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A young mum anticipates being able to retire by the time she's 35 after building up an extraordinary investment portfolio worth $2million. Michelle Ives, 29, from NSW's Central Coast, is planning to retire within the next six years and live off between $70,000 to $100,000 a year with her husband Andy and one-year-old son with the money they've made from investing. The devoted mother and her husband invest up to 80 per cent of their earnings each month into property, shares and stocks, making superannuation contributions and investing in bonds and commodities.  Ms Ives claims her family only buys things that bring them joy and avoid mindless splurging on shopping, eating out, beauty treatments and high-tech gadgets. Michelle Ives, 29, from New South Wales' Central Coast, is planning to retire within the next six years and live off between $70,000 to $100,000 a year with her husband and one-year-old son with the money they've made from investing The mother owns her ow

A man who allegedly punched a police horse at Sydney's anti-lockdown protest has failed to appear in court - as his lawyer claimed he was unable to speak to the accused in custody before the hearing. Kristian Pulkownik, 33, allegedly struck NSW Police horse Tobruk in the nose as his rider was managing thousands of protesters who marched in the city's CBD on Saturday as part of the 'Rally 4 Freedom march'.  His lawyer Tony Nikolic said he had been unable to contact his client before his scheduled Sydney court appearance on Tuesday. Mr Nikolic said his client's mother, who has a heart condition, was 'worried sick' about her son's well-being. NSW Police posted a photo of Kristian Pulkownik, 33, allegedly punching police horse Tobruk during Saturday's protest. He faces four charges for affray, animal cruelty, joining an unlawful assembly and failing to comply with a Covid-19 direction A court officer confirmed Pulkownik's case had been set down for t

An 'unacceptable level of opaqueness has clouded elective home education' for too long, the chairman of an influential Commons committee has said. Conservative MP Robert Halfon, who heads up the Commons Education Committee, has branded it 'frankly astonishing' the Government is only able to make a 'best guess' over the standard of education children who learn at home were receiving. And his committee has called for a national register to be established and more data to be collected to ensure all children out of school get a suitable education. A report from the group of MPs released on Tuesday detailed how the Association of Directors of Children's Services projected that, as of October 2020, more than 75,000 children were being educated at home, an increase of 38 per cent from the previous year. And it was expected that the coronavirus pandemic had increased the number of families choosing to pursue home education. Conservative MP Robert Halfon, who heads u

A high-flying tech executive who ejaculated on young women during a spate of public masturbation offences spanning years has walked free with a slap on the wrist – after blaming his offending on his struggles to adapt to the Australian way of life . In a shock sentence that Victoria Police has already flagged for appeal, Magistrate Tara Hartnett on Tuesday not only released Muhammad Khan, but refused to register him as a sex offender.  Khan, 40, had pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court to three counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault against total strangers. Muhammad Khan, 40, pleaded guilty in Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Thursday to three counts of sexual touching and one count of indecent assault One of his young victims had been at Melbourne's Brunswick Music Festival in 2017 when she thought 'lemon sorbet' and been accidentally split on her.  She had been watching a busker playing the violin with a baby strapped to her back when t

Hunter Biden on Monday was seen enjoying coffee in Malibu with a friend, as the row about the sale of his art work rumbles on.  The 51-year-old son of President Joe Biden lives close to Malibu, in a stylish $5.4 million canal-front home in Venice, California.  The president's son moved into the three-story property with wife Melissa and their one-year-old son Beau toward the end of last year and the family is now under 24-hour Secret Service protection. It's believed the father of five is paying $25,000 a month to rent the posh property owned by Sweetgreen co-founder and CEO Jonathan Neman. He and his friend were spotted sitting outside in a flower-filled patio garden at Blue Bottle coffee, in the center of the celebrity enclave. Hunter Biden was seen on Monday at Blue Bottle coffee in Malibu. The 51-year-old is believed to live in Venice, just down the road from Malibu along the Pacific coast The lawyer and businessman, who is now also an artist, tried to maintain a low-key pr

