The federal government will provide one-off $1,000 payments for people in 23 flood-affected areas across New South Wales, the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, announced on Wednesday, as the flood threat moved north. Rain eased in areas of Sydney hit by… Read More »Federal government pledges $1,000 disaster payment for NSW flood victims as weather threat moves north
Biosecurity measures have been strengthened at Australian airports after the highly contagious foot and mouth disease was found in Bali. Detector dogs will operate at Darwin and Cairns airports and biosecurity officers will begin boarding flights from Indonesia in coming… Read More »Biosecurity beefed up for Australians returning from Bali to stop foot and mouth disease
Two vaccines that specifically target the Omicron variant have been granted “provisional determination” by Australia’s drugs regulator, the first step in a process for getting the vaccines approved for use. It comes as the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron… Read More »Pfizer vaccines that target Omicron variant pass first step to approval in Australia
© Provided by US Weekly Inside Travis Barker’s Recovery After Pancreatitis: He’s ‘Taking It Easy Back on his feet! Travis Barker has reportedly returned to work just one week after being hospitalized for pancreatitis. Everything to Know About Travis Barker’s… Read More »Travis Barker Reportedly Returns to Work 1 Week Post Hospitalization
Rents have risen at the fastest rate for 14 years as Australia’s landlords seek to recoup costs in the face of rising interest rates and higher inflation. According research firm CoreLogic’s quarterly rental review, the national rental index increased 0.9%… Read More »Rents rise at fastest rate in 14 years across Australia
A ship that had been stranded off the New South Wales coast in wild weather, sparking fears of an environmental catastrophe, has been safely returned to port. The MV Portland Bay, a 170-metre cargo ship registered in Hong Kong, became… Read More »Cargo ship safely returned to port in Sydney after three days stranded in wild seas
Hong Kong unionists have pleaded not guilty to publishing “seditious” material as a five-day trial began over illustrated children’s books. The case revolves around a series of books published by the now-defunct General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists that… Read More »Five stand trial for sedition in Hong Kong over children’s books about sheep
A major Japanese ramen chain is offering free noodles to young people ahead of Sunday’s upper house elections, amid widespread concern that the nation’s disaffected youth will not bother turning out to vote. Ippudo, which operates 50 ramen shops across… Read More »Free noodles offered as Japan wrestles with low youth turnout for elections
New Zealand school principals are raising the alarm that students are falling off the rolls, as a wave of absenteeism follows the disruption of Covid-19. In 2021, schools in Auckland and parts of the North Island were shut down for… Read More »New Zealand principals voice alarm as students fail return to school after Covid lockdowns
Former Labor frontbencher and chair of IFM Investors Greg Combet will lead a high-powered delegation of leaders from the superannuation industry to Jakarta next month as part of efforts to turbocharge the economic relationship between Australia and Indonesia. Combet has… Read More »Australian superannuation industry leaders to visit Indonesia to turbocharge business ties