Beijing has warned Australia to “be careful” against acting on its “unwarranted anxieties toward China”, questioning how relations can improve while Canberra accuses it of coercion. In an opinion piece by Chinese government mouthpiece the Global Times, Beijing lamented that despite a significant thawing in the bilateral relationship, Australia’s newly published defence strategy undermined the … Read more
Student debts are on track to have increased at least $12.3bn during Labor’s first three years of government, new analysis reveals, prompting an urgent call for action in next month’s budget. New Parliamentary Library projections prepared for the Greens show the indexation rate set to hit student debts on June 1 will come in between … Read more
Australian officials are finding it increasingly harder to figure out when a terrorist attack may occur, in what the Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil has described as a “trend”. After a 16-year-old boy allegedly stabbed a prominent Assyrian Christian bishop and priest at a southwest Sydney church on Monday night, officials were quick to declared … Read more
Coles and Woolworths will face a grilling on Tuesday when the appear before a Senate inquiry set to probe the supermarket giants’ executives over high grocery prices. Both supermarkets have faced criticism in recent years for raking in multi-billion dollar profits during the cost-0f-living crisis, and their market dominance has been called into question as … Read more
Sydney is once again reeling after a 16-year-old boy allegedly carried out a “disturbing” terrorist attack when he stabbed a high profile bishop and priest in the city’s southwest on Monday night. The attack came just days after the Joel Cauchi’s deadly rampage across the city at Westfield Bondi Junction, where he killed six people … Read more
An Aussie pilot is recreating a century-old journey around Australia in a seaplane, with a map detailing his wild itinerary as he soars from town to town in the historic footsteps of air force pilots. Michael Smith departed Melbourne last Saturday, on the first leg of a 50-day journey to circumnavigate the country. The historic … Read more
A former Australian journalist turned aid worker has vented her frustration over security measures put in place by Israel not being met, after the convoy she was travelling in was struck by bullets outside a checkpoint to enter northern Gaza. Tess Ingram, a former Australian Financial Review and WAToday journalist, is in the Middle East … Read more
Aldi has been crowned Supermarket of the Year for 2023 in one of the country’s leading customer satisfaction awards. Market research group Roy Morgan named the grocery chain as the top supermarket for 2023 in their annual Customer Satisfaction Awards, beating other companies like Coles and Woolworths for the top spot. It’s the fourth consecutive … Read more
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast one of the warmest winters on record for most of Australia. Minimum temperatures are likely to be above average for most states from May to July, according to the latest long-range weather forecast published by the bureau on Thursday. The temperatures threaten to surpass last year’s benchmark as the … Read more
Anthony Albanese will lay out his plan to keep Queensland at the forefront of the “challenging” decades ahead, in a pre-budget speech that sets out his strategy for the country as the economy goes net-zero. In an address to the Queensland Media Club on Thursday, the Prime Minister will set out his vision for the … Read more