Kaylee McKeown flashed a grin and then blew a kiss to her late father from the pool after winning gold in the 100m backstroke at the Tokyo Olympics. The Queenslander lost her father Sholto to brain cancer in August last year despite his courageous efforts to hang on to see his daughter challenge for Olympic gold. 'I hope you're proud, and I'll keep doing you proud,' she said. Before taking to the pool, the 20-year-old revealed how a small tattoo reading 'I will always be with you' on her foot served as a reminder her father was looking over her.  'It just so happens that I can see the 'be with you', McKeown said before the Games, of being able to look at the tattoo when her feet are up on the wall at the start of her backstroke races. 'It's kind of cool to see that because I know that he will be with me and that's just very precious.' McKeown's time of 57.47 was just 0.02 seconds off the world record she set in the event at the Au

Former US Senator Barbara Boxer was assaulted and robbed of her cellphone on Monday in Oakland, California. The assailant, who fled the scene in a waiting vehicle, pushed 80-year-old Boxer in the back and stole her phone, her son, attorney Douglas Boxer, confirmed. A tweet published on Boxer's verified account said 'she is thankful that she was not seriously injured'. Oakland police said a robbery occurred around 1.15pm local time in the Jack London Square neighborhood near the 300 block of 3rd Street. Former US Senator Barbara Boxer (pictured in 2018) was assaulted and robbed of her cell phone on Monday in Oakland, California Police said the assault took place in Oakland's Jack London Square neighborhood near the 300 block of 3rd Street Her son, Douglas Boxer, an attorney, confirmed the incident which was outlined on Barbara's Twitter account . She says the incident happened very quickly and she's still trying to make sense of what happened Boxer, who spoke to

A western Sydney clan has explained that a Covid superspreader event occurred at their home because they are 'a big family', who were mourning a terrible tragedy inside a cramped three bedroom house. About 50 people descended on the small Pendle Hill property on July 19 to mourn a 27-year-old man who had died by suicide earlier that week, despite public health orders banning large gatherings. However, the family's attempt to reach out to one another at a terrible time sparked a superspreader event, with some 28 attendees testing positive to Covid-19 in the eight days since. A grandmother, 85, died there on Monday afternoon after testing positive to the virus, authorities confirmed.   The wake has now been linked to six cases at a unit block in Blacktown, where residents are under police guard, as all have been deemed close contacts.   When Daily Mail Australia asked how the wake had come together, a close relative appeared to suggest it wasn't planned. 'It wasn'

The heart-stopping conversation with my fiancée Lois came three months after I had been discharged from hospital. It was a weekday afternoon in October 2017 and the two of us were living with my dad and stepmum, Sue, at their large, modern house near Bath.  With its wide doorways and flat floors, it was easy for me to get around in a wheelchair and, since Sue was a personal trainer, it also had its own gym where I was doing up to 12 hours of rehab a day. I was intent on making as full a recovery as I could from the injuries I’d sustained when I’d dived into the shallow end of a swimming pool and hit my head on the bottom.  I’d been told I was unlikely ever to walk again but by the time I left hospital 80 days later, I had regained movement on the right side of my body. The left side was still much weaker and walking was possible only with the help of a ‘functional electrical stimulation’ machine, which contracted the muscles in that leg and raised the foot.  I still relied on crutches

A charity fighting anti-Semitism has accused Twitter of not taking the abuse on its platform seriously after the social media company ruled that tweets including 'Hitler was right' and 'Jews control the world' did not breach its guidelines.  The Campaign Against Antisemitism slammed the company for ignoring hundreds of abusive tweets it had flagged including calls to 'gas the Jews'.  The charity also accused Twitter of cancelling meetings after they had raised concerns about the implementation of their policies - despite the tech giant being the one to suggest monthly meetings with the CAA over how to tackle anti-Semitism. The actions - or lack of them - by Twitter, has led to the CAA to accuse the company of not being 'interested in addressing antisemitism on its platform'.  A charity fighting anti-Semitism has accused Twitter of not taking the abuse on its platform seriously after the social media company ruled that tweets including 'Hitler was ri