Australia
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Passengers race for flights with Rex capital collapse
Thousands of passengers have been left scrambling to find replacement flights while workers fear for their jobs after Regional Express was placed into voluntary administration. All of the airline’s trips …
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Multicultural Youth Awards nominations open
Nominations for the National Multicultural Youth Awards are now open until August 31, showcasing the contributions of multicultural youth to Australian society. The Multicultural Youth Awards recognise and celebrate the …
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Multicultural bodies praise outgoing minister Andrew Giles and welcome Tony Burke
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s decision to replace immigration minister Andrew Giles with Tony Burke has garnered mixed responses from peak multicultural bodies such as Independent Multicultural Media Australia (IMMA) and …
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Health authorities rush to stem legionnaires outbreak in Melbourne
Melburnians are being urged to monitor for symptoms after a significant outbreak of legionnaires’ disease left several people critically unwell in intensive care. At least 22 cases of the bacterial disease …
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Home affairs, immigration ministers dumped in reshuffle
The decision to move his politically embattled home affairs and immigration ministers has been defended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as he prepares to swear in a fresh frontbench. Clare …
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Ancient clues found to human occupation of Australia
New evidence of human occupation in southeast Indonesia more than 40,000 years ago is offering fresh clues about the island-hopping route taken by some of the first humans to arrive …
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Tax is bursting the bubble of craft beer industry
While drinkers look forward to toasting International Beer Day next Friday, Australian craft brewers are drowning their sorrows over a tax regime they say is crippling their industry and is …
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Berejiklian loses bid to overturn corruption findings
Gladys Berejiklian has lost a high-stakes court bid to overturn findings she acted corruptly in a major blow to the former premier’s reputation and win for the NSW integrity watchdog. …
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Anthony Koutoufides considering running for Melbourne Lord Mayor
AFL great Anthony Koutoufides is hinting that he might run for Lord Mayor of Melbourne this October in the upcoming council elections. The Age reports that Koutoufides said a friend …
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CrowdStrike: quality-control bug led to global outage
CrowdStrike is blaming a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off a global tech outage that …