AUSTRALIA- Page 16

RBA rate cuts could add $141,000 to property prices by 2026

Australian home prices are poised to rise by as much as 12 per cent—equating to an extra $141,000 on the median house price in the capital cities—if the Reserve Bank of Australia cuts the cash rate by 1.5 per cent by early 2026,…

19 May, 2025

AUSTRALIA·TECHNOLOGY

Cybersafety expert’s alarm over Snapchat’s new precise location feature: ‘Literally shows where you sleep at night’

Source: 9news Sometimes it feels like a full-time job keeping our children safe from online predators. So the last thing we need is technology making the job even harder. But a new feature on the Snapchat app, which allows users to see…

7 July, 2022

AUSTRALIA·TECHNOLOGY·WORLD

NASA successfully launches its first rocket from newly created Arnhem Space Centre

Source: ABCnews NASA has successfully launched its first rocket from Australian soil in more than a quarter of a century. After rain and wind delayed the launch by more than an hour, the suborbital sounding rocket took off just after midnight on Monday morning from…

27 June, 2022

AUSTRALIA·GREECE·TRAVEL

16 hours from Australia to Greece may become a reality with Qantas

Source: Greekcitytimes Qantas has launched direct flights between Australia and Europe with non-stop routes becoming available between Perth to Rome. The new route will be the only direct flight between Australia and continental Europe offered by any airline and is estimated to…

27 June, 2022

AUSTRALIA·TRAVEL

Travellers warned to expect more disruptions in coming months

Source: ABCnews Australian air travellers have been warned to expect more disruptions over the next 12 months, as the industry scrambles to fill critical worker shortages ahead of the July school holidays. It’s been a torrid few months for passengers, who have faced…

21 June, 2022

AUSTRALIA·TRAVEL

Australia’s ski resorts celebrate snowfall by opening early

Source: 9news Ski resorts in Australia’s alpine regions are kicking off the winter season early after a polar front brought heavy snow and icy temperatures to the country’s south-east. It’s been a lean couple years for the ski business, with COVID-19 restrictions,…

3 June, 2022

AUSTRALIA

Why does this iceberg lettuce cost $11.99 and how long will Australia’s high vegetable prices last?

Source: The Guardian A Queensland shopper this week spotted iceberg lettuce selling at a supermarket for $11.99. The photo quickly went viral as evidence of the cost-of-living pressures Australians are facing. Iceberg lettuce previously cost about $2.80 each, making it somewhat of…

3 June, 2022

AUSTRALIA·SPORTS

Dangerous Precedents And Hypothetical Threats: The Deportation Of Novak Djokovic

Australia’s treatment of Novak Djokovic, the tennis world number one, has been revelatory. Unintentionally, this has exposed the seedier, arbitrary and inconsistent nature of Australia’s border policies. The approval by the Australian Federal Court of the Immigration Minister Alex Hawke’s decision to…

21 January, 2022

AUSTRALIA·TECHNOLOGY

Government commits to expanding electric vehicle charging stations but no subsidies to increase uptake

Source: ABCnews The federal government will partner with the private sector to fund 50,000 charging stations in Australian homes, in a bid to encourage more people to buy electric vehicles. The long-awaited Future Fuels strategy does not include subsidies, tax incentives, sales targets…

9 November, 2021

AUSTRALIA·TRAVEL

18,000 overseas Aussies could have their tickets home torn up, thanks to new caps on returning travelers

Source: Business Insider Australia • The federal government’s decision to halve the number of incoming travellers from 6,070 to 3,035 a week could see 18,000 overseas Australians lose their seats by the end of August. • Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald,…

8 July, 2021

AUSTRALIA·VICTORIA

Statement from the Premier

This week I had another round of scans and a meeting with my care team at the Alfred and got some good news. The broken vertebra has almost fully healed and they’re letting me take off the back brace that I’ve had…

16 June, 2021

AUSTRALIA·Corona Virus

What is the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine? Will it be available in Australia soon? And does it use mRNA?

Source: abcnews The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine has been found to have more than 90 per cent efficacy, paving the way for it to be available later this year in Australia. The successful results from the phase 3 clinical trial of more than 30,000 volunteers…

16 June, 2021

AUSTRALIA·WORLD

‘Signal to the world’: Singapore ready and waiting for Australian travel bubble

Singapore’s so-called “Cruises to Nowhere” have been a big hit since being given the green light last November, with more than 120,000 passengers. “They’ve made something that sounds tacky actually quite fun and enjoyable,” said Arv Sreedhar, a Singapore-based Australian investment banker…

29 April, 2021

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AUSTRALIA- Page 16

RBA rate cuts could add $141,000 to property prices by 2026

Cybersafety expert’s alarm over Snapchat’s new precise location feature: ‘Literally shows where you sleep at night’

NASA successfully launches its first rocket from newly created Arnhem Space Centre

16 hours from Australia to Greece may become a reality with Qantas

Travellers warned to expect more disruptions in coming months

Australia’s ski resorts celebrate snowfall by opening early

Why does this iceberg lettuce cost $11.99 and how long will Australia’s high vegetable prices last?

Dangerous Precedents And Hypothetical Threats: The Deportation Of Novak Djokovic

Government commits to expanding electric vehicle charging stations but no subsidies to increase uptake

18,000 overseas Aussies could have their tickets home torn up, thanks to new caps on returning travelers

Statement from the Premier

What is the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine? Will it be available in Australia soon? And does it use mRNA?

‘Signal to the world’: Singapore ready and waiting for Australian travel bubble

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