Tag: Australia

Social media platform says it removed around 110,000 pieces of content from Aussie accounts that spread Covid misinformation.

UV levels in NSW can be dangerous for 10 months of the year. But data shows most people only protect themselves sometimes, warns Cancer Council.

The commitment is part of its Below Zero Initiative aiming to take action on climate change.

ACTU warns that the data doesn’t show how many Aussies are having to juggle multiple insecure jobs to make ends meet.

The Morrison government says the plant would replace the coal-fired Liddell plant.

Christian group says the country has a record of helping “our mates” and should get behind US President Biden’s latest efforts.

The man is alleged to have called out to his friends moments before being fatally attacked by a shark

First repatriation flight since the Government-mandated pause arrives in Darwin today, with the next flight scheduled for 23 May.

Business-friendly measures will continue to boost the rapidly recovering economy, but open borders and immigration stimulus needed.

ACTU calls for more full-time employment and a reduction in jobs that are considered ‘unreliable’ and discourage consumer spending.

Chartered Qantas flight left Sydney yesterday with ventilators and other equipment for Indian medical personnel. More will follow.

Commission believes extreme sanctions against Aussies returning home from Covid-wracked India are “extraordinary” and may be discriminatory.

Two Sydney men extradited to Queensland as Australian and Dutch police continue their investigations that began in 2019.

Four key Defence training facilities in the NT are to receive a $747-million update to help ADF remain battle ready, says PM.

Australian Medical Association Queensland (AMAQ) warns that the public health system has reached “crisis point”

Indian flights banned until at least mid-May as its virus crisis grows. Australia is to urgently despatch medical supplies to assist.

The suspension of flights is intended to prevent transmission crossing borders, as cases in India surge.

But conservation body warns that the new e-monitoring program will cover only part of the Australian Fishing Zone and needs to be extended.

Latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show more than 7-million people living in Australia were born elsewhere.

Spending boost is part of a strategy to build healthier oceans, support marine parks and combat climate change, Prime Minister says.

Australian and New Zealand unions are seeking an end to economic and trade co-operation with Myanmar while the military junta is in power.

Commonwealth Bank study indicates Aussies intend to spend significantly more on travel, entertainment and home-buying. But retail is slowing.

Flu infections have been running at about one percent of the normal rate and going to work with flu may be gone forever, experts predict.

Arrangement will help drive the economic recovery for both countries as they continue to navigate the Covid-19 global pandemic.

Independent think-tank believes Australia’s current aged-care system is ‘broken’ and ‘a stain’ on nation’s conscience.

Researchers led by Monash University find that cells can be ‘tricked’ into becoming bone and speed up patient recovery after bone replacements.

Australia’s post-lockdown property buyers have different wants and needs to those who were buying pre-Covid, bank data shows.

Announcement ties in with the US decision to withdraw its last remaining forces from Afghanistan over the coming months.

With a Covid crisis looming in our Pacific island near-neighbour, three in four Australians think vaccines should be donated.

PM announces investment for Australia’s portion of the multi-national Square Kilometre Array project to explore new boundaries of the universe.

The city’s original ‘high street’ is getting a $43.5-million makeover to transform it into a tree-lined pedestrian and light-rail thoroughfare.

Pandemic caused a loss of around $85-billion in visitor spend, says report by consultancy. ‘Testing and uncertain’ times still lie ahead.

Pending Trans-Tasman travel bubble gets Aussie tourism marketers scrambling to take advantage of pent-up demand for international holidays.

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern confirms the quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand opens on 19 April.

Oxfam charity says rich nations are protecting pharma company profits at the expense of poorer nations – and their own economic wellbeing.

Anzacs suffered many dead, wounded or captured during invasions of Greece and Crete by vastly superior German forces.

Speculation of upcoming Trans-Tasman Bubble announcement sees surge in Aussie bookings and enquiries for NZ holiday homes.

Large number of people report their perception of teachers has improved due to the pandemic and lockdowns.

Aussie scientists release landmark climate-change report and say country must rapidly remove greenhouse gas emissions from a range of sectors.

Decommissioning of the first of the Armidale-class patrol boats clears the way for introduction of new Arafura patrol vessel fleet from 2022.

Government says GPs are playing an increasingly vital role in the vaccine rollout and around 4,000 will be participating by April.

More than $8-million is known to have been stolen from Australians in Covid-related scams and more are likely during vaccine rollout.

For the first time ever, the country’s trade surplus has recorded three consecutive months above $8-billion, ABS announces.

Military providing an immediate search and rescue capability and more personnel and equipment will help with clean-up operations.

Heavy rains everywhere except WA, as military readies to provide support to hard-pressed authorities.

You wouldn't give a stranger your phone number, your date of birth or a photo album of your children. Yet this is common on social media.

Once-grim future for the massive aluminium plant in Portland is much brighter following a deal with energy retailers and Government.

Covid, bushfires, floods and general uncertainty made last year ‘a year like no other’ for Australia’s school principals, wellbeing study finds.

Small automobile dealerships need to be protected from the power imbalance that exists between them and the big multinational car companies.

Climate-change body says Australia is failing to pull its weight on carbon emission reductions and exports to the EU will be hit.