A limited-edition coin to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Aboriginal and Islands Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) is already fetching prices up to $145 online a day after it was released. The Royal Australian Mint launched the collectable coin on Thursday through a ballot system. It was available toContinue Reading
The OECD has urged the Reserve Bank to keep interest rates higher for longer to help tame inflation, and for the Albanese government to clamp down on the runaway growth of the NDIS to free up funds to support Australia’s energy transition and ageing population. In its latest Economic Outlook,Continue Reading
Influencer Abbie Chatfield was seen wiping tears from her face on the weekend during a national rally against violence towards women. Chatfield, 28, looked emotional, exhausted, and fed up as she stood alongside her rumoured new boyfriend, Adam Hyde, who is in the band Peking Duk. Her demeanour appeared to reflect howContinue Reading
A “smorgasbord of violent misogyny” being fed to young boys online is working against efforts to tackle violence against women, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says. Thousands of people marched over the weekend as part of “no more” rallies across the country which coincide with police charging a Perth man withContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has appointed foreign minister Ishaq Dar as Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister with immediate effect, Samaa TV reported. The decision was announced through a notification released by the Cabinet Division. The development marks a strategic move within the government’s leadership hierarchy, Samaa TV reported.The decisionContinue Reading
Aussie comedian Rove McManus has slammed former PM Scott Morrison after his farewell dinner was reportedly postponed due to a low number of responses to invitations. The dinner was due to take place in Morrison’s electorate in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire next week, but invitees were told it was postponed soContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has hailed the passage of new tax cuts as “a huge win” for the vast majority of workers from July 1 – and working women. The Prime Minister confirmed on Tuesday night that the “cost of living tax cuts” had passed, just days before the Dunkley by-election inContinue Reading
An Australian senator has issued Scott Morrison a blunt goodbye after the former prime minister announced his exit from parliament. Mr Morrison called time on his political career on Wednesday, ending two years of speculation. While his former Labor and Coalition colleagues issued tributes upon hearing the news, Greens senatorContinue Reading
A royal with movie-star looks who was dubbed Asia’s “most eligible bachelor” is officially off the market. Prince Mateen of Brunei (Abdul Mateen ibni Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah), 32, tied the knot with Anisha Rosnah (Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Anak Isteri Anisha Rosnah), 29, a commoner who owns a fashionContinue Reading
ASA’EL: With attention focused on its contentious judicial overhaul, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has quietly taken unprecedented steps toward cementing Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank – perhaps permanently.Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a leader of the settlement movement, assumed new powers over the occupied territory in his coalitionContinue Reading