The Australian city of Melbourne has nearly reclaimed its title as the world’s most liveable city after jumping up seven places to third on the 2023 EIU Global Liveability Index. Sydney was just behind Melbourne, coming in fourth on the index. Australian cities Perth and Adelaide rose almost 20 places to equal 12th, while Brisbane…
Indigenous Minister Says Changing Constitution Is Not About a ‘Culture War’
June 22, 2023
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Australia’s Indigenous Minister Linda Burney has been forced to reassure voters that a contentious change to the country’s Constitution will not result in wide powers being used to affect everyday people’s lives. The Labor minister faced probing questions over the extent of power an Indigenous advisory body to parliament will receive if a national referendum…
The Victoria State Government Allocates $1 Million to mRNA Treatments to Help Cancer Patients
The Andrews Labor government will allocate $1 million (US$678,100) to the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre to develop new mRNA cancer treatments. During the visit, Minister for Industry and Innovation Ben Carroll told the staff at the centre that what they are doing is not only saving lives but also creating jobs. “Researchers at the Peter…
Left vs. Left: Labor PM Says Greens Stonewalling Housing Fund for Political Gain
June 22, 2023
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has lambasted the Australian Greens for taking a hardline stance on the Housing Affordability Future Fund (HAFF), which could result in a potential double dissolution showdown. “For the Greens political party, this isn’t about the Australian people. This is about them. They want the issue, not the outcome. They deal in…
Ford Set to Axe Hundreds of Aussie Jobs in Bid to ‘Improve Efficiency’
Vehicle manufacturing giant Ford has announced plans to cut 400 jobs from its Australian workforce as the company seeks to “improve efficiency.” This follows a global culling of approximately 3,000 jobs as the company moves towards electrification and comes as Ford announced in March plans to cut 250 jobs from its Geelong and Broadmeadows plants….
Treating the Common Cold With Telehealth, Brought to You by COVID-Era Madness
Commentary Have you ever experienced a persistent and severe common cold, only to be advised by your healthcare provider to schedule a telehealth appointment with your treating doctor? Nowadays, medical clinics discourage patients from visiting their doctors in person, presumably to avoid the risk of infection for their staff who are required to wear masks….
Australia’s Banks Caught up in Russian Cyber Attack
The recent Russian cyberattack on law firm EWL Ebsworth has claimed another set of victims—this time, Australia’s four major banks. This comes as over 40 Australian government agencies are feared to have been impacted by the database hacking of HWL Ebsworth by the Russian cybercriminal group AlphV. While the four banks—ANZ, the Commonwealth Bank of…
Resilient Purple Fairywrens Survive Record Flooding
June 21, 2023
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Bird researchers are relieved to find that the majority of the endangered purple-crowned fairywrens (Malurus coronatus), a small, social bird found in dense Australian vegetation, survived one of the region’s worst flooding in January and were still breeding. Western Australia entered a state of emergency when ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie inundated the Kimberley region with unprecedented flooding,…
Australians Remain Frosty Towards China as Wariness Over Taiwan Military Threat Grows
June 21, 2023
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A new study has revealed that in the event of a military conflict between Beijing and Washington over Taiwan, just over half of Australians would be against physically entering the contest on Taiwanese soil. However, Australians were keen to still support Taiwan, with 80 percent saying they would accept Taiwanese refugees into Australia, 76 percent…
Australia Slips in Global Competitiveness Rankings as Economy Stumbles
June 21, 2023
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Australia has been ranked 19th out of 64 countries in a recent global ranking of national competitiveness. The International Institute for Management Development (IMD)’s World Competitiveness Yearbook 2023 has found that Australia’s low productivity, lack of entrepreneurial capacity, and cyber-attacks have taken their toll on its ranking. The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, first published in…
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