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Living Costs Rise For All Household Types: Australia

The National Tribune · August 6, 2025

A significant difference between the Living Cost Indexes (LCIs) and the Consumer Price Index is that the LCIs include mortgage interest charges rather than the cost of building new dwellings. Employee households, whose main source of income are...

'Disturbing evolution': Opioid-laced vape liquid seized in Australia

1News ·

More than a thousand "supercharged" vapes have been sold in Australia to buyers who were potentially unaware they were laced with a substance 200 times more potent than morphine. Police have announced the arrest of a 20-year-old man and seizure of...

Tasmania missing plane occupants identified, vanished light aircraft reignites Bass Strait Triangle mystery known as Australia’s Bermuda Triangle

The Economic Times · August 6, 2025

A small aircraft with three occupants has been missing since August 2 after taking off from Tasmania in Australia, sparking a host of conspiracy theories. The plane with two people and their pet dog vanished from the radars and vanished. Now,...

Austal Launches Defense Shipbuilding Australia with Government Nod

The Maritime Executive ·

In what management is calling a “defining moment” for the company, Austal and the Government of Australia have agreed on terms for a Strategic Shipbuilding Agreement. It took nearly two years to reach terms for the agreement, which sets the...

AI policy needs to protect future Australians

Gov Tech Review · August 5, 2025

In the past few weeks, the CEOs from some of world’s largest companies have begun saying the quiet part out loud when it comes to AI. Telstra, the Commonwealth Bank and JP Morgan have all put their employees on notice; AI is being implemented, and...

Why does Australia want more foreign students a year after curbs? Who will benefit?

Firstpost · August 5, 2025

Australia wants more international students, a year after limiting enrolment. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government on Monday (August 4) announced that it will increase its cap on foreign students by nine per cent to 295,000 next year. The...

At the centre of Australia's spy scandal is a controversial religious organisation

ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) · August 6, 2025

A religious organisation founded in Australia and banned in China is at the centre of an alleged spying case. On Monday, a Chinese national appeared in the ACT Magistrate's Court charged under foreign interference laws. The woman, an Australian...

Virgin Australia To Allow Pets Onboard By Year-End

MENAFN · August 6, 2025

(MENAFN- Bangladesh Monitor) Dhaka: Virgin Australia's plan to allow pets in the cabin is finally on track, with the airline confirming it expects to launch the service by the end of 2025 - more than a year after first announcing the move. A key...

Russia takes Australia to High Court over cancelled lease

ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) · August 5, 2025

There may be a touch of the Cold War in the air in Canberra today as Russia and Australia go into battle in the High Court over a new embassy. The dispute is over a law passed in 2023 which cancelled Russia's lease on the block, which is only 300...

What To Expect at Australia’s Very First Gallery Dedicated to Environmental Art [Interview]

My Modern Met - California · August 5, 2025

Installation view: Jacobus Capone, “End & Being” 2025, Wama Foundation – the National Centre for Environmental Art, Halls Gap (Photo: Astrid Muller) Mitigating the effects of human-caused climate change takes many forms. Some solutions are...

Japan’s Futuristic Mogami Frigate Will Be Australia’s Next Warship

The Drive · August 5, 2025

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. An upgraded derivative of Japan’s Mogami class frigate has won a competition to become the Royal Australian Navy’s...

Ombud gives DEWR, Services Australia a booting

The Mandarin · August 6, 2025

The federal government’s unlawful cancellation of almost 1,000 welfare payments stemmed from agency miscommunications and oversights, according to Commonwealth ombud Iain Anderson. The ombud’s first report says the Department of Employment and...

At the global supply chain table, Australia is on the menu

The Mandarin · August 5, 2025

South Africa got the minerals deal. Australia got the photo-op. That’s what happens when strategy lags diplomacy. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (l) in China. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) For more than half my life, I have built businesses in China and...

Amazon’s Starlink rival, Project Kuiper, names Australian launch date, gears up in NZ; AWS partners with NZ Rugby - Tech Insider

The New Zealand Herald · August 6, 2025

The Aussie push is Project Kuiper’s first commercial partnership. Separately, Amazon has said that Kuiper will begin its first commercial service by the end of this year. Amazon poached NBN executive Joe Lathan to head its recently minted Project...

Calling all graduates: Western Australia needs you!

Government News · August 6, 2025

Applications are now open for the Western Australia Government’s 2026 Digital Public Sector Graduate Program, as the state seeks to attract the next generation of talented professionals. The state’s whole-of-Government Digital Public Sector...

SM Lee receives Australia’s highest civilian honour for advancing bilateral ties

The Straits Times · August 5, 2025

Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong has received Australia’s highest civilian honour, the Order of Australia, for his contributions toward growing its bilateral relationship with Singapore. Australian Governor-General Sam Mostyn, who is on a state...

An Inherent Contradiction: Australia’s Reluctant Embrace of Pill Testing

Rolling Stone Australia · August 5, 2025

Australia stands on the precipice of paradigm change. In December 2024, NSW Premier Chris Minns made a historic announcement: “Drugs are illegal in the state, yet we’ve made a decision to allow for pill testing at major music festivals. The...

Loneliness is a health issue – it’s time Australia treated it that way

Croakey Health Media · August 6, 2025

Ten recommendations for tackling loneliness as a public health concern are advanced below by a group of health reform advocates – Leanne Wells, Associate Professor JR Baker, Jenny Kirschner, Dr Paresh Dawda and Dr Kuljit Singh. Leanne Wells, JR...

Burning Man's Christopher Breedlove Talks Post-Pandemic Adaptations Ahead Of His Keynote At Australian Festival Industry Conference

Scenestr ·

Even Burning Man’s world-renowned Black Rock City event isn't immune from the post pandemic economic climate. Ahead of his keynote appearance at the Australian Festival Industry Conference in Brisbane, Christopher Breedlove, Director of Civic...

Kim Dracula Australia 2025 Tour

Scenestr ·

An Australian music success story, Hobart's own Kim Dracula is returning home, and they're bringing Murderdolls' Wednesday 13 with them. An artist straddling nu-metal, trap, industrial, jazz, and hyperpop, Kim Dracula's 2020 metal cover of Lady...