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Melbourne tech guru Mike Sentonas at centre of global tech failure, compensation talks expected
Melbourne multi-millionaire Mike Sentonas, President of CrowdStrike, has found himself at the centre of a global tech failure that crippled business and government operations worldwide. The outage caused by a …
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Nine Greek Australian students recognised in VCE Premier’s Awards
At least nine Greek Australians have been recognised for their achievements in the annual Premier’s VCE Awards. At the award presentation ceremony held on July 17, a total of 332 …
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‘Devoid of moral qualms’: fatal hit-run driver jailed
Less than three weeks after leaving a cyclist to die, Peter Koutsogiannakis caused another dangerous crash. Driving a stolen Mazda on January 23, 2022, he tried to skip through a …
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Voters leave Albanese, Dutton as resentment grows
Fewer than one in three Australians want either Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton as their prime minister but the contest between the two parties is heating up. The latest Newspoll …
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Groundbreaking RMIT consortium puts community at the heart of engineering solutions
West Multicultural Services and Settlement Services International established an alliance with RMIT University to link students with diverse communities. The first-of-its-kind community co-design consortium launched today, will give RMIT engineering …
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Australian interests at stake as Biden steps away
Australia’s national interests are on the line, leaders have warned, after US President Joe Biden announced he was withdrawing his bid for re-election. The abandoned bid followed growing pressure on …
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Melbourne remembers on 50th anniversary of Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Melbourne’s cold weather and the potential rainfall did not stop the Cypriots, Greeks and Philhellenes from gathering at Federation Square on Sunday afternoon to mark 50 years since the Turkish …
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Elder abuse campaign to curb nation’s ‘hidden cruelty’
Elder abuse can involve physical, psychological, sexual and emotional abuse as well as financial abuse and neglect. The $4.8 million campaign will be announced by Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus at the …
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Airport delays continue in wake of global IT outage
Companies hit by the unprecedented global IT outage are returning to normal but travellers continue to face delays with airports plagued by knock-on effects. Banks, media outlets, airports, supermarkets, retailers, …
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Major IT outage affecting banks, media outlets
IT outages are reportedly affecting major institutions across the nation. Crowd-sourced website Downdetector has listed the National Australia Bank, ABC, ANZ, Telstra and Bendigo Bank as suffering outages. Many media …