Rohan Smith

1 week ago | news.com.au | Rohan Smith

WARNING: Disturbing images and descriptions of violenceRhiannon Purcell had an impossible choice to make. She had been arguing over the phone with her estranged ex-husband as she was driving to collect her twin daughters, aged 3, from his home in southwest Sydney. She pulled over, fearing that when she arrived he would take his anger out on her physically. But she could not leave her kids with him, either. In an act of selflessness and bravery on that night in March, 2023, Ms Purcell drove on.

1 week ago | news.com.au | Rohan Smith

When Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee stopped by a Southbank 7-Eleven while touring in Melbourne in 2023, he was shocked by price of a packet of Marlboro Gold. The US musician was not used to paying that much — at $62.99 for 25 cigarettes, the cost was at the time among the highest in the world. He took to Instagram to share his receipt for four packets at $251.96 and left no question about his feelings with an accompanying middle finger emoji. Fast forward two years and the cost keeps going up.

2 weeks ago | news.com.au | Rohan Smith

Ex-ABC journalist and Independent Zoe Daniel is behind the latest twist in the tightest race of the 2025 federal election. Ms Daniel, the incumbent in the seat of Goldstein that encompasses bayside suburbs like Sandringham and Brighton, claimed victory on election night before a surge in postal votes gave the lead to Liberal challenger Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson in turn claimed victory — not once but twice — including once last week when he emerged as leader by a margin of just 128 votes.

2 weeks ago | news.com.au | Rohan Smith

“This is normal for our children”. That’s the chilling response from locals after pictures and videos emerged showing a drug-affected man writhing and crying out on the ground a short walk from a Melbourne primary school. Videos of the incident, captured by schoolchildren on their mobile phones and seen by news.com.au, show the man struggling less than 100m from the school — one that has made headlines in recent years because of its proximity to Melbourne’s only safe injecting room.

2 weeks ago | news.com.au | Rohan Smith

An Israeli politician has broadcast shocking comments about babies being killed during a live interview on local TV. “Every child, every baby in Gaza is an enemy. The enemy is not Hamas,” far-right Israeli politician Moshe Feiglin declared on Wednesday. “We need to conquer Gaza and colonize it and not leave a single Gazan child there.