Jurors at a civil trial found Tuesday that Bill Cosby sexually abused a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1975.
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A couple parked outside their home for decades, until they received a $2100 fine for doing just that.
Ireland captain Johnny Sexton has been passed fit to play in the second Test of their three-match series against New Zealand in Dunedin on Saturday.Sexton was taken off with a suspected concussion during their 42-19 defeat to the All Blacks in the series opener in Auckland last weekend, but Ireland assistant coach Mike Catt confirmed the 36-year-old will be available for selection.
Putting Australian native rice on the dinner table is a step closer after a successful harvest by researchers in the Northern Territory.A team from Charles Darwin University has been collecting rice from Wulna-Limilngan country on the Adelaide River and cultivating it in trials in the university's Casuarina campus nurseries.
Australian Olympic gold medallist Bronte Campbell has called on FINA to consult with the "unbelievably marginalised" transgender community in developing the open category proposed by its new gender inclusion policy.FINA last month became the first major sporting body to formally restrict the participation of transgender women in elite competitions.
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers says neither his department nor the Reserve Bank are forecasting a recession for Australia.A number of economists have suggested lower house prices, a drop-off in dwelling investment and a range of global pressures will bring the economy close to recession in 2023.
Fresh-faced Wallabies prop Angus Bell has raised the bar for the second Test against England, declaring only a domination of the visitors' set piece will do.The 21-year-old started in the 30-28 win in Perth, where Australia played for more than a half with 14 men after Darcy Swain's red card for headbutting.
An Ostrich's eye is five times bigger than a human's, so when Werribee Open Range Zoo resident Blinkie developed a mysterious infection, big machinery was needed.The female ostrich was taken to the University of Melbourne's U-Vet Werribee Animal Hospital for a specialist CT scan capable of producing a three-dimensional image of the large eye.
West Australians have been urged not to fall for a mobile phone scam offering free COVID-19 PCR test kits.The scam sends texts advising people they are an Omicron close contact and need to order a test kit using the link provided.
For just one dollar, Ian Andrew Phillips bought the management rights to a Queensland resort.But Phillips ultimately paid a heavy price, losing "everything" after being jailed for taking almost $220,000 from a trust account over two years from 2017 in a bid to cover business expenses.
Cronulla playmaker Nicho Hynes insists he is not disappointed to have missed out on selection for the State of Origin decider, given his axing will allow him to face his former side, premiership heavyweights Melbourne.NSW coach Brad Fittler selected Hynes as 18th man for the first two games of 2022 as well as the final game of last year's series.
Conservationists know the glossy black-cockatoo is an elusive creature, unlike some of its squawking "party bird" cousins.But when the birds were not seen in bushland around the NSW Northern Rivers for three months, there were grave fears for the threatened species.
The Reserve Bank has raised the cash rate to 1.85 per cent at its board meeting, the third consecutive monthly increase as it tries to rein in ballooning inflation.
A far-right extremist who hailed the Christchurch mass murderer as a "saint" online will be sentenced on a terrorism-related charge later this month, a court has heard.Tyler Jakovac, 20, pleaded guilty in March to advocating the commission of a terrorism act or offence in relation to extreme far-right posts online.
NSW is heading for a resurgence of COVID-19 cases driven by Omicron subvariants, as the state's health minister labels anyone who hasn't received three vaccine doses as "crazy".Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant expects the state's third wave to peak in late July and early August at levels similar to January, when the virus was raging.
Victoria's pandemic declaration has been extended for another three months as the state passes 4000 COVID-19 deaths.The declaration was due to expire before midnight on July 12 but has been extended until at least October 12.
Western Australia has expanded internationally a campaign to attract skilled workers, targeting migrants from the United Kingdom and Ireland.The campaign was launched last year and initially focused on attracting people from interstate to help bolster the state's health, construction and manufacturing sectors.
Asian shares have inched up as positive economic data and hints of easing Sino-US tensions offered some respite to the recent sell-offs, though persistent fears about a global recession and sky-high inflation kept most buyers at bay.MSCI's gauge of Asia-Pacific stocks outside Japan was up 0.
Two men are in hospital after a car and truck crashed on Melbourne's West Gate Bridge with police investigating stolen licence plates on one of the vehicles.The car was travelling outbound on the freeway near Williamstown Road at Spotswood when it collided with the truck just after 10.
Brownlow medallist Tom Mitchell insists he wants to stay at Hawthorn even if an AFL club in premiership mode comes knocking.Mitchell's future at the Hawks has been a big talking point ever since coach Sam Mitchell reportedly offered the 29-year-old up as trade bait at the end of last year.
