What Australian movie stars bring to Hollywood’s acting scene | 60 Minutes – CBS News Watch CBS News Some of Hollywood’s biggest names, from actors to directors, are Australian. “Succession” star Sarah Snook and director Baz Luhrmann weigh in on why so much talent comes from Australia. Be the first to know Get browser notifications … Read more
An arsonist set fire to the door of a Melbourne synagogue and forced the congregation to flee on Friday, seven months after criminals destroyed a synagogue in the same Australian city with an accelerant-fueled blaze that left a worshipper injured. A man doused the double front doors of the downtown East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation and … Read more
An Australian man has died from an “extremely rare” rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, health officials said Thursday. The man in his 50s was bitten by a bat carrying Australian bat lyssavirus several months ago, the health service in New South Wales said in a statement. “While it is extremely rare to see … Read more
An Australian domestic flight was delayed for two hours after a stowaway snake was found in the plane’s cargo hold, officials said on Wednesday. The snake was found on Tuesday as passengers were boarding Virgin Australia Flight VA337 at Melbourne Airport bound for Brisbane, according to snake catcher Mark Pelley. The snake turned out to be … Read more
Ye, the American rapper formerly known as Kanye West, has been barred from entering Australia because of his pro-Nazi song “Heil Hitler,” the country’s immigration minister told Australia’s ABC television network on Tuesday. The song, which was first released in May, has been banned in Germany and from online platforms including Spotify, YouTube and Apple … Read more
About 1,200 families have been urged by police in Australia to have their children tested for infectious diseases after a child care worker in Melbourne was charged with multiple sexual assault offenses againgst eight children. Joshua Brown, 26, was charged with more than 70 offenses, including child rape and attempted rape and possession of child … Read more
Search ongoing for extinct Tasmanian tiger amid efforts to revive species | 60 Minutes – CBS News Watch CBS News Thylacines — marsupials known as Tasmanian tigers — were declared extinct decades ago, but efforts to find one in the wild are thriving. Scientists are also working to bring back the species. Be the first … Read more
This is an updated version of a story first published on April 14, 2024. The original video can be viewed here. There’s the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. And in the Himalayas, there’s the yeti, the Abominable Snowman. In Tasmania—a teardrop of an island under the eye of the Australian mainland—there’s the thylacine… a creature, as … Read more
Australian police have appealed for help to find the head of a man allegedly murdered by his partner, a former star in reality TV series “Beauty and the Geek Australia.” Police said they charged Tamika Chesser with murder after 39-year-old Julian Story’s dismembered remains were found at an apartment in South Australia last week. “It … Read more
Divers in Australia completed a historic dive on a century-old shipwreck, exploring the remains of the craft in the “pitch-black ocean depths” off the coast of Sydney, a diving organization said on social media. The Sydney Project Dive Team, a group of trained divers who work to discover and document shipwrecks, conducted the first-ever dive to … Read more