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Like so many in Australia, Sam grew up in a community where having a punt was synonymous with sport. “Our friends, our family would ask ‘Oh who are you betting on this week?’ That was the normal conversation that occurred,” his sister Amy – who is not using her real name – says. Looking back, […]
Taxpayers may end up bailing out beleaguered Rex Airlines because of the importance of its services to regional communities. Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers expressed relief that Rex will keep servicing regional areas despite announcing it had gone into administration on Tuesday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Rival airline steps in to help Rex customers. And he has […]
It’s peak flu season in Australia but fewer people are opting to get vaccinated against influenza. Compared with this time last year, about 540,000 fewer Australians have had a flu shot. The yearly count is at its lowest since 2020, when vaccination data was made available. The drop is most significant for people aged between […]
The 33rd Olympic Games officially opened on Saturday. As the birthplace of the International Olympic Committee, Paris has hosted two Olympics, in 1900 and 1924, and now, a whole century later, the Olympic flame is lit again in this ancient and beautiful city. The scent of history and glory envelopes the Seine River, and the […]
Fifty-five years after it sank, killing 21 men, Australia has found the shipwreck of the MV Noongah. The 71m (233ft) freighter was carrying steel off the coast of New South Wales when it ran into stormy weather in 1969, sparking one of the biggest maritime searches in Australian history. Five of the 26 crewmen were […]
Work has begun on the much-needed upgrade to Henson Park following a $12.5 million funding agreement between the Federal Government, State Government, the AFL and Inner West Council. The Albanese Government has long supported a renewal of Henson Park, having first committed to funding its upgrade in 2019. The investment from the Australian Government of […]
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency has released a new scorecard on progress in the Commonwealth public sector towards gender equality. The report, which is an Australian first, looks at the actions public sector employers are taking to drive gender equality and to highlight areas that need improvement. Minister for Women and the Public Service, Senator […]
This International Missing Children’s Day (IMCD), the AFP is releasing information about eight Australian children who never came home in the hope of unlocking a vital clue that could help reunite a family. One of those children is Sherrlynn Mitchell who was 16 when she went to meet a friend at a bus stop in […]
Sunday 9 Apr 2023 at 7:04am Russia’s war in Ukraine has split the world of fencing, a sport with powerful political connections that far outrank the sport’s mainstream popularity, and threatens to derail the Paris 2024 Olympics. As one senior Olympic insider told The Ticket this week, “the Olympics is in all sorts of mess”, trying to […]
Australia’s wealth gap has continued to grow over the past two decades, with superannuation and property investment driving inequality across the country, a new report from the Australian Council of Social Service and the University of New South Wales has revealed. Over the past two decades the average wealth of the top 20% has grown […]
