Caitlin Powell

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Caitlin Powell

The safety of senior politicians has again been brought into question after the Prime Minister became the latest figure to be verbally bombarded during the election campaign. Alt-right groups Melbourne Freedom Rally and Tactical Force Combatives have taken credit for videos showing Anthony Albanese being ambushed in a Melbourne hotel lobby on Tuesday. Mr Albanese was speaking to his staffer Fiona Sugden at the Grand Hyatt Hotel when he was approached by a man filming on his phone.

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Caitlin Powell

The desperate hunt to track down Valerie the dachshund has turned into a tense waiting game after new vision emerged of her visiting high-tech traps. Valerie vanished in November 2023 after escaping her pen during a camping trip at Stokes Bay on Kangaroo Island off the South Australian coast. Despite searching for five days in dense bushland, her devastated owners Georgia Gardner and Josh Fishlock returned home in Albury on the NSW-Victoria without her.

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Caitlin Powell

The Albanese government has adamantly rejected reports that Russian aircraft could be posted near Australia's borders. The nation was rocked by reports on Tuesday suggesting the Kremlin had lodged an official request with Indonesia to base long-range aircraft at Manuhua Air Force. The base, which shares a runway with the Frans Kaisiepo Airport, is in the Papua province and could bring Russian military planes within 1300km of Darwin.

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Caitlin Powell

The family of a toddler who died in a tragic car accident has described the 'unimaginable void' left in their lives. Three-year-old Heidi was walking along a footpath in Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula when a car allegedly lost control and collided with her on April 11. Emergency services were called to Presidents Avenue in Ocean Grove, 20km southeast of Geelong, about 4:50pm where Heidi died at the scene.

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Caitlin Powell

People living on the coast of northern Western Australia have been issued a serious warning to prepare for a tropical cyclone which is likely to form off the coast. A tropical low in the Timor Sea, about 400 kilometres from Darwin, has made its way southwest at 15 km/h, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. The bureau has forecast that it could intensify into a cyclone later on Saturday.