Jag Fest: A&M-Victoria prompts citizens to ‘Paint the Town Red’

Jag Fest: A&M-Victoria prompts citizens to ‘Paint the Town Red’ Published 7:15 am Tuesday, August 26, 2025 The official transfer of the University of Houston-Victoria (UHV) to the Texas A&M University System will take place in one week’s time. The...

Iranian regime hiring local crooks in Australia to ‘carry out crime’

Sky News host Paul Murray discusses how the Iranian regime pays local crooks in Australia to “carry out crime” on its behalf. This comes as Australia has expelled Iran's ambassador and closed its embassy in Tehran after confirming the Iranian...

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds To Take Wild God Tour To Australia And New Zealand In Early 2026

Photo: Megan Cullen Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will take the Wild God Tour to Australia and New Zealand early next year for a mix of indoor and outdoor shows. The renowned band will play outdoor concerts at Perth's Fremantle Park, The Domain in...

How Leaders and Communities Responded to the Expulsion of Iran’s Ambassador

A general view of the Iranian Embassy in Canberra, Australia, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Lukas Coch/AAP Image Revelations that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) directed anti-Semitic attacks on Jewish sites in Australia has triggered...

Harry Potter becomes patron for Leamington community theatre

Actor David Bradley has recently become a patron for a community theatre in Leamington. Famous for playing Filch in the Harry Potter franchise among many other roles, David – who lives in Leamington – recently visited Raise the Roof during the...

Alleged gunman on the run after fatal police shooting in Victoria

Two Victorian police officers have been killed and a third wounded during a warrant operation, with heavily armed suspect Dezi Freeman still at large. The community remains in lockdown as the manhunt continues, underscoring the dangers faced by...

From Loneliness, Towards Community

It seems that the male loneliness epidemic is alive and flourishing, as it always has been. I have not met a man yet, good-hearted or not, who has not felt its effect, or a woman who has not been hurt by a lonely man. How far back does this...

This Year's Art of Motorcycling Contest Is On, Here's How to Enter

In 2015, Royal Enfield went through a Nineties-style movie makeover, making a grand entrance into the US market with their “Rocker Red”, too-cool-for-school Continental GT. This retro cafe racer was just the beginning of a series of aggressive...

Gout Gout’s Unofficial Hand-Timed Record Defended After Facing Community’s Backlash

First, he shattered Usain Bolt’s record. Now he’s rewriting history. Aussie sprinting prodigy Gout Gout has sent shockwaves through the athletics world by blasting past the 10-second barrier in the 100m ahead of the upcoming Tokyo World...

Can 1 Leftist Arts Graduate Survive an Entire Jubilee-style Debate?

The other night before I went out I watched SBS’ new Youtube offering: a panel ‘debate’ on ‘masculinity’. Within the first four seconds, a former reality TV star said “we need to pull back a little bit on this over-feminisation of the world.” The...

Globally, More People Report Higher Wellbeing. Exceptions: North America, Western Europe, Australia & New Zealand

According to the most recent Gallup survey on wellbeing (based on their Life Evaluation Index interviews conducted in 142 countries), more people globally report that they are living better lives, while also becoming more hopeful about the future,...

Trump’s Art of the Deal Collides with Modi’s ‘India First’ Policy

For the purposes of containing China’s influence and aggressive behaviour across the Indo-Pacific theatre, there is no more important partner for the US than India. And vice versa. Unfortunately, that strategic partnership is under threat from an...

2025 RWC Recap: Week 1 – Wins for England and Australia starts battle for Pool A dominance

We are off to the races, with the opening weekend of the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup in the books following a tremendous first round. England got their home-hosted tournament up and running, with a thunderous win over USA in the Stadium of Light....

Sharri Markson reacts to ‘bombshell’ revelations behind antisemitic attacks in Australia

Sky News host Sharri Markson discusses the “bombshell news” that Iran is behind two major antisemitic attacks in Australia – the fire-bombings of a Melbourne synagogue and a Sydney Jewish deli. “The attacks on the Adass Israel Synagogue and the...

Australia somehow cracked the code to software riches

Big software companies have won the hearts of Australian investors. Now it is really hard for them to go offshore. You only have to look at the likely changes to Australia’s sharemarket indices to see just how far the local technology sector has...

These ColourPop Cosmetics Products Are the Key to Saweetie’s Glowy 2025 Australian Tour Look

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Iran condemns Australia’s expulsion of envoy, denies anti-Semitism allegations

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baqaei said Tuesday that the decision is “unfounded and politically motivated,” adding that the allegations of anti-Semitism made by Canberra are “baseless and absurd.” “There is no such concept as...

Dogs on hunt for bed bugs – dead or alive – from Victoria to northern B.C.

Dog handler Heidi Wilson and her Russian spaniel River travel the province in search of bed bugs. The pair works for a national pest control service, in a gig Wilson’s held for 15 years and River for seven, sniffing out the critters dead or alive...

Australia ups energy ante: LNG project ready for start-up, FPSO weeks away from first gas

Australian energy player Santos has shed light on the progress made in bringing its oil, gas, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects to life, with one project reaching the stage where all the pieces are in place to come online, another is fast...

Up Late: Port Hedland could be Australia’s most dysfunctional local council