As of the latest Sydney Mysterious Black Balls news, Sydney’s Coogee and Gordons Bay beaches were closed after thousands of mysterious, spherical black balls washed up along the shores. These balls were suspected to be tar balls.
The ACCC led by chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb has accused Coles and Woolworths of breaching Australian consumer law by offering false discounts on a range of popular grocery items. The regulator claims that both supermarkets inflated the prices of certain products temporarily, only to reduce them later and present them as part of promotional offers such as Prices Dropped or Down Down.
Protest took place outside the Land Forces 2024 arms fair in Melbourne, Australia, on September 11, 2024, where protestors and police clashed. For two consecutive days, anti-war protestors have clashed with law enforcement leading to increased police presence and tighter security measures in and around the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The Australia government has announced plans to introduce a new law banning children and younger teenagers from accessing social media platforms unless they meet a certain age threshold. This proposal was set to be introduced before the next election.
Australia has introduced legislation that grants workers the right to disconnect from work-related communication outside of paid working hours.
Australia has given the green light to what is said as the world’s largest solar precinct, a massive solar and battery farm that plans to export energy to Singapore. The project is a $19 billion initiative led by SunCable, a company co-founded by Mike Cannon-Brookes who is known for his strong advocacy for renewable energy. It is situated in Australia’s Northern Territory covering a vast area of 12,000 hectares.
A helicopter crashed into the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The crash occurred around 01:50 AM on Monday, August 12, 2024. The pilot, the sole occupant of the helicopter, was killed in the crash.
Adam Britton, a British zoologist and crocodile expert has been sentenced to 249 years in prison in Australia. Britton has been found guilty of the rape, torture and killing of over 60 dogs in addition to possessing child abuse material.
In New Caledonia, seven prominent independence activists have been transported to mainland France for pre-trial detention. This decision follows last month’s violent protests in the French Pacific territory resulting in casualties and property damage.
Almost 44 years after Maria James’s brutal murder in her Melbourne bookshop, her two sons hope that an announcement of $1 million reward will finally unmask her killer. The case has remained unsolved since the fateful day of June 17, 1980, when James was found dead in a violent attack.
