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A group of selfless Sikh volunteers have reached nearly six months of consecutive days donating hearty meals to families in need in Melbourne. Sikh Volunteers Australia on Tuesday reached 189 consecutive days of donating free curries to disadvantaged people across the city. The volunteer group posted a video to their social media channels on Monday showing chefs hard at work in the kitchen getting their food deliveries ready for the day. Five volunteers are seen in the footage packing dozens of containers filled with rice, salad and curry as they listen to music in their industrial cookhouse. Sikh Volunteers Australia have been donating food to Melbournians in need for 189 consecutive days in the coronavirus pandemic Volunteer Coordinator Manpreet Singh told Daily Mail Australia the organisation's 189-day donation streak had happened organically. 'We started on the 18th of March for two weeks due to government lockdown announcements and it slowly increased to more days and j

Westpac is now expecting Australian capital city house prices to surge by 15 per cent after bottoming out in 2021. Australia's second biggest bank has revised its property market forecasts to be more upbeat despite the onset of the first recession in almost three decades as a result of coronavirus shutdowns.  Property price rises are expected to more than offset this year's steep falls in every major city except Melbourne. Westpac chief economist Bill Evans and his colleague Matthew Hassan said the likelihood of a COVID-19 vaccine would spark a real estate resurgence from next year as interest rates remained at a record-low of 0.25 per cent and governments spent billions on stimulus measures. Westpac is now expecting Australian capital city house prices to surge by 15 per cent after bottoming out in 2021. Sydney's median price (Mosman house on the lower north shore, pictured) was expected to climb by 14 per cent between 2021 and 2023, more than offsetting a five per cent de

New South Wales residents will be allowed to travel to South Australia from midnight on Wednesday as long as there are no new coronavirus cases recorded in the community.  SA Premier Steven Marshall made the announcement following the state's Transition Committee meeting on Tuesday - despite concerns an infectious taxi driver may have spread the virus across Sydney. 'They (the committee) were furnished with all necessary information from NSW with regards to what had occurred over the weekend,' Mr Marshall said. The premier said the border would open after 11.59pm on Wednesday as long as there is no community transmission of COVID-19 in NSW from Tuesday morning to midnight.    South Australia will open its border to New South Wales from midnight on Wednesday. Premier Steven Marshall made the announcement on Tuesday The premier said the border would open from midnight on Wednesday as long as there is no community transmission of COVID-19 in NSW from Tuesday morning to midnigh

A federal judge ruled Monday that absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin can be counted up to six days after the Nov. 3 presidential election as long as they are postmarked by Election Day. The highly anticipated ruling, unless overturned, means that the outcome of the presidential race in Wisconsin might not be known for days after polls close. Under current law, the deadline for returning an absentee ballot to have it counted is 8 p.m. on Election Day. Democrats and their allies sued to extend the deadline in the key swing state after the April presidential primary saw long lines, fewer polling places, a shortage of workers and thousands of ballots mailed days after the election. U.S. District Judge William Conley granted a large portion of their requests, issuing a preliminary injunction that was expected to be appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. He put the ruling on hold for seven days to give the other side a chance to seek an emergency appeal. A federal judge rule

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell slammed a government funding resolution drafted by House Democrats on Monday, leaving the United States vulnerable to a government shutdown weeks before the November election. The clock is ticking for the the U.S. Senate and Congress to agree on a new funding package with just nine days before it ends at midnight on September 30. The Senate and House must approve identical versions of the bill for it to be signed by President Trump, but one of his closest allies blasted a drafted resolution from House Democrats as 'shameful.'   House Democrats on Monday revealed a short-term spending bill that would extend funding for through December 11. It would stall the potential shutdown of certain operations for  vital government agencies like The Pentagon. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel criticized a short-term spending bill presented by House Democrats on Monday as 'shameful' But the draft did not include the $30billion in funds the

The US Marshals Service has found 35 missing children in Northeast Ohio in one month during its Operation Safety Net program.  The Marshals said in a news release that they partnered with state and local agencies to find and recover the kids - all between the ages of 13 and 18 and considered missing and endangered - during the operation.  United States Marshal Pete Elliott told Fox 8 that in some cases, the children were abused and neglected and about a quarter of them were involved in human trafficking or prostitution.   A US Marshals task force has recovered 35 of 40 missing children in Northeast Ohio within one month of searching for them. The children had been missing anywhere from days to years The agency said about 20 per cent of the 35 found children's cases were tied to human trafficking and those particular cases have now been referred over to Ohio's Cuyahoga County Human Trafficking Task Force.  The children were found all over the state, including cities Akron, Cleve

New South Wales has recorded just two more cases of coronavirus with both in hotel quarantine.  The new infections on Tuesday have brought the state's total number to 4,017.  Despite there being no new locally acquired cases, health authorities are urging residents to get tested for the mildest of symptoms. The drop in infections comes after it was announced Queensland would open its border bubble to include five shires in NSW.  Both of the COVID-19 cases recorded in NSW on Tuesday are in returned travellers in hotel quarantine (pictured workers wear face mask at Opera Bar in Sydney) NSW Health said testing numbers had declined in recent weeks to more than 7,000 each day.  'NSW Health is appealing to the community to come forward for testing right away if you have a runny nose or scratchy throat, cough, fever or other symptoms that could be COVID-19,' health authorities said. 'If people don’t come forward and get tested, we can’t keep the pandemic at bay. 'We would

A New Hampshire mother says she was forced off an American Airlines flights after her tired two-year-old son refused to wear a face mask.   Rachel Davis was flying from Charlotte, North Carolina to Manchester, New Hampshire when she was approached by a flight attendant who demanded the toddler, called Lyon, put on a face covering or they would have to get off the plane.   The pair had not yet sat down in their seats but Davis claimed in an Instagram post that despite attempting to put a mask on her on her little boy, he was overtired and not cooperating.  Rachel Davis was flying from Charlotte, North Carolina to Manchester, New Hampshire with her two-year-old son, Lyon but they were kicked off because he refused to wear a face mask 'I tried repeatedly, begged him, bribed him, pleaded with him, did everything I could while he was screaming and crying as I tried to hold him and put the mask on, feeling my absolute lowest of lows as a mother,' Davis wrote in an Instagram post. 

Louisville police have declared a state of emergency ahead of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron's announcement about whether he will charge officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. Interim Chief of Police Robert Schroeder said the declaration will remain in effect 'until further notice' in a memo to the entire Louisville Metro Police Department on Monday.   City staff set to work putting up barricades in downtown Louisville and boarding up police buildings and courthouses in anticipation for protests that may erupt in the wake of Cameron's decision.   In a statement released publicly after Schroeder's internal memo, Sgt Lamont Washington said officers' off-day and vacation requests have been cancelled.   Washington noted that Cameron has said there is no timetable for his announcement, but the extensive police department preparations suggest that it is coming soon.   Louisville police have declared a state of emergency ahead of Kentucky