Josh Martin

20 hours ago | liveforlivemusic.com | Josh Martin

It was a beautiful June night in Morrison, Colorado: clear skies, cool mountain air, and 10,000 weirdos ready to worship at the altar of accordion-fueled parody as “Weird Al” Yankovic returned to Red Rocks Amphitheatre on his Bigger & Weirder Tour. It had been six years since Al hit the big stage with his full-blown, multimedia, musical comedy extravaganza, and he made up for it in spades with an evening of costume changes, slapstick visuals, pop culture carnage, and, of course, polka.

3 days ago | 7news.com.au | Josh Martin

Consumer group CHOICE says Aldi is the cheapest supermarket for winter groceries, after it released its latest quarterly survey of an average basket of items. In addition to base items, which will be tracked across the year, this quarter’s basket surveyed the prices of a number of popular winter products - vegetable stock, sour cream, drinking chocolate, butternut pumpkin, quick oats, garlic and onions.

4 days ago | 7news.com.au | Josh Martin

Australian Defence Force personnel and diplomatic staff have helped 119 Australians to evacuate Tel Aviv after Israel’s airspace reopened. Senior sources say the Australian government continues to move quickly when opportunities to safely move its citizens become available. Israeli commercial airlines have resumed operations for anyone wanting to leave Israel.

5 days ago | 7news.com.au | Josh Martin

Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek have confirmed to Sunrise that the Albanese government does support President Trump’s strikes on Iran’s three nuclear sites. The issue of support had become controversial after the Australian government released a statement on Sunday, following the bombing attacks by US B-2 stealth bombers and submarines, that was silent on the issue. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Penny Wong confirms Australia’s support for US strike on Iran.

1 week ago | 7news.com.au | Josh Martin

The Australian Government has announced the suspension of operations at its embassy in Tehran, and urged all staff and their families to leave Iran. Foreign Minister Penny Wong released a statement early on Friday morning, and says the decision was made “based on advice about the deteriorating security environment in Iran”. “We urge Australians who are able to leave Iran to do so now, if it is safe. Those who are unable to, or do not wish to leave, are advised to shelter in place,” Wong said.