Tag: Australia

Beijing Offers Bounties for 8 Human Rights Dissidents Living in US, Australia, UK

Hong Kong police are offering $1 million (US$127,650) bounties for information on eight human rights dissidents currently residing in the United States, UK, and Australia. On July 3, the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force issued arrest warrants for the eight individuals, alleging they had contravened the National Security Law. The law…


Beijing Offers $120,000 Bounties for Human Rights Dissidents Living in US, Australia, UK

Hong Kong police are offering $1 million (US$127,650) bounties for information on eight human rights dissidents currently residing in the United States, UK, and Australia. On July 3, the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force issued arrest warrants for the eight individuals, alleging they had contravened the National Security Law. The law…


More University Places the Cure for Dearth of Regional Doctors

Universities will be offered more student places in a bid to boost the number of doctors in regional areas. The federal government will spend $114 million over the next four years to increase the number of Commonwealth-supported university places for rural-trained medical students. The increase will see 80 new medical places a year from next…


Union Calls to End Limits on Paramedics in Regional NSW

A shortage of specialist paramedics in regional New South Wales (NSW) and location limits that bar front-line responders from retaining their qualifications, if transferred regionally, are bringing the hospital system to breaking point, their union says. The Australian Paramedics Association of NSW said the government’s rejection of a recommendation to expand specialist paramedics across the…


Trade, Visas and Tigers on Agenda for Widodo Visit

Boosting trade amid growing tensions in the Indo-Pacific will be at the top of the agenda when Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrives in Australia for crucial talks. Widodo will land in Sydney on Monday night ahead of a three-day visit to Australia in what is likely to be his last trip to the country as…


Australian Firm Sues Twitter for $665,000 for Not Paying Bills

SYDNEY—An Australian project management firm has filed a lawsuit against Twitter Inc. in a U.S. court seeking cumulative payments of about A$1 million ($665,000) over alleged non-payment of bills for work done in four countries, court filings showed. Sydney-based private company Facilitate Corp. on June 29 filed the suit in the United States District Court…


Are There Too Many Arts Graduates?

Commentary I can vividly remember the afternoon of my university graduation ceremony, not least of all because I got lost on the way to pick up my academic robes. I had hired them out from the University of Queensland (UQ)—for not an insignificant sum, I might add—and spent more than an hour desperately trekking across…


Expert Taskforce to Tackle Growing ‘Scamdemic’ in Australia

Australia will launch a temporary task force known as a “fusion cell” to combat the growing issue of investment scams. Led by the competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), and the financial services regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the fusion cell will draw experts from both public and private…


Former Australian Deputy PM Alleges New Anti-corruption Watchdog Subject to Political Weaponisation

As the new independent federal anti-corruption commission begins operation in Australia, there are already claims that political parties are weaponising the watchdog to further their goals. In an interview with Seven’s Sunrise program, Nationals MP and former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce alleged that the Australian Greens party had politicised the commission after one of…


PwC Identifies Eight Partners Involved in Tax Leak

Eight partners have been shown the door by major consultancy firm PwC following a high-profile confidentiality breach involving secret federal tax information. Former chief executive Tom Seymour, who has already stepped down ahead of his retirement date, was on the list of eight names either directly involved with the information breach or in the firm’s…