GRANVILLE, Australia — A law firm will investigate claims of serious misconduct within the Australian state of New South Wales Rural Fire Service (RFS) after nearly 2,500 volunteers…
Month: April 2021
MELBOURNE, Australia — A private security company involved in Victoria’s botched hotel quarantine scheme is suing the state government to recover nearly AUD 10 million ($7.7 million)…
MELBOURNE, Australia — More than 200 Victorians have been told to get tested for Covid-19 after “strong and unexpected” fragments of the virus were detected in wastewater.…
WASHINGTON — When Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) — the only current black Republican senator — declared “America is not a racist country” in his response to President…
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian state of Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog has found a former regional health service chief to have awarded dodgy contracts and wrongly claimed more…
SYDNEY, Australia — The Board of New South Wales public insurer Icare “comprehensively failed” to govern the organization, and the state government may need to intervene…
BRISBANE, Australia — Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern has downplayed the risk to New Zealand travelers after the revelation of a positive Covid-19 case within…
BRISBANE, Australia — New analysis shows Australia could be AUD 210 billion ($163 billion) better off over the next 20 years if the shift to a digital…
BRISBANE, Australia — Australia’s leaders will consider classifying more coronavirus-stricken countries as high risk after pausing all flights from India until at least next month. Prime Minister…
BRISBANE, Australia — Governments and industries have time to build a more reliable and cleaner electricity system if plans are put in place now. That is the…