Perth was the epicentre of Australian politics on Monday, as Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton brought their bitter battle to town as they desperately scramble for WA votes ahead of the looming election.

A kayaker who had his leg amputated following a 20-hour rescue mission in Tasmania has returned home after spending months recovering in hospital.

A number of skippers failed on-water breath tests on Australia Day in a test of the Department’s strengthened powers to punish those in control of boats under the influence.

Por que Dr. Hiran Gonçalves (PP-RR) pede acesso às informações que a fundação e o Ministério da Gestão e da Inovação mandaram ao TCU

Capital paulista terá máxima de 28ºC nesta segunda-feira

The Aussies are using unorthodox methods to get ready for their series against Sri Lanka.

Red lanterns, stickers, and Chinese knots have been popping up across the country, all in celebration of Lunar New Year, which falls on January 29.

EX On The Beach star Helen Briggs has revealed she’s pregnant with her fourth baby – two years after her shock split from her co-star, and cheating claims.

Helen took to social media to post a video to share her news with her legion of fans, writing: “Baby number 4. June 2025.”

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In the clip, Helen could be seen showing off her blossoming baby bump, and she also shared a cute montage of clips of her three children.

“Our wish came true, a summer baby finally,” the reality star added.

A MUM has found herself trolled after her daughter announced her pregnancy aged 14.

Falen Vaughn, 38, is set to welcome two grandchildren in the coming months, with both of her daughters now expecting.

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But it was teenager Bella’s news that led to Falen – who lives in Van Buren, Arizona – facing some backlash on social media.

“We were not expecting her to be pregnant, especially at 14,” she sighed.

“And we’ve got a lot of hate and backlash about being supportive.”

Meanwhile, the negative remarks Bella received has even led to her deleting her TikTok account – a decision she remains confident in.

“We’ve had a lot of backlash about it,” she said.

“I have got a lot of hate on TikTok for it, but I deleted it because I don’t really care.”

It was during a trip with her boyfriend’s family that Bella began feeling persistently sick, initially attributing it to her period.

But when her period didn’t arrive, and the symptoms continued, she decided to take a pregnancy test.

When she told her boyfriend the news, she said he thought it was a prank at first.

But when he realised it wasn’t, Bella said he was immediately supportive, and has been ever since.

His family were also shocked by the pregnancy news, but have since come around.

“Because of the circumstances that I got pregnant with, there’s been a lot of crazy rumours,” Bella admitted.

“Some of his family wasn’t very happy and then my family wasn’t. 

“But now my boyfriend’s mum is super excited.

“He said he would be supportive, and he has been this entire time.”

Bella and Falen are both preparing for a baby shower coming up in the near future, and revealed she’s expecting a boy in March 2025.

To make matters more interesting for the family, Bella’s 19-year-old sister is also pregnant and expecting to give birth in May.

“So, on a better note, she will be having a baby shower in a couple of months,” Falen smiled.

“My 19-year-old daughter is due in May, they’re pretty close anyway so I’m hoping that the babies will be close too.”

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Bella has even had to delete her TikTok account due to the comments she was receiving about the pregnancy[/caption]

JUDD TRUMP reckons one tournament on the snooker calendar doesn’t get the love it deserves.

World number one Trump has rated the German Masters as one of the top three events of the season and wants more to be made of the tournament he has won three times.

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Trump, 35, reckons the crowd at the Berlin Tempodrom is up there with the Crucible and Alexandra Palace.

He told Metro: “Berlin is probably third place in terms of the crowd interaction and how good the crowds are, especially when you get to that final weekend and how passionate they are.

“The crowds in Berlin and the noise when you come into the final is very close to, or on a par with, the Masters.

“I think those two are out there on their own in terms of how good you feel when you play on the final weekend.”

However Trump, who won the German Masters in 2020, 2021 and 2024, reckons that more could be made of the tournament.

Claiming that the total prize pot of £550,000, of which £100,000 goes to the winner, doesn’t reflect the prominence that the event deserves in the calendar.

He added: “I’d like to have seen it grow somehow, I think the tournament deserves to be bigger than it is.

“I don’t think it should be on a par [in terms of prize money] with some of the other events like the Home Nations, although Northern Ireland is the exception.

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“I think Germany should be up there, just behind the UK [Championship], but it’s not really gone anywhere, it’s stagnated a little bit.

“There should be a few changes to make a bit bigger than it is because the crowd over there deserve it.

“It’s a little bit disappointing because I feel like they could even hold the Tour Championship or something over there.

“The crowd deserve something bigger. Its excellent to have a tournament there, but the fans deserve a bigger, more prestigious event.”

The German Masters gets underway today and runs until February 2, with Trump beginning his efforts in a clash against David Grace.