The NSW Transport Minister says she has not seen a key document underpinning the NSW government’s $5bn proposal to turn Sydney’s Rosehill Racecourse into a sprawling mini-city. During Friday’s budget estimates, Jo Haylen said she had not seen the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between the state government and theContinue Reading
For Sydney university student Johnson Chen, working in retail was something he always wanted to do, but using a wheelchair ruled out most jobs for him. But this week the 19-year-old worked his first shift at Woolworths — behind an innovative new accessible checkout, which he was involved in testing.Continue Reading
Airlines need to address “significant problems” posed by weight gain in Australia that could cause travellers to turn away from their services and run up fuel costs. Australians are stacking on roughly 3kg every 10 years, a trend that has big implications for travel according to a new study ofContinue Reading
Two 36-year-old women have been revealed as Australia’s youngest billionaires for 2023. Taking out the top spot is Melanie Perkins, the co-founder of tech darling Canva, which she co-founded with her husband Cliff Obrecht, 37, back in 2013. Today, she is worth a staggering $A5.59 billion and is the 836thContinue Reading
The luxury of being able to lay down flat on a plane is only available to passengers in first class or business — but that’s all about to change. Air New Zealand will have bunk beds for economy passengers where they will be able to book a session to getContinue Reading
New protections for Indigenous heritage sites will be legislated, the federal government has promised, more than two years after Rio Tinto’s destruction of the sacred Juukan Gorge. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said new protections will be implemented for thousands of sites across the country. There will also be an overhaulContinue Reading