Tag: Australia

After years of court battles, High Court says park owners must pay for selling ‘permanent’ homes that did not have council consent.

No one is better placed in the community to help administer vaccines to elderly and high-risk groups than local GPs, says Government.

The humble Aussie bee is far more likely to get you admitted to hospital than a venomous snake or spider, study finds.

Federal Government inaction and baffling new tax in Victoria are all helping to keep local uptake below much of the developed world.

Group of intrepid Aussie tradies heading off to do a home reno where the nearest hardware store is a 3,000km round trip away.

Police warn Iranian expats, in particular, that they are being targeted to become unsuspecting couriers for overseas crime syndicates.

Researchers find that genuine humility is a critical leadership trait and may be more important than confidence and charisma.

Analysis of our sewage samples over New Year shows Australians are high-level users of dangerous new psychoactive substances known as NPS.

Around 50,000 businesses in the state are set to benefit from the scheme targeting the sectors hardest hit by the recent five-day lockdown.

Our nation of inveterate foreign travellers took a massive 8.5-million fewer trips overseas during 2020, the Bureau of Statistics says.

Foreign affairs minister, Marise Payne, has confirmed that Australia’s ambassador has been allowed to speak with Professor Sean Turnell.

New agreement means that, providing all vaccines are shown to be effective, Australia will take delivery of 150-million doses in total.

Rita Ora’s hotel quarantine ahead of her involvement in The Voice is unfair to the nearly 40,000 Aussies still stranded overseas, says Labor.

Number of shark attacks in the US was nearly double that of Australia last year, but we had twice the number of deaths.

Australians are five times more likely to be displaced by a climate change-fuelled disaster than someone living in Europe, new study finds.

Just a week after it stopped flying to Australia’s three biggest cities, Emirates has announced a reversal of the decision.

Beleaguered travel agents are receiving one-off Federal grant payments in an effort to keep the Covid-hit industry afloat in Australia.

Four key providers have been appointed to help with the implementation of the national Covid-19 vaccination program, government announces.

Decision comes after Emirates cancelled its inbound flights because of government changes to the arrival caps on returning Aussies.

Saluting Their Service grants program provides more than $1-million to community groups that commemorate wartime service of Australians.

Foreigners in Australia on student visas will be able to work more often in an effort to help farmers find extra temporary workers.

Regular flights will now take place between the two destinations, but not all flights will be quarantine-free.

Health minister announces immediate funding for clinical trials from the government’s Medical Research Future Fund.

It’s normal for emotions to resurface at times like this, as effects can be felt for years. Communities should support each other, say experts.

Shades of Dr Dolittle? Or have they been at the Christmas wine? Researchers say kangaroos really can 'talk' to us.

Key employer body fears that cutting Southeast Asian language tuition at universities will harm efforts to develop alternative markets to China.

Canada follows Australia in announcing the planting of billions of new trees by 2030. These will help to meet climate-change and other targets.

Tests of a sample population of Year 4 and Year 8 students across 58 countries show our students are getting better at literacy and numeracy.

Conservation body praises Government for ending the practice of shifting nation’s plastic burden elsewhere, but laws won’t solve problem.

The large numbers of first-home buyers are responding to the stable market and historically low interest rates, says real estate body.

Internal spy agency says current and former security-clearance holders are being targeted online and national security may be compromised.

The signing of the long-awaited agreement signals the region’s shared commitment to open trade and investment in the post-Covid economy, PM says.

Scientists find that humans, and likely the entire animal kingdom, share important genetic mechanisms with a Barrier Reef sea sponge.

Insurer Suncorp says it has been hard hit by the recent Queensland hailstorm and a string of other natural disasters.

Hosting the 2027 event would generate an estimated $2.2-billion in economic activity and create 12,000 jobs, government says.

When entering international markets, in particular, Australian companies are often faced with pressure to engage in acts of bribery.

Limited flights and only Australia is allowing quarantine-free entry. But there are hopes that this is the start of bigger things.

Sector that supported around 112 000 full-time jobs last year will only support 43 000 by December, industry report suggests.

Customers with spare cash buy an extra coffee and leave a note on a board that pays for someone who is struggling.

A UK woman was lucky to escape death or serious injury after falling onto a busy highway while filming a Snapchat social media video.

Enormous benefit to tourism sector if Aussie-NZ bubble can be implemented. Lifting of arrival cap also good news, says business chamber.

Farmers are destroying their own crops as lack of backpackers and foreign seasonal workers leaves fruit unpicked.

Illegal drugs laboratory was still in the process of being set up and would have been one of the largest in Victoria’s history.

Fire outlook for September-November 2020 is far better than at this time last year, says report. But there are risks later in the season.

State’s governor has put out a call for help from Australia and Canada. But the coronavirus will complicate matters.

Scientists at a Sydney university were gobsmacked to find one mammal flew more than 12 000km during the research.

Proposed September reopening of the island to foreign visitors has now been postponed to sometime in 2021.

State and territory border closures seem to be motivated by politics rather than being based on medicine or science, laments Alan Joyce.

Fashion retailer G-Star Raw has failed to find a buyer for its Australian operation and all stores will now close.

Ongoing outbreaks in Australia, new outbreaks in New Zealand and election uncertainty are all factors.