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Tokyo: The Australian embassy in Japan has issued a warning to travellers to behave themselves after an Instagrammer drank offerings from a Japanese burial site, provoking widespread anger online.In the most recent example of fame-seeking foreigners riling locals, Lochie Jones – reportedly an Australian tourist – posted a clip of himself swigging from a can placed on a headstone as an offering.Instagram user Lochie Jones films himself drinking an offering at a Japanese cemetery.Credit: InstagramMoments earlier, he’s seen flipping a coin to decide whether to open the beverage, probably left as a gift for ancestors in a gesture common in…
Bowen’s job is to reduce emissions. Getting people into EVs does that. Anything that discourages it, like ending the concessions or introducing road-user charges is not his problem – it is Chalmers’ problem.The prime minister’s private view is that road-user charges are inevitable, but they must be introduced in concert with the states and that it will be a decision of government in the next two to three years.LoadingVictoria introduced road-user charges in 2021. The impost was calculated on a per-kilometre basis, with drivers compelled to, once a year, send a photo of their odometers to VicRoads and pay up.…
Such hotlines where employees can anonymously report issues are common at big employers, with 93 per cent of organisations having one, according to a survey of 284 employers by HR Acuity, a hotline provider. The 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the US required public companies to establish procedures for employees to report potential securities violations, and employees can also use those to report inappropriate behaviour.Once a report is submitted, it typically goes to HR or compliance for investigation. But those probes are not always thorough: just over half of firms said they use a “required, structured” process, HR Acuity found, while…
Michael Jackson’s only daughter Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson declared no involvement with the upcoming biopic, Michael, about her late father.In a series of videos on her Instagram Stories on Tuesday, September, 2, MJ and Debbie Rowe’s daughter publicly distanced herself from…
Video: Cops sandwich car in dramatic pursuit, three arrestedCops sandwich car in dramatic pursuit, three arrestedWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerA man linked to an alleged robbery in Sydney’s south-west has been arrested following a chase that ended with the vehicle being trapped by two police carsSeptember 4, 2025 — 6.55pm
Josh Weddle is on the verge of an important return for Hawthorn in their AFL elimination final against GWS.While coach Sam Mitchell would not confirm it ahead of teams being announced on Thursday night, Weddle has done everything right over the past few weeks in his comeback from a back injury.Josh Weddle of the Hawks runs with the ball.Credit: Getty ImagesIt comes as GWS key duo Jesse Hogan and Stephen Coniglio were cleared to face the Hawks, but Brent Daniels and Jack Buckley were ruled out.Elsewhere, Fremantle forward Sam Switkowski has been ruled out of Saturday night’s elimination final against…
Video: Critical Role’s Brennan Lee Mulligan on his 2025 Australian tourCritical Role’s Brennan Lee Mulligan on his 2025 Australian tourWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerCritical Role’s newest dungeon master, Brennan Lee Mulligan, sits down with Nine ahead of his Endless Dungeon tour in Sydney and Melbourne, as well as his SXSW keynote appearance in October.September 4, 2025 — 4.04pm
Seoul: After Kim Jong-un met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, North Korean staffers carefully wiped off items touched by the country’s supreme leader in what analysts say is part of a suite of security measures to counter foreign spies.Even with the appearance of a budding friendship between Kim and Putin, footage showed the reclusive state’s extraordinary measures to conceal clues about Kim’s health.In a post on Telegram, Kremlin reporter Alexander Yunashev shared video of Kim’s two staff members meticulously cleaning the room in the Chinese capital where Kim and Putin met for more than two hours.The chair’s backrest…
“Battlers using the safety net, hopefully for the foreseeable future, won’t be treated as dole-bludging cheats, and they’ll be given the benefit of the doubt. I hope it means that the better angels of our nature will … recognise there, but for the grace of God, goes any of us at any time in our lives.”The $587 million in compensation – $112 million from 2020 and the new $475 million settlement – for robo-debt victims eclipses the $500 million awarded to victims of the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires by power distributor SP AusNet and asset managers Utility Services Group in…
LoadingDomino’s Pizza rose 1.4 per cent after revealing its executive chairman and biggest investor, Jack Cowin, of Hungry Jack’s fame, spent some $5 million buying more shares in the pizza chain.The laggardsEnergy stocks were mixed as oil prices weakened amid reports OPEC+ was considering raising production later this year. Oil and gas giant Woodside fell 0.7 per cent, while Santos recovered from losses earlier in the session and closed up 0.3 per cent.IAG dropped 0.4 per cent after the ACCC flagged concerns the insurance giant’s planned $1.35 billion purchase of the Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia’s insurance operations could…