  The airline claims the pilots of QF430 were alerted to a ‘minor engine issue’ and decided to immediately turn around and land the plane in Melbourne.  The Boeing 737 took off from Tullamarine Airport … Read more

Ben Stokes urges ICC to SCRAP ‘soft signal’ system after Marnus Labuschagne controversy

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Ben Stokes urges ICC to SCRAP ‘soft signal’ system after third umpire overruled on-field decision with VERY controversial Marnus Labuschagne call during third Test in Sydney Ben Stokes has called for the ICC to scrap the soft signal moving forwards  Marnus Labuschagne was handed a lifeline in controversial fashion in Sydney England captain Stokes says … Read more

Nespresso billing error fleecing Raha Bonakdar, 23, of hundreds of dollars

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Read the grovelling apology Nespresso sent after it snatched HUNDREDS from a woman’s bank account without reason – and their paltry attempt to make amends Raha Bonakdar said she was fleeced of $540 from a Nespresso error The 23-year-old said the company made an error and said she’d be refunded As compensation she was offered … Read more

Brett Henson: Man who allegedly stole a taxi from Sydney’s CBD is revealed to be Mirvac executive

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A man charged with stealing a taxi while drunk after a viral police appeal has been unmasked as a high-flying real estate executive and ‘family man’ who lives in a multi-million dollar eastern Sydney home.  Brett Henson, 42, is accused of threatening a 54-year-old cab driver in the city’s CBD at about 9pm on Friday, … Read more

Prestons Biggera Waters Footscray Annerley What a million dollars buys you in Australia

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Australians hoping higher interest rate rises would bring property prices down have little to celebrate with $1million still only fetching a modest house. Just three years ago, $700,000 easily bought a house near a Gold Coast beach but prices in one suburb are still 40 per cent higher than they were three years ago – … Read more

The Volte: Sisters make $12,000 a month renting out their old dresses to strangers

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Rosa Fayad (left),  32, and her sister Anna Sharifai, 39, (right) make $12,000-per-month renting out designer dresses Two mums have revealed how they turned leasing their old clothes into a business, and it makes them over $12,000 per month. Sisters Anna Sharifai, 39, and Rosa Fayad, 32, from Sydney’s Hills district first listed some of … Read more

Taronga Zoo lions escape: Five lions escaped through a fence, forcing Roar and Snore guests to flee

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An ‘integrity issue’ with a containment fence allowed five lions to escape their enclosure, forcing dozens of terrified zoo guests staying overnight to flee their accommodation.  Sydney’s Taronga Zoo went into lockdown early Wednesday morning after male lion Ato and cubs Khari, Luzuko, Malike and Zuri escaped their enclosure, sparking an emergency response. The lions were … Read more