At the age of 10, standing at 1.66 meters tall, the sun-kissed youth Max（Jiaduo）WANG looks even cooler with his fencing outfit on, helmet in place and a long sword in hand as he steps onto the piste. He and his teammates emerged three victories of 27:22, 27:17, and 27:24, winning the men’s epee team gold medal […]
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to India this week, along with his trade and resource ministers and some of the country’s most high-profile chief executives, is a serious show of intent – and it follows a stream of similar recent trips by other cabinet ministers and university leaders. They are motivated by an increasingly important bilateral […]
Tens of thousands of peak-hour commuters were stranded on Wednesday because of a serious malfunction on Sydney’s problem-plagued rail network that threatens to undermine the Perrottet government’s infrastructure credentials as it enters the final fortnight of the NSW election campaign. The shutdown of the entire network for more than an hour during the evening peak […]
For the first time researchers have proven a clear correlation between deforestation and regional precipitation. Scientists hope it may encourage agricultural companies and governments in the Amazon and Congo basin regions and south-east Asia to invest more in protecting trees and other vegetation. The study found that the more rainforests are cleared in tropical countries, […]
The level of employer concentration in some of Australia’s labour markets is so high that powerful employers are suppressing workers’ wages. Key points: Those are the findings from a new Treasury working paper. The federal Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, Andrew Leigh, says the findings paint a worrying picture. Dr Leigh said they added to accumulated evidence that […]
Indulgence Richard Clayderman’s “Forever Love” 2023 Australia tour concert in Sydney were launched at Ticketek.com.au. This is the first time Richard Clayderman perform on the Australian stage after his “40 Years of Romance” global tour five years ago. It will be staged in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane from April 16-23, 2023. Richard Clayderman was born […]
The Australian government has nominated a remote peninsula that is home to one of the world’s largest collections of rock art for heritage listing. Tanya Plibersek, minister for the environment and water, said on Friday that the government has formally put Murujuga Cultural Landscape in northern Western Australia (WA) forward for the United Nations Educational, […]
The usual suspects – Hikvision and Dahua – named as a risk to national security, prompting the usual denials