Empty shelves in Australian supermarkets have raised concerns over future supply shortages of a key ingredient in some of the nation’s favourite beverages. Shoppers have noticed a shortage of soft drinks in major supermarkets, and now an electrochemical engineer from the University of Newcastle has helped explain why. “Have youContinue Reading
Summer fruit and Christmas seafood favourites are about to soar in price, as flooding rains in Queensland devastate farmers and disrupt the harvest season. Record-breaking rainfall has drenched Far North Queensland, with 2000mm of water in some towns and Cooktown receiving the heaviest downpour in more than a century. QueenslandContinue Reading
Toyota has issued a recall for its C-HR SUV due to a fire risk. The brand says the fuel pump in the popular compact softroader may wear and fracture the welded area of the pump, which could lead to a fuel leak in the engine compartment. The recall notice saysContinue Reading
Australians doing it tough will get a boost in their rental support payments from today, but one advocacy group says the increase isn’t enough to beat back the housing stress crushing families across the country. The maximum rate of rental assistance for singles has increased to $184.80 a fortnight, aContinue Reading
A popular brand of the type 2 diabetes drug semaglutide will remain in short supply is set to continue until the end of the year. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) on Wednesday provided an update on the shortages, saying they’ll continue asking medical professionals to limit their Ozempic prescriptions. OzempicContinue Reading
Mummy blogger Constance Hall has shut down rumours she managed to shed 20kg by using off-label weight-loss drug Ozempic. The West Australian-based mother-of-five, who has amassed a following of almost 400,000 on Instagram, addressed questions about her body transformation in a post on Facebook – namely whether she was onContinue Reading
An inventive solution has been developed in a wild move to bridge an enormous gap in the housing market as Australians unable to secure rentals are forced onto the street. Despite the federal government pledging a million new homes in the next five years, Australia is still on track forContinue Reading
The head of Australia’s pharmacy lobby has unleashed an emotional spray on the Albanese government over its plan to double the amount of medicine a person can collect with each script — saying they “don’t give a s**t” about the impact on small businesses. Pharmacy Guild president Trent Twomey chokedContinue Reading
The wallets of consumers who drink staple refreshment orange juice will feel the squeeze as harvesting and production issues threaten supply across the globe. New data by Dutch banking firm Rabobank has revealed smaller-than-expected production and lack of inventory stock will see already high orange juice prices set to soarContinue Reading
What links Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with your soaring grocery bill? Gas. And the fertilisers it produces. Australia’s National Food Supply Chain Alliance late last year forecast a further 8 per cent increase in local food prices over 2023. Now the heads of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), WorldContinue Reading