Explanation: The Pelican Nebula is slowly being transformed. IC 5070 (an official designation) is divided from the larger North America Nebula by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust. The deep featured picture from Utah, USA incorporates 25 hours of exposure and brings out great details of this filamentary dust. The Pelican Nebula receives much study because it is a particularly active…
Crows blackface fan unmasked as club stalwart and Superfan of the Year – as she goes into hiding from friends and family over racism row
The woman at the centre of a blackface scandal at Saturday’s AFL elimination final says she is ‘deeply distressed’ and refusing to take phone calls from her friends. The Daily Mail can reveal it was club stalwart Colleen McKaye, 59, who painted her face black to pose as the Adelaide Crows mascot…
Mathspace: Over a million Aussies’ data stolen in major hack to learning platform
By JOANNA HYNDS FOR DAILY MAIL Published: 03:31 BST, 7 September 2026 | Updated: 04:30 BST, 7 September 2026 A major cyberattack on a learning provider has left more than a million Aussies with personal data stolen, including both names and email addresses. Mathspace confirmed the attack in a blog…
Aussies lose it at council for ‘wasting’ $52,500 on road safety markings that stretch only a few metres: ‘Disappointing’
Aussies have blasted a local council for wasting $52,500 of taxpayer money to paint blue markings on a road to try and make it safer, saying it has done the opposite. The markings, which resemble blue waves, can be seen at several locations in Tasmania along Beach Road in Kingston…
Light plane crashes near Brisbane sparking a huge bushfire
By KYLIE STEVENS, SENIOR BREAKING NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 03:22 BST, 7 September 2026 | Updated: 03:33 BST, 7 September 2026 A light plane has crashed south of Brisbane, sparking a huge bushfire. Police said they received reports about 11.10am that a plane had crashed onto a property on Musch…
Tragic end to search for missing tourist as police divers find his body at popular Outback waterfalls
By AAP Published: 02:42 BST, 7 September 2026 | Updated: 02:52 BST, 7 September 2026 Police divers have found the body of a 61-year-old man who went missing near waterfalls in an outback national park. Dominic O’Connell and his wife were visiting Edith Falls in Nitmiluk National Park about 244km…
Hundreds of Bathla staff sacked amid desperate negotiations to keep property developer afloat
By AIDAN WONDRACZ, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA and MAISY RAE – NEWS REPORTER Published: 02:09 BST, 7 September 2026 | Updated: 02:17 BST, 7 September 2026 Around 200 Bathla staff have been stood down as administrators desperately search for funds to keep the property developer afloat. Bathla Group entered voluntary…
SAS is facing battle with developers ‘who are planning hundreds of houses near its headquarters’
The Ministry of Defence is battling to stop a housing site being developed next to the SAS headquarters. Military officials have shared their concern that the development could be used for espionage or sabotage thanks to its proximity to the army base. As many as 250 homes could be built…
Kind-hearted grandmother is mercilessly beaten with baseball bat by a stranger who she welcomed in after fake sob story
A kind-hearted grandmother was nearly beaten to death with a metal baseball bat by a stranger she welcomed into her home after he claimed he had been robbed. Therese Garcia, 71, was sitting on her porch in Crestline, California, last month when Erik Eduardo Navarro, 26, approached her and told…
Hundreds of anti-migrant protestors descend on Portsmouth after some 140 asylum seekers are rescued from ‘mega-dinghy’ and brought ashore
Hundreds of anti-migrant protestors clashed with police in Portsmouth on Sunday after 140 asylum seekers were rescued from a dinghy and brought ashore. Footage posted to social media showed demonstrators crowded together near Eastney beach chanting ‘stop the boats’ and ‘enough is enough’. The protest is thought to have been…