Geraden Cann

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Geraden Cann

A serial groper who sexually assaulted 17 women and attempted to sexually assault another at a Melbourne nightclub has avoided jail time. David Maria Anthony Rayan, 34, was facing up to 10 years in prison for the sexual assaults, which took place at Revolver nightclub on Chapel Street, Prahran, over three nights in late-2023. Mr Rayan pleaded guilty to the charges and today received a two-year community corrections order in the Victorian County Court.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Geraden Cann

Abhinav Shrivastava's parents were early birds — academics who got up at 4am to start working. But he took after his uncles, photojournalists who thrived in the hours the world went quiet, and routinely went to bed at 4am. "My mother tried to make me wake up really early in the morning and do my studies … it never worked well for me," Mr Shrivastava said. It took time for his parents to accept his clock ran differently, but the clincher came when he was 13 years old.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Geraden Cann |Madi Chwasta

In an Australian first, a woman from Brisbane has unknowingly given birth to a baby whose genetics belong to strangers. The error was discovered in February, with Monash IVF blaming human error on the mix-up. The baby is now believed to be a toddler. While experts are saying this case is "unprecedented" in Australia, it's happened multiple times in the US, with cases hitting the headlines as early as 1999. It's led to questions about whether stricter regulations need to be enforced here.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Geraden Cann

The city streets change at around 11pm, Abdullah Farzad says. Roads choked by traffic become open avenues, and noises hidden during the day emerge. Lonely footsteps on pavements, the closing of unseen doors, the gentle ticking of Farzad's bike chain as he makes his deliveries. Seven days a week, from early afternoon through to 6am, Farzad can be found cycling around Melbourne, glimpsed as a silhouette passing illuminated shopfronts as he delivers Uber Eats orders.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Geraden Cann

A liquidator is investigating whether a failed international student agency improperly transferred funds out of Australia in the weeks before its collapse. GrowPro Experience, a Spain-based company which helps arrange global study for international students, was put into administration earlier this year. Its collapse has left hundreds of students at risk of losing years of savings and the opportunity to study in overseas destinations, including Australia.