As Australia’s housing supply crisis drives up rents and new home prices, there are fears that pricey housing costs could keep inflation and interest rates […]
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Free broadband hits major milestone as digital gap shrinks for thousands of families
The Albanese Government has today announced more than 15,000 Aussie families have been connected with free internet as part of the School Student Broadband Initiative […]
Albanese appoints Tony Burke to neutralise immigration issues and sends Clare O’Neil to grapple with housing crisis
Anthony Albanese is seeking to neutralise the difficult issues in immigration and former detainees by appointing Tony Burke, a strong political performer, into the challenging […]
Fewer Australians are getting their annual influenza vaccine, national data shows
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 […]
ASX 200 up 0.9 per cent in early trade after a solid lead from Wall Street
A renewed appetite for risk from US investors drove all Wall Street’s key indices higher on Friday and the positive sentiment has flowed through to […]
An Aussie dad was left disappointed by ‘crazy’ price of ski lift pass
Michael Atkinson has been skiing all his life and was gobsmacked by how expensive ski lift passes are today compared to 34 years ago. The […]
Cyclist Grace Brown won Australia’s first gold medal at the Paris Olympics 2024
Cyclist Grace Brown has dominated the women’s individual time trial to win Australia’s first gold medal at the Paris Olympics. The 32-year-old, who will retire […]
Ariarne Titmus wins double golden medal for Australia
Ariarne Titmus turned swimming’s race of the century into a glorious golden personal procession. Australia’s women’s 4x100m freestyle relayers stretched the nation’s dominance in the […]
Australian astronomer hopes to see Australia-China scientific links deepen via face-to-face collaborations
Australian astronomer Lister Staveley-Smith told Xinhua in an interview that he hoped to see links between Australian and Chinese scholars deepen through face-to-face collaborations, which […]
Paris opens Olympics with River Seine spectacular
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, […]