Tue, 21-Oct-2025

An Australian man was killed by a wild kangaroo that used to be his pet

Australian man

77-year-old man found with “serious injuries” on his property in southwest Australia. Police believe he had been keeping a wild kangaroo as a pet. Authorities shoot the animal dead because it was preventing paramedics from reaching him. Police in southwest Australia said Tuesday that a man who may have kept a wild kangaroo as a … Read more

More Australian men taking parental leave to care for newborns

parental leave

SYDNEY – Data released from a government survey on Tuesday has shown that more and more Australian employers are offering paid parental leave to both parents, indicating a gradual shift away from traditional parenting roles. The 2020-21 census data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) showed that three of every five employers in Australia … Read more

Australian man, 60, uses pocket knife to fight off crocodile

Australian man, 60, uses pocket knife to fight off crocodile

BRISBANE: A 60-year-old Australian man escaped the jaws of a large crocodile by stabbing it repeatedly in the head with his pocket knife as it dragged him into a river, local authorities said Wednesday. After surviving the terrifying attack at a remote riverbank in Australia’s far-northern Cape York Peninsula, the injured man was “lucky to … Read more