Australia
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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 …
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Paralegal to be locked up for five years after stealing $1.5 million
Former paralegal Athena Razos has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than $1.5 million from her employer. Razos was found …
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Labor rallies in Darebin: Candidates focus on core issues ahead of October election
Victorian local government elections are on in October, and the northern suburbs of Melbourne—Darebin and Merri Bek (formerly Moreland)—are a contest between Labor and the Greens. On Wednesday night, Labor …
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Melburnians’ quality of life plummeting, survey shows
More than one-third of Melburnians feel their quality of life has worsened over the past 12 months, despite most enjoying living in the city. The insight comes as part of …