Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Grammy Awards rescheduled to March due to coronavirus pandemic
The 2021 Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will instead broadcast in March due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases and deaths.
Fatal shooting in Wollongong CBD after man escapes from Corrections Department officers
Police and Corrective Services are investigating an incident in Wollongong after a man overcame a prison officer, took her weapon, and fired several shots at passing vehicles before turning the gun on himself. The 37-year-old was an inmate from the South Coast
Joanne Howell's ex-partner charged with her 2007 bashing murder
A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of Melbourne woman Joanne Howell, more than 13 years after she was bashed and strangled to death.
Ms Howell, 51, died on April 21, 2007 after she was found with fatal injuries at her Hughesdale apartment.
There's global interest in Tasmania's wind farms — but can foreign ownership laws cope?
On the south-east corner of Australia, the winds known as the Roaring Forties whip across from the Indian Ocean. As they cross Tasmania they lick its mountainous ranges, making the island one of the best spots in the world for wind farms.
Artist 'drums' Carriageworks after losing studio space
Last year was full of anxiety for most, but Sydney artist Tina Havelock Stevens beat hers out on the drums as she created a new exhibition.
Already grieving the loss of her mother, the pandemic arrived and Havelock Stevens temporarily lost her
Open justice review examines use of Twitter, online courts and jury directions
A review of open justice in NSW is examining the use of Twitter in court, whether an independent advocate should appear in proceedings to advise on non-publication orders, and if anything can be done when suppression orders made in NSW are breached overseas.
Australian housing prices tipped to bounce back in 2021, except inner-city units: economists
Home prices are set to rise in all Australian capital cities in 2021, economists predict, buoyed by low interest rates, an improving economy and government stimulus.
But they warn inner-city apartment prices in Melbourne and Sydney will continue to fall,
The 'bean dad' rightly infuriated Twitter. There's a better way to raise kids
If my kid didn't know how to use a can opener, and I said we couldn't eat anything until they figured out how to use it, and it took them six hours to open the can, I'd feel awful – unkind, unhelpful, power-tripping, petty.
But dad John Roderick
What do you get by going on an abusive power trip with your kids? Why would you want to make your child feel worthless, scared, ashamed, incapable? Why would you dissuade your child from asking for help? Why would you keep a 9 year old child hungry for six hours? #BeanDad
— Rohini Singh (@rohini_sgh) January 4, 2021
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