Australians have taken to the internet to vent about the nation’s “decline”, saying our reputation as “the lucky country” is dissolving. Unattainable house prices, a struggling education system and the demise of treasured Australian brands were all among the factors cited by pessimistic residents. The flood of worry for theContinue Reading
A slump in demand for Teslas and a backlog of supply of new vehicles have seen prices slashed in Australia, sparking concern and anger among owners of the iconic electric vehicles. About this time two years ago, a Model Y rear-wheel drive was fetching $72,300 drive away, with the priceContinue Reading
The price of prescription medications listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme will be frozen for a year. In delivering the federal budget on Tuesday, Treasurer Jim Chalmers reaffirmed the government’s support for strengthening Medicare and increasing the country’s bulk-billing capacity with a range of measures intended to keep the nation’sContinue Reading
A domestic violence victim who was plunged into six years of homelessness after escaping her abusive ex-husband has issued a plea for the government to guarantee and boost a program that helped her secure a home. In 2014, Maitland mum Heather Bosworth, 44, was evicted from her home after sheContinue Reading
Like many Australians, Greens Senator Larissa Waters had hoped this week’s snap national cabinet meeting to discuss gender-based violence would mark a turning point in the way leaders have historically dealt with an issue that’s seen one woman die every four days this year. The alleged murders of Joan Drane,Continue Reading
The government has paid out $1.31bn in redress to institutional child sexual abuse survivors, but legal services advocating for them fear an uncertain and underfunded future unless there is an urgent intervention. In a joint inquiry into the national redress scheme on Monday, MPs and senators heard from the DepartmentContinue Reading
Travellers in Western Australia will face cancellations and delays this week as pilots at Qantas subsidiary Network Aviation walk off the job for six days. Members of the Australian Federation of Air Pilots (AFAP) who fly domestically in the state for Network Aviation were initially scheduled to strike for threeContinue Reading
A couple of snaps of a passenger’s plane food has sparked a Qantas pile-on. A disgruntled Qantas customer took to a subreddit dedicated to the airline to complain about their recent flights between Sydney and Brisbane, and Darwin and Adelaide. “All I can say with my recent experience is EW,”Continue Reading
Some welfare recipients are waiting up to three months for their applications to be processed, in a revelation the Coalition has slammed as “embarrassing and unacceptable”. Services Australia tabled new data during senate estimates this weeks, showing processing times have blown out in the last quarter of 2023, compared toContinue Reading
More than seven million phone calls made to Services Australia were sent to voicemail last year, it has been revealed. Data tabled by Services Australia in Senate Estimates shows about 7,444,939 calls to the agency received a congestion message in the year to the end of December. Additionally, over 2Continue Reading