MELBOURNE, Australia — More than 600,000 half-price flights have been snapped up in just three weeks following the Australian government’s AUD-1.2 billion ($0.93- billion) package to…
Month: April 2021
CANBERRA, Australia — Former Labor leader Bill Shorten admits it is going to take a whole-of-government and whole-of-community effort to get to net zero emissions by 2050.…
BRISBANE, Australia — A British-flagged tanker ship with Covid-positive crew is making its way towards Australia and has been permitted to anchor off Brisbane. The Inge Kosan is…
SYDNEY — Australia’s employment minister has been forced to defend a controversial new hotline encouraging bosses to dob in people for rejecting work. The employer reporting line…
CANBERRA, Australia — Higher petrol prices, the rising cost of home building, and an increase in rents are expected to be among key drivers in a substantial…
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s biggest bank has hired hundreds of people to keep up with a deluge of home loan applications, as property industry veterans say bank…
BRISBANE, Australia — School banking programs will end in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland after a review found no evidence they improved saving habits in young…
CANBERRA, Australia — A study of the smoke that blanketed Melbourne during the Black Summer bushfire has shown mobile phones could be used to measure and detect…
HORNSBY, Australia — The chief executive of Blue Mountains City Council says Australia’s New South Wales government provided no criteria for applications made under an AUD 177 million ($1.37…
CANBERRA, Australia — The centenary of the Royal Australian Air Force has been the focal point of Anzac Day, also known as Australian and New Zealand Army…