Plastic made from seaweed and milk that doesn’t come from a cow. Those ideas may once have been seen as fanciful science fiction, but a boom in Australian biotechnology is making these discoveries, and more, the way of the future. Seaweed could revolutionise how humans make all kinds of plastic product, according to Perth-based start-up […]
Snatched by grave robbers or traded by settlers as macabre curiosities, the remains of New Zealand’s Indigenous people are slowly being brought home after centuries overseas. After British explorer Captain James Cook arrived in New Zealand in 1769, some European settlers developed a grim fascination with the remains of Indigenous Māori people and Morioris, who […]
Race fans are in for a treat at this year’s OTR SuperSprint as Aussie rock band The Choirboys and award-winning alt-rock artists Kingswood join the entertainment line-up. The high-octane concert will take place immediately after the chequered flag drops on Saturday’s Race 21, the first of three Supercars races at the event. The Bend Motorsport […]
Vivid Sydney, Australia’s biggest festival hit its biggest attendance record in history boasting a crowd of more than 3.28 million. The preliminary figures demonstrate another booming year for Vivid with the record participants enjoying Light, Music, Ideas and Food programs over 23 nights. Vivid Sydney has always been a festival about bringing people together, and […]
Late last year, the Reserve Bank gave 1,000 Australians diaries and asked them to record every payment they made over the course of a week. Of the 13,000 payments, only 17 were with cheques. It’s been an astounding collapse. Back in 1980 at the start of the credit card era, 85 per cent of non-cash payments were made with […]
Today, educators around Australia have access to the official educational resources for this year’s NAIDOC Week theme: ‘For Our Elders’ on the ABC Education website. The resources, written by educators from Culture is Life and overseen by Co-Chair, NAIDOC Committee, Dr Lynette Riley, AO, guide all educators on how to meaningfully introduce the stories and themes to […]
Blink-182 have announced a fifth Melbourne concert for their 2024 Australia tour. Today, concert organiser Live Nation Australia announced that the band have added a fifth Melbourne show, set to take place on February 29 at the Rod Laver Arena. It will also be the final Melbourne concert to be added to Blink-182’s extensive Australia run of […]
A decade ago paediatricians noticed a worrying trend: children’s mental health was beginning to decline. Anxiety disorders, depression and loneliness had suddenly become more common among teenagers around the world. Health experts and researchers didn’t know exactly why that happened. Some said that these were simply statistical variations without any particular cause. Others believed there must […]
20 June 2023, The Albanese Government will provide a further $4.45 million to respond to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan. The funds will be used to provide immediate life-saving protection and assistance, including food, water and emergency medical supplies, delivered through the International Committee of the Red Cross. The additional support was announced overnight […]
Sydney’s Darling Harbour was a hazy sea of smoke this afternoon after a food cart caught alight and became engulfed in flames.