Australia
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SA government announces that construction on new Adelaide Aquatic Centre is underway
The new Adelaide Aquatic Centre is officially underway, with the goal to have it up and running in the summer of 2025-26. The work on the state-of-the-art complex has commenced …
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Man faces court over lawyer’s alleged hit-run death
A rideshare driver accused of hitting a young lawyer and leaving him to die on a Sydney street has been granted bail following a brief court appearance. Zisi Kokotatsios, 63, …
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Queensland couple places hopes on cryonics to come back to life after death
A couple from Queensland, Allan and Barbara Pease, have made an unusual decision – to be cryogenically frozen together after death, with the hope of being revived in the future. …
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Tasmania vote a lesson for federal Labor and Liberals
Tasmanians have sent the nation’s major political parties into a frenzy as they prepare for a federal election by failing to vote decisively for either a Liberal or Labor government. Though ballots …
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Australia will work with US regardless of president
Australia is ready to work with the US regardless of who Americans vote for at the presidential election, the deputy prime minister says. Questions are being asked about the future …
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50 years of Modern Greek at the University of Sydney
The Department of Modern Greek at the University of Sydney marks its 50th anniversary milestone with a free event on Sunday 14 April (3pm) as part of the 42nd Greek …
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Australia, Greece, and Cyprus show contrasting trends in age-related happiness according to annual study
Australia is the tenth happiest country in the world, but data shows the older are much happier than the young. Meanwhile Greece, at 64, and Cyprus, at 50, see the …
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Unemployed return to work in a ‘hot labour market’
Increasing work opportunities for Australians in an improving jobs market are helping those reliant on welfare schemes to exit the system earlier. Historically low figures in long-term benefit recipients disprove …
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Elena Carapetis joins new SA Artists at Work Taskforce
Minister Andrea Michaels announced the creation of the Artists at Work Taskforce, a body tasked to investigate work insecurity and income inequality experienced by some South Australian artists and arts …
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Refugee advocate Helen Panopoulos calls for change
When Helen Panopoulos joined Refugee Action Collective, she thought it was a matter of “common sense” until Australia’s immigration detention policies, would be seen as illegal. Ten years later, she …