Chelsea Heights residents have been trapped in their street an unable to go to work yesterday following a massive explosion that involved a plumber’s van. The explosion occurred shortly after 6am yesterday, hurling the van's contents all over the street and producing large flames and smoke in the air in Dunscombe ...

A flight attendant working for Jetstar accused of attempting to contact a young female passenger through Facebook has been dismissed. Spokesman for the airline Simon Westaway said that the flight attendant had obtained the passengers details from a boarding pass and tried to add her as a friend on the social ...

Incensed passengers travelling on a Jetstar flight from Bangkok to Melbourne have expressed their frustrations of having to wait for almost 4 hours on the tarmac without air-conditioning prior to departure. The Airbus A330 aircraft, which was full, kept passengers on board the aircraft for three hours and 40 minutes yesterday ...

The price of petrol across Australia has fallen by almost two cents in the past week, with prices tipped to drop even further. New figures from the Australian Institute of Petroleum shows the national average cost of unleaded was still at $1.26 per litre, down 1.7 cents compared with a week ...

Two Indian students have been charged with assaulting a girl as she slept on a Sydney bound train from Melbourne. Sukhjinder Singh and Amarjit Sing were accused of attacking the 17-year-old in her seat as she slept while the train was travelling through southern New South Wales. It is alleged that the ...

Channel 10’s decision to move the new TV show Rush from 9:30pm to 8:30pm has proved a ratings success. The Melbourne-based action drama scored a total of 1.3 million viewers Australia wide in its last airing, its second best figure ever. It has been a rise of nearly 400,000 from the original ...

A Qantas 747 jumbo jet that experienced an explosive cabin decompression mid last year was grounded again due to a fuel leak yesterday. The Boeing 747 aircraft, named City of Newcastle, was carrying 290 from London to Melbourne via Singapore was about 2 hours from the West Australian coast when the ...

Tram services could run all night on Friday and Saturday nights in an option put before the Victorian State Government by new tram operator Keolis. The proposal comes in order to cater for hundreds of thousands of revellers who flock to the city each weekend, as the company is likely to ...