Tenants living in Brisbane’s Musgrave Park fear they will be booted from the leafy grounds, with a festival set to take over in the coming month. Currently housing more than 60 tents, the park is an example of Australia’s housing crisis, which sees the country’s rental vacancy rate at aContinue Reading
NSW Premier Chris Minns has snapped back at one of the government’s main antagonists, Fairfield City Mayor Frank Carbone, over the government’s plan to build six-storey apartment blocks in town centres. The western Sydney leader has been one of many local mayors critical of the government’s “one-size-fits-all” rezoning reforms, which,Continue Reading
Governments have manufactured a crippling crisis that’s led to unprecedented housing pressures, a rising risk of homelessness, and the rapid death of the Great Australian Dream. And while Anthony Albanese champions multibillion-dollar plans to build more homes and save families from financial disaster, the Prime Minister has avoided mentioning oneContinue Reading
The Queensland government is set to offer discounts on flights and accommodation in a desperate attempt to get the tourism industry pumping again in Far North Queensland following the devastating floods. Premier Steven Miles said he was hoping the discounts would encourage people back to the area, which is inContinue Reading
St Vincent’s Health has suffered a cyber attack, saying data has been stolen days ahead of Christmas. The country’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider said it began responding to a cyber security incident on Tuesday, notifying security experts and state and federal governments. “St Vincent’s immediately took stepsContinue Reading
The Prime Minister has announced a one-off payment for victims of the Far North Queensland floods and plans to visit the area this week. Anthony Albanese and Queensland Premier Steven Miles toured the state disaster co-ordination centre in Brisbane on Tuesday afternoon, where they were updated with the latest informationContinue Reading
Two airport workers have been captured in a wholesome exchange while unknowingly being filmed by a heart warmed onlooker. The Virgin Airlines employees were in the midst of what appeared to be a quick golfing lesson while on shift on Melbourne’ Airport’s tarmac. One of the men was filmed givingContinue Reading
Concerning footage has shone a light on the country’s spiralling housing crisis, with droves of Aussies forced to take to the streets and live in a makeshift ‘tent city’ in a Brisbane park. In a video shared to Reddit this week, a Brisbane resident captured the clusters of colourful tentsContinue Reading
The Gold Coast has ditched its bid to host the 2026-27 Commonwealth Games after the city’s mayor confirmed it could not generate support from state and federal governments. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said he would withdraw his $700m bid to host a “streamlined” games with Perth that he claimedContinue Reading
A range of trendy kitchen benchtops will be pulled from Bunnings shelves in the wake of a damning report about the products links to a fatal disease. The hardware chain will stop selling engineered stone by December 31 following a Safe Work Australia report which recommended the outright ban onContinue Reading