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 complained about the bullying and harassment claims handled by […]
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) in unpaid invoices. Unified Security was one of three […]
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. Some 246 people in Melbourne’s western and northwestern suburbs […]
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 Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s address to Congress this week, […]
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 than AUD 300,000 ($232,825) in personal expenses. The watchdog’s Operation […]
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 to maintain its viability, a parliamentary inquiry has determined. […]
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 Airport. Queensland health authorities on April 30 revealed a man from […]
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 economy is accelerated. The report, completed by consultants Ernst & […]
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 Scott Morrison will chair April 30’s national cabinet meeting […]
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 conclusion of an options paper released by the Energy Security […]
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