AUSTRALIA- Page 24

“If I have to burn down parliament house to make a point”

Senator Lidia Thorpe sparks outrage with fiery remarks at Melbourne pro-Palestine rally Thousands gathered in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday for one of Australia’s largest pro-Palestine rallies this year — but the focus quickly shifted to controversial independent Senator Lidia Thorpe, whose speech…

12 October, 2025

AUSTRALIA·OPINION

Melbourne Airport Rail Link – 60 years in the making

In March 1964, during question time in Victorian state parliament, the member for Broadmeadows John Wilton asked the minister for transport Edward Meagher the following question: “What is the estimated cost of implementing the proposed plan announced by him last year to…

28 June, 2024

AUSTRALIA

Greek restaurant in Yarraville destroyed in suspicious fire

A popular Greek restaurant in Melbourne’s west caught fire overnight, with police treating the incident as suspicious. Emergency services were called to Eleni’s Kitchen on Anderson Street around 5 a.m. on Friday morning. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke pouring out of…

28 June, 2024

AUSTRALIA

Inflation jumps to 4%

Australian inflation jumped to 4% in May, the highest rate this year, from 3.6% in April. The increase was largely driven by volatile items such as fuel, fruit and vegetables, and holiday travel. Excluding these volatile items, underlying inflation fell slightly from…

26 June, 2024

AUSTRALIA

Shock: She was stopped at the airport for carrying her… heart

A heart transplant patient has revealed how she was stopped by airport security for an hour while carrying her old heart to Australia. Jessica Manning, 30, from New Zealand, underwent a double heart and liver transplant eight years ago after suffering complications…

21 June, 2024

AUSTRALIA

Australia: Man made $66,000 in a year by selling junk

A 30-year-old man saved a huge amount of money by selling things he found in the rubbish. They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and the following story proves it perfectly. In the age of the internet, there are dozens…

21 June, 2024

AUSTRALIA·VICTORIA

Victorian Government’s $1.2bn school tutoring program fails to deliver results

The Victorian government’s $1.2bn school tutoring program, which started during the pandemic to help students at risk of falling behind to catch up, did not significantly improve the outcomes for those involved, according to the state’s auditor-general. The auditor-general report into the…

21 June, 2024

AUSTRALIA·POLITICS

Peter Dutton’s proposed nuclear power plant sites

Peter Dutton has announced he will go to the next election promising to build seven nuclear power stations. Mr Dutton has promised the first sites can be operational between 2035 and 2037, several years earlier than the timeframe the CSIRO and other…

19 June, 2024

AUSTRALIA·VICTORIA

Victoria’s middle class the “new face” of poverty

A growing number of working families are being added to the queues of economically impoverished Australians relying on food donations during the cost-of-living crisis. Foodbank Australia, whose latest needs assessment shows 3.7 million households struggled to put food on the table last…

12 June, 2024

AUSTRALIA·OPINION

Mandatory Transparency: The Only Path to Effective Medical Cost Comparison

The Medical Costs Finder website, intended to assist Australians in comparing medical procedure costs, has proven to be another expensive failure, reminiscent of the doomed GroceryWatch and FuelWatch initiatives. Launched by the Coalition government in 2019 at an initial cost of $2.5…

12 June, 2024

AUSTRALIA·SCIENCE

Fighting fires from space in record time: how AI could prevent a repeat of Australia’s devastating wildfires

Australian scientists are getting closer to detecting bushfires in record time, thanks to cube satellites with onboard AI now able to detect fires from space 500 times faster than traditional on-ground processing of imagery. Remote sensing and computer science researchers have overcome…

6 June, 2024

AUSTRALIA

Treasurer calms recession fears but admits Aussies face ‘Uncertain times’

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has reassured Australians that the country is not heading for a recession, even as the economy shows its weakest growth in nearly three years. In an interview with Today, Chalmers addressed data released yesterday indicating gross domestic product (GDP)…

6 June, 2024

AUSTRALIA·VICTORIA

Fourth Victorian poultry farm detects bird flu

Victoria’s bird flu outbreak has now spread to a fourth poultry farm, a development anticipated by authorities amid ongoing investigations. Agriculture Victoria confirmed today that a farm near Meredith, west of Melbourne, tested positive for avian influenza. “This detection is not unexpected…

6 June, 2024

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AUSTRALIA- Page 24

“If I have to burn down parliament house to make a point”

Melbourne Airport Rail Link – 60 years in the making

Greek restaurant in Yarraville destroyed in suspicious fire

Inflation jumps to 4%

Shock: She was stopped at the airport for carrying her… heart

Australia: Man made $66,000 in a year by selling junk

Victorian Government’s $1.2bn school tutoring program fails to deliver results

Peter Dutton’s proposed nuclear power plant sites

Victoria’s middle class the “new face” of poverty

Mandatory Transparency: The Only Path to Effective Medical Cost Comparison

Fighting fires from space in record time: how AI could prevent a repeat of Australia’s devastating wildfires

Treasurer calms recession fears but admits Aussies face ‘Uncertain times’

Fourth Victorian poultry farm detects bird flu

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