Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Democrat Raphael Warnock wins one of the twin US Senate races in Georgia, control of Congress still hangs in balance
The pastor, who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Junior once preached, is projected to become the first black senator in his state's history and puts a Senate majority within the Democrats' reach.
Canberra car thefts on the rise as ACT police urge residents to lock vehicles even for a few minutes
Catherine was on her way out for lunch, and had tossed her handbag in the car parked at the rear of the house in Canberra's inner south, before realising she had forgotten her phone.
While she was inside
Ipswich man captured by police after getting stuck in Sunshine Coast pub roof for hours
Police allege the 30-year-old North Booval man was attempting to break into the Landsborough Pub on Cribb Street in Landsborough, before becoming stuck in its roof cavity.
Officers were called
90-year-old couple assaulted in aggravated home invasion in South Lake, south of Perth
A couple aged in their 90s were left bloodied and bruised after being bashed during a home invasion in South Lake, south of Perth.
The pair woke to find three men in the front room of their Labyrinth Way home about 1:30am.
China's lobster ban helped lift Australian Christmas seafood purchases by 30 per cent
The seafood industry's peak body said this support by Australians over the festive period resulted in a significant boost in its Christmas sales.
It was a difficult 2020 for Australian fishermen with COVID-19
Call for urgent action to prevent further dieback of Adelaide's St Kilda mangroves
About 10 hectares of mangrove forest adjacent to the St Kilda Mangrove Trail died within two months last year, along with 35 hectares of salt marsh, and the gardens of about half a dozen houses.
Nearby brine ponds, mined for salt by
Christmas Island detention centre site of riot as detainees set fires
The Australian Border Force (ABF) said a small number of detainees caused damage to the North West Point centre overnight and continue to refuse to follow the directions of authorities.
A spokesman for the Refugee
Caves Road improvements needed after 80 crashes in five years
Caves Road stretches for more than 100 kilometres from Busselton to Augusta in WA's South West, winding through towering karri forests.
Despite its beauty, Main Roads has recorded more than 80 crashes in five years to 2019.
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