21+ hour, 58+ min ago   (488+ words) Jet-skis and other powered vessels will once again be banned from popular Port Stephens beaches during this year's Christmas-new year break after a successful trial. From December 24, 2025, to January 26, 2026, Dutchman's Beach, Nelson Bay beach (Fly Point) and Shoal Bay were…...

22+ hour, 4+ min ago   (388+ words) Pretty much everyone is tired, and now there's proof to back that claim up. A new study, conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, found that approximately 71.5 percent of adults in the U.S. say…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (419+ words) A major aged care provider has paid back thousands of dollars it charged elderly residents for basic amenities like television and air-conditioning. Opal Healthcare has refunded roughly $190,000 to almost 350 residents under a sweeping review into misuse of new aged care…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (495+ words) When Charlie Kirk was fatally assassinated in September 2025, his passing changed the course of his wife Erika Kirk’s life almost overnight. She went from being known mainly as the wife of the Turning Point USA founder to becoming the organization’s…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (654+ words) American actress and comedian Roseanne Barr bought a 46-acre macadamia farm on Hawaii's Big Island for $1.78 million in 2007. Eighteen years later, the Hawaii property changed hands for $2.6 million after going on the market for $1.95 million, as per a report. The…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (928+ words) Prescriptions of GLP-1 weight loss drugs to American children aged 8 to 11 were 310 times more common by June 2026 than in 2019, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics. Across the full study period, 20,282 children in that age group received one....

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (947+ words) Peter de Jong, the frontman of Newcastle pub rock band Heroes who became the face of the infamous Star Hotel riot of September 1979, died this week. His death was announced by the Hunter booking agent, Genr8 Entertainment on Thursday, September 10, and…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (113+ words) inkl Vet visits can bring out a very particular side of cats. Some freeze in complete disbelief, others immediately start plotting their escape, and a few seem perfectly content to accept the attention, as long as they’re sufficiently pampered. Scroll…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (358+ words) For most of modern urology, a man with an enlarged prostate faced a narrow set of choices. He could live with worsening symptoms, take medication for the rest of his life, or undergo a major operation that carried real risks…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (325+ words) I am not complaining. I have loved this sport my entire life, and a version of it that spills into more of the week is, to me, simply more of a good thing. Like nearly everyone I grew up around…...