“Would you like a dart? They’re from Japan,” Will, 26, says as he blows a cloud of smoke over his shoulder. He holds out a pack of cigarettes to a hip 20-something chick. There are no cancer warning stickers. Just Japanese writing on the pretty white and gold packaging. HeContinue Reading
A union has called out a “troubling” lack of transparency plaguing Australia’s higher education sector after revealing more than one in four positions on university boards are filled with representatives from the corporate mining and finance industries. National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) research has revealed that of the 545 councilContinue Reading
One group of young Australians is spending up to 94 per cent of their income on rent alone, with two conditions in two capital cities getting worse. Young income support recipients in Perth and Brisbane are worse off than a year ago despite support payments increasing in last year’s federalContinue Reading
A six-month-old baby suffered eczema so bad it looked like she had been shot. Nikoletta Pezos recently returned home after spending six days in the hospital due to a severe outbreak that covered her entire body. The eczema initially appeared on Nikoletta’s stomach and rapidly spread, resulting in large boilsContinue Reading
Animal activists have claimed that the Australian sheep are being mistreated overseas, defying government regulations to keep supply chains clean from abuse. Lawyer for Animals Australia Shatha Hamade journeyed to Oman in May for a “six-week operation” to capture footage of Australian sheep who she says are suffering in localContinue Reading
With talk about the potential for a recession ramping up in Australia and around the world, would-be investors today have cause for concern. As an investor, you don’t want to make a mistake you later regret, and this fear can be paralysing. But at the same time, there’s a hugeContinue Reading
Sydney’s CBD is facing an uncertain future, with demand for city-centric office spaces still not recovering to post-Covid levels. Repeated calls for Aussies to return to the office appear to have fallen on deaf ears, leading to an increasing number of businesses making the decision to downsize their CBD officesContinue Reading
Australians spent about $600 less on online purchases than they did this time last year in yet another sign that the cost of living crunch is putting the squeeze on households. The figures come from global financial platform Airwallex’s Digital Economy Index, a quarterly year-on-year snapshot of the digital economy.Continue Reading
The number of Victoria Police employees self-identifying as “gender neutral” has more than quadrupled since last year, new figures show, as the force confirms it is investigating reports some of its officers are gaming the HR system in order to gain an extra $1300 a year. Alternative news outlet DiscernableContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has backed in the leadership of the Yes campaign, despite flagging support for the Voice to parliament referendum. The Prime Minister remained confident Australians will return a yes vote in the referendum, due to be held in the spring, as he denied vocal ‘no’ campaigners Lidia Thorpe andContinue Reading