Online shopping booms as Aussies anticipate rate cuts and feel inflation easing
Australians have turned to their screens in record numbers, spending a staggering $69 billion online over the past financial year, with $19.2 billion of that spent in just the final quarter, new data reveals. According
No paperwork, increasing rent: Sydney landlords exploiting international students
International students are being exploited by landlords in Sydney’s tight housing market, a new report has found. International students in Sydney are falling victim to financial exploitation by dodgy landlords, who are overcharging on bonds,
Record number of Aussies rush to file tax returns
A record number of Australians have lodged their tax returns in the hope of getting their hands on a hefty refund. About 650,000 people have already filed their tax returns, with this year’s early rush
Better Managing Australia’s future population growth
Key elements of the Morrison Government’s plan to better manage Australia’s future population have come into effect today. Launched in March this year, the Population Plan has four broad components: Easing the population pressures
60,000 tons of donation waste going to landfill
Australian charities are contributing to a large chunk of landfill pollution in the country because of donations that can’t be used. Things like soiled clothing, mattresses and old electrical appliances are being donated to stores
Killer flu season sees record numbers of cases and deaths – and it’s only just beginning
A killer flu season has seen almost as many people diagnosed with the virus so far this year as there were in the whole of 2018. Health bosses today issued renewed calls for people to
Election campaign: Morrison, Shorten pledge transport funds
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is promising to spend $4 billion on Melbourne’s shelved East West Link road project, even though the state Labor Government has ruled out its construction. • A Coalition government would fund a
Shockwaves in PASOK: Cretan party official resigns amid OPEKEPE subsidy scandal
A political storm has erupted within PASOK following the resignation of Lampros Antonopoulos, Secretary of the Heraklion Prefectural Committee, after his alleged involvement in the controversial OPEKEPE agricultural subsidy case. Antonopoulos submitted a formal resignation letter to PASOK’s General Secretary, Andreas Spyropoulos, not only stepping down from his role but
See the Parthenon as the ancients did in Glorious 3D
A pioneering researcher has digitally resurrected the Parthenon’s long-lost interior, revealing it as a space not of radiant sunlight, as once believed, but of strategic shadows designed to inspire awe—and even reverence. See the Parthenon
Eurovision 2025: Klavdia’s “Asteromata” secures Greece a spot in the grand final
Greece has officially qualified for the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with Klavdia and her captivating performance of the song “Asteromata” (which translates as “Starry Eyes”). Eurovision 2025: Klavdia’s “Asteromata” secures Greece
Maria Karystianou shocks the European Parliament, there’s no rule of law in Greece
New Democracy has paid people to assassinate the characters of victims’ relatives and smear anyone who dares to speak out.” At the event titled “Journalism on Trial”, held at the European Parliament, Maria Karystianou delivered
Tempi in the European Parliament on 19 June – ND–European People’s Party manoeuvres fall flat
The European People’s Party (EPP) and its allies have failed in their attempt to cover up the Tempi crime. The Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament has officially approved the inclusion of the matter
Northern Epirus Youth: Himarians reject Mastoras at Rama’s Himara rally
3 May 2025 will remain etched in the collective memory of Himara and all of Northern Epirus as a day of deep insult and bitter disappointment — a day that underscored the daily mockery and
Turkey’s invasion plans for Greece blocked by US, France, sparking Erdogan’s fury
Turkey’s contingency war plans against Greece, particularly targeting Western Thrace and the Aegean islands, have suffered a serious setback due to the expanded military presence of the United States and France in support of Greek
Iran and European powers to resume nuclear talks amid rising tensions
Iran has agreed to resume nuclear negotiations with the European trio – Germany, France, and the United Kingdom – in a diplomatic effort to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The new round of talks is scheduled to take place in Istanbul on Friday, July 25, according
Menendez dismisses bribery charges as baseless
US Senator Bob Menendez on Friday vehemently rejected the bribery offenses he and his wife were charged with by federal prosecutors in connection with their relationship with three New Jersey businessmen, calling them “baseless.” “For
Council of Europe says Turkey must pay up to €60 mln to Greek Cypriot refugees
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has stressed that Turkey must pay without delay €60 mln in damages to Greek Cypriots who cannot access their properties in the Turkish-occupied north. According to a CoE statement, its
The New York Times investigation of the missile attack on Konstantinovka was carried out by the Ukrainian side
The New York Times conducted its own investigation of the missile attack on Kostyantynivka on September 6, the conclusion, the attack was carried out by the Ukrainian side. This is indicated by video recordings from
Something very strange happened in Libya
5 Greek military personnel killed in Libya flooding rescue effort People are always at risk in Libya. The state has long since collapsed. The unimaginable outcome of Hurricane Daniel proved it once again. Death is
America’s “unique” relationship with Australia?
The enthusiasm of the members of Albanese’s staff seems to have run away with them. They declared that ‘the Australian-United States relationship is unique in scale, scope and significance reflecting more than 100 years of
Azerbaijan’s actions constitute genocide, with complicity from Turkey
Azerbaijan’s actions clearly constituted genocide, with complicity from Turkey and the Islamist forces it has dispatched into the region
