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Hiring in Australia? Here’s where the best talent lives
theHRDIRECTOR
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August 4, 2025
As Australia navigates an increasingly competitive job market and small businesses fight for top talent, a recent study sheds light on which cities offer the best – and worst – pools of potential workers. The study* analysed the talent landscape...
Australia commits $20 million more in aid for Gaza after huge rally shuts Sydney Harbour Bridge
Seven News
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August 3, 2025
Australia has pledged an extra $20 million in humanitarian aid for women and children in war-torn Gaza after more than 100,000 people turned out in protest across the country to protest the suffering in the besieged enclave. The funding will go to...
Alleged to be monitoring Buddhist group for China, Chinese woman arrested in Australia on foreign interference charge
Malay Mail
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August 4, 2025
SYDNEY, Aug 4 — A Chinese woman appeared in court in Australia’s capital Canberra today after police charged her with “reckless foreign interference” for allegedly monitoring a Buddhist group in the city on behalf of a Chinese security agency. It...
Australia commits $20 million more in aid for Gaza after huge rally shuts Sydney Harbour Bridge
Seven News
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August 3, 2025
Australia has pledged an extra $20 million in humanitarian aid for women and children in war-torn Gaza after more than 100,000 people turned out in protest across the country to protest the suffering in the besieged enclave. The funding will go to...
world Australia lifts foreign student cap to 295,000 and prioritises Southeast Asia
Asiaone
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August 4, 2025
SYDNEY — Australia will raise its cap on foreign students by nine per cent to 295,000 next year and prioritise applicants from Southeast Asia, the government said on Monday (Aug 4). Limits on places were announced last year as a way to rein in...
Australia commits to more food, medical aid for Gaza
PerthNow
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August 3, 2025
Australia has pledged an extra $20 million in humanitarian assistance for women and children in war-torn Gaza after more than 100,000 turned out in protest across the country to spotlight suffering in the besieged enclave. The funding will go to...
Chinese National Charged With Alleged Foreign Interference in Canberra
The Epoch Times
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August 4, 2025
AFP Counter Terrorism and Special Investigations Assistant Commissioner Stephen Nutt reveals information about the Chinese national charged with foreign interference offence in a press conference in Canberra, Australia, on Aug. 4, 2025. Australian...
Star-studded push to lure tourists to Australia
PerthNow
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August 4, 2025
Robert Irwin and English television chef Nigella Lawson are among the stars enlisted to tempt tourists to visit the land Down Under in a "tried and tested" representation of Australia. Shots of the celebrities set against the country's most iconic...
Krissy Barrett to Become First Woman to Lead the Australian Federal Police
The Epoch Times
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August 4, 2025
Incoming Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Krissy Barrett at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Aug. 4, 2025. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas Krissy Barrett will become the first woman to lead the Australian Federal...
Chinese woman arrested in Australia on foreign interference charge
WSAU - Wisconsin
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August 4, 2025
SYDNEY (Reuters) -A Chinese woman appeared in court in Australia’s capital Canberra on Monday after police charged her with “reckless foreign interference” for allegedly monitoring a Buddhist group in the city on behalf of a Chinese security...
Industry heavyweights fear defunding of Australian Wine Research Institute
Winetitles Media
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August 4, 2025
A group of high-profile industry voices has penned an open letter raising issue with Wine Australia’s Strategic Plan 2025-2030, concerned that the plan shows intent to defund the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) and lacked sufficient...
Australia commits $20 million in humanitarian aid for Gaza amid worsening crisis
Sky News Australia
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August 3, 2025
Australia has committed a further $20 million of humanitarian aid for Gaza. Foreign Minister Penny Wong confirmed the additional aid will be provided, bringing Australia’s contribution to $130 million. The Senator has reiterated calls for the end...
(LEAD) Former foreign, justice ministers searched in Marine death probe
Yonhap News Agency
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August 4, 2025
(ATTN: UPDATES throughout; CHANGES headline; ADDS byline) By Chae Yun-hwan SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) -- A special counsel team carried out searches and seizures against former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae and former Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul on...
Australia's illegal tobacco problem has jumped from tragedy to farce
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 3, 2025
Australia's illegal tobacco problem has made the proverbial transition from tragedy to farce. Illicit, excise-evading cigarettes now comprise half of the cancer-inducing products sold to Australia's 2.7 million smokers. A study published by FTI...
Who Are the ‘Fuqing’ Group and Why Are They Mobilising to Influence Australian Leaders
The Epoch Times
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August 4, 2025
Council debates rarely echo through international politics. But a failed motion in Cumberland, Sydney, has done just that—thanks to a group that claims to speak for Chinese Australians, but whose loyalties may lie farther afield. The “Fuqing”...
Hostility doesn't help anything in politics
The Oklahoman
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Nancy E. Snow It is often remarked that the United States has become a very uncivil society. In light of this, colleagues and I hosted a conference in July at the University of Kansas titled “Civility and Politics in a Changing World.” The...
WA government launches fund to support SMEs
Inside Small Business
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August 4, 2025
The Western Australia government has launched a funding program to help local small businesses boost their growth via expert consultation and services. The program, named Small Business Growth Grants, will provide matched funding vouchers of up to...
Sara Tendulkar Becomes Brand Ambassador for Australia’s $130 Million Global Tourism Campaign
News18
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August 4, 2025
Last Updated:August 04, 2025, 11:42 IST Sara Tendulkar has been named the Indian face of Australia’s global tourism campaign "Come and Say G’day," joining a star-studded international lineup to promote travel Down Under. Sara Tendulkar is now the...
FM holds 1st phone talks with Australian counterpart
Korea Herald
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August 4, 2025
Foreign Minister Cho Hyun held telephone talks with his Australian counterpart, Penny Wong, on Monday to discuss bilateral relations, the foreign ministry said, marking their first phone conversation since Cho took office. During the call, Cho...
Chinese woman becomes third person charged under Australia's foreign interference laws
Yahoo News
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Chinese citizen was charged Monday under Australia’s recent foreign interference laws with covertly collecting information about an Australian Buddhist association, police said. The woman, an Australian permanent...