Gambling heist mirrors wider financial crisis.
Scammers are reportedly targeting people more frequently on certain days and at certain times, and utilising generative AI to appear more personable to Australians.
It moves sluggishly. The scenes are drawn out and the action laboured.
A new, fit-for-purpose gambling act plus a blanket ban on gambling advertising is the only way to prevent "a future generation of losers", says an anti-gambling expert.
Queensland's deputy premier says there has been strong interest in the three casino licences on offer, with applications closing Friday.
The High Court ruled judges have immunity from civil suits, overturning a $309,000 award to a man who was wrongly imprisoned by Federal Circuit Court Judge Salvatore Vasta.
Iranian General Qassem Soleimani has responded to President Donald Trump's threatening rhetoric, warning, "if you begin the war, we will end the war".
Tim Soutphommasane has responded to remarks from a convervative commentator urging him to 'go back to Laos'.
A New York construction worker has won a $US1 million jackpot with a lottery scratch card for the second time in four years.
He got a black eye in his brawl with David Gyngell but a $500 fine imposed for the scrap will hardly make a dent in billionaire James Packer's wallet.
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