IPL 2024: Pat Cummins to lead Sunrisers Hyderabad
Australia cricketer Pat Cummins has been chosen to lead the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) franchise, replacing South African Aiden Markram, in the 17th IPL starting March 22. Given perhaps a huge challenge, Cummins is SRH’s third captain in three seasons. New Zealander Kane Williamson was the ...
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Jharkhand Spanish tourist Fernanda gangrape case shames India
US Martial Art specialist slams husband for not doing enough to stop the Jharkhand gangrape A Spanish tourist couple on a motorbike trip through India met horrible fate when the woman was raped by seven men while camping with her ...
Montego Homes collapse: Victorian homebuyers let down again
Victorian homebuyers continue to be let down with revelations dozens of clients of the recently collapsed Montego Homes have been left stranded without compulsory domestic building insurance (DBI). Nearly a year since the collapse of Porter Davis (in March 2023) ...
Early signs of dementia, and how does it differ from normal ageing?
UNSW experts say it’s never too late, nor too early, to adopt healthy habits that can delay the onset of dementia. Forgetting names and misplacing items happen to us all, more so as we age. But when should you be ...
Clock is ticking on small business lodgment penalty amnesty
Late lodgment penalties will be remitted under the amnesty which ends on 31 December 2023 for small business income tax returns, fringe benefits tax (FBT) returns and business activity statements (BAS) originally due between 1 December 2019 and 28 February ...
Are you being fooled on nutritional info by pre-mixed alcohol product companies?
New research shows that alcohol manufacturers are adding nutrition messages to their pre-mixed alcohol products to lure in consumers, a move that public health experts say should prompt regulators to take urgent action to restrict claims. The study, published today ...
ATO welcomes decision in Pepsi vs Commissioner of Taxation
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) welcomes the decision by the Federal Court in relation to PepsiCo, Inc. v Commissioner of Taxation. The Court delivered an oral judgment yesterday with the full judgment subject to confidentiality orders. US-based Pepsi challenged an ...
Seven HIV positive women to feature on the ‘Big Screen’ at Federation Square for World AIDS Day
Community organisation Positive Women Victoria, with support from ViiV Healthcare Australia, is lighting up Melbourne’s iconic Federation Square for World AIDS Day 2023 (Friday 1 December) to challenge stigma and educate the public on the experiences of women living with ...
Are Sonia and Rahul Gandhi facing imprisonment in National Herald case?
The answer is Yes and here is why. Rahul Gandhi’s love affair with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is in full bloom. After the famous “questioning” by the ED last year of Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi, the sleuths ...
ATO launches new protections against rising tide of fraud
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has launched a suite of new protections to help secure people’s personal information amid an unprecedented rise in identity-related fraud attempts. ATO Deputy Commissioner and Chief of the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce (SFCT) John Ford ...
Victorian Skills Plan boosting Training for more Victorians
The Allan Labor Government is supporting more Victorians with training opportunities in in-demand industries, with a new report charting the state’s skills and training sector over the next three years. Minister for Skills and TAFE Gayle Tierney today joined 120 ...
Committee inquiry into 2026 Commonwealth Games cancellation underway
Former Premier Daniel Andrews is gone, but Victorian still remember the fanfare with which the Commonwealth Games 2026 (CWG 2026) were announced in April 2022. The games were going to hosted in regional Victoria, a first of its kind arrangement ...
Migration changes focus on rogues in the student visa sector
With much fanfare, the Albanese government has announced some ‘major’ migration changes and shakeup of Australia’s migration system. Tweeting, the Home Minister Clare O'Neil wrote: Yesterday's report on Australia's visa system from Christine Nixon found significant gaps and weaknesses that ...
Recognition and Closing the Gap are lost in the Voice debate
As we approach October 14 the Voice referendum, the campaign is hotting up with Australians being hounded through emails and phone calls and SMSs to vote a particular way. The problem is – this being a referendum and not the ...
RACV names cheapest Electric Cars for 2023
RACV has revealed the MG ZS Excite Standard Range RWD Wagon as the cheapest electric cars / vehicle (EV) to own and operate for the second year in a row. Released as part of RACV’s Annual Car Running Costs Survey, ...
The Voice will sink Australia to be ruled by two powers – the Voice and the Commonwealth
By now you would have been bombarded with so much of gobbledygook around the Voice that you would be thinking ‘what the hell is going on?’ And to be safe, like all Australians, you would be inclined to, by default, ...
Married Individuals can’t enter Live-In relationships: Indian Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court in India has ruled that two people deciding to enter into a live-in relationship without solemnizing marriage must ensure none of them are still married to someone else. Indian society and its courts have long ...
The Voice referendum will be on 14 October, says PM Albanese
On Wednesday, 30 August, prime minister Anthony Albanese announced that the referendum on the Indigenous voice will be held on 14 October, officially kickstarting a 45-day campaign at a yes rally in the suburb of Elizabeth in Adelaide. This is ...
Hypocrisy of Albanese Government? Gregory Crinum Coal mine extension until 2073
Flaunting its self-awarded credentials of being perhaps the most virtuous climate conscious government on the planet, the Albanese Government has approved an extension to the Gregory Crinum coal mine in Central Queensland’s Bowen Basin until 2073. The approval was granted ...
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