Tag: Australia

Large 200 000-panel solar farm will create significant financial and energy savings. Equivalent to decreasing coal usage by 60 000 tonnes.

Social enterprise gives up on single-use bottled water after 12 years, saying the product should not exist.

Family has campaigned for 30 years for Teddy Sheean’s exceptional bravery and ultimate sacrifice to be recognised with highest honour.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister shows that a soft, emotionally mature touch does not indicate weakness, say experts.

Migrating to Australia has been a dream and life changing opportunity for millions. When Covid-19 subsides, the race to live Down Under will be on again.

Huge, deadly Australian birds are one of the hazards that might invite themselves for campsite coffee, Down Under.

Ever thought about a campervan trip around Australia? If not, why not? Make sure you park it at these fab Down Under places.

Seeing the beauty of Australia through the eyes of a tourist, or the naivety and innocence of a Darryl Kerrigan, is just one of the many great lessons you learn from living overseas.

I’m rapidly discovering that very few things are considered unusual at Undara.

It is believed the two men may have entered the water to swim on Sunday night. Police have said it would be unlikely they would have survived in the water since then.

WATCH: Why do Aussies go barefoot to the supermarket? Why is our money made of plastic? And why can't we even say 'Australia' properly?

Instagram has a massive influence on people choosing their travel destinations, and Australia leads the way in enticing them with its hipness and beauty, according to a new survey.

WATCH: Uniforms, late starts, lunchboxes, walking to school and playing outside. Who knew these are special things about Australian school-life?

Where do Lonely Planet think will best scratch your traveller's itch next year? Here's their top 10 picks for best cities, regions and countries in 2019. Get to some!

27 years without a recession, Australia is the 2nd wealthiest nation in terms of wealth per adult after Switzerland and is estimated to have the world’s 13th highest GDP and the 11th highest GDP per capita. It has earned it's reputation as 'the lucky country'.

Spiders, dropbears and right-wing yahoos. Australia can be a very frightening place, indeed. Here's why ...

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Enough. Most Australian voters surely care less about who is running the country than they do about making sure our country is still a habitable place to live in the future.

Australia is great. But what's earned it three top 10 places in the world's 'most liveable cities' index?

SPECIAL FEATURE: Have Aboriginal people been in Australia for some 50,000 years or as long as 65,000 years? Either way, they have effectively been on their country as long as modern human populations have been outside of Africa.

From the iconic Opera House to the golden sands of Bondi Beach, there is something for everyone in this incredible Australian city.

Senator Dean Smith advocates broad view on Australia's population while Tony Abbott presses for big cut to immigration and Pauline Hanson makes lower migrant intake a signature pitch.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Recently, the disruptive agents of the sharing economy, like Airbnb, have been blamed for bringing more tourists into the heart of communities instead of just tourist sites.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Just as republicans can enjoy the spectacle of a royal wedding without abandoning the idea of an Australian head of state, we need to remind ourselves that Trump is, literally, not our president.

A fast-track backtrack? In something resembling a change of tune, it would seem like the Australian government aren’t exactly putting SA farmers to the top of their priorities.

TRAVEL DEALS: Prices are fantastic right now with Sydney return fares from £601, Brisbane £554, Melbourne from £571, Perth from £523, Adelaide from £526 and Cairns from £600. Fly in comfort and style on a modern Dreamliner aircraft.

Australia's Minister of Home Affairs, Peter Dutton, is not backing down from his offer to offer white South African farmers "refugee" or "humanitarian" status in the country.

The South African government and its relationship with Australia may have taken a bad turn, denying its farmers face persecution as claimed by Peter Dutton.

Australia calls itself the 'Lucky Country' with good reason. If you are thinking of making the move Down Under you should definitely take a look at the latest list of skilled occupations the country is seeking.

Home Affairs and Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has directed his department to explore whether South African farmers can be accepted into Australia through refugee, humanitarian or other visas.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: After nearly two years of a facilitated conciliation process, Australia and Timor Leste have finally reached agreement on a maritime boundary in the Timor Sea.

A message in a bottle claimed to have been discovered on a beach in Western Australia has been confirmed as being authentic and the world's oldest, but some doubt lingers over the find by "renowned ambush marketer".

OPINION & ANALYSIS: If the promised “refresh” of Closing the Gap does not put resources – and the power to direct them – into Indigenous hands, the prospects for closing socioeconomic gaps are likely to remain distant.

If a thong-clad bogan from woop-woop sold you a goon-bag for for a few bucks would it make you a dag if you said yes?

OPINION & ANALYSIS: In contemporary Australia, identities are often complex, and citizenship entitlements may be multiple and overlapping.

New star studded Tourism Australia advert takes the Mick to make Super Bowl fans crazy about Down Under.

WATCH: What's that Skip? A bike? Amazing footage of the moment a kangaroo leapt out of the bush, taking down an unsuspecting cyclist on Australia Day. Strewth!

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Despite the added complication of Brexit negotiations and the nostalgic attachment to past glory, the prospect of Commonwealth becoming Empire 2.0 remains, as The Economist suggested, “cobblers”.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: We must change the date of Australia Day again if we want to achieve a national day that unifies all Australians.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Australian slang such as ‘budgie’, ‘greenie’, ‘pollie’, ‘surfie’, and even ‘mozzie’ are now also making appearances in global English.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: As it becomes ever more entangled in battles over the meaning of our history, Australia Day will find it difficult to carry a “successful” national day’s normal civic burden of fostering common belonging and social cohesion.

You know when you tell someone overseas that kangaroos and wallabies jump along the main streets of Australia and there is even a lane on the Harbour Bridge for them? Well, now here's the proof!

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Britain’s media have made much of the “Aussie flu” sweeping across the northern hemisphere, but is there evidence the land Down Under is to blame?

INTERVIEW: A young French haute couture fashion designer who went to Australia for a working holiday, El returned to Europe with an Aussie passport and a burgeoning acting career.

Australia's usually unheralded bureaucratic capital, Canberra, has rocketed up the traveller's charts, according to Lonely Planet.

A view from Galway: lessons from Ireland’s darkest days.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: To end exploitation in Australia, we need to have a zero tolerance to exploitation, rather than a zero tolerance to breaches of visas by migrants.

Sometimes being an alien from Down Under makes you feel like the luckiest person on the planet.

WATCH: Qantas boss Alan Joyce oversees the airline's brand new plane being assembled at Boeing before it's tested and flown Down Under to commence duties.

AUSTRALIAN TAX UPDATE: Federal and state taxes have seen some significant developments that you need to know about.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: As Tony Abbott accepts another pat on the back from a roomful of climate deniers in London, we may wonder how long business interests in Australia will tolerate his wrecking, undermining and sniping.