Australia

A man is injured, he sees a pet cavoodle killed during a horrific dog attack in Melbourne

A man who was left with horrific injuries and watched as his pet was killed during a horrific attack with a dog has asked the owner of the offensive pit bulls to surrender. Patrick Crisostomo of Westmeadows, north Melbourne, was walking his dog on the Moonee Ponds Creek Trail in Jacana last Thursday when two …

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Prime Minister Jeremy Rockliff to introduce bill to restore 35 seats in Tasmania’s lower house

Tasmanian Prime Minister Jeremy Rockliff says his government will introduce a bill in the state parliament to restore the state House of Assembly to 35 seats before the end of this year. Key points: The number of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly was reduced to 25 in the 1990s. There has long been …

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Social media shares drop $ 233 billion in one day as Snapchat becomes canary in coal mine

Shares of social media on Wall Street lost $ 165 billion ($ 233 billion) in one-day trading after a disastrous earnings warning from Snapchat’s parent company. Shares of Snap fell more than 40 percent on Tuesday and reached their lowest level since March 2020, just after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States. The company …

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Drug driver who killed a respected doctor while riding a bike in Henley Beach to spend at least four years behind bars

An “aggressive” motorcyclist will spend more than four years behind bars for killing a cyclist while driving under the influence of “a cocktail of illicit drugs”. Key points: Darren James White hit cyclist Byron Gordon in Henley Beach on New Year’s Day 2021 White was drugged at the time His sentence is 5 years, 4 …

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