Category: Australia

Given Cricket Australia’s acting chief executive Nick Hockley has been perching in the sporting body’s top job in an acting capacity for almost 10 months, it’s rather predictable he is regarded as the frontrunner in a search under way to appoint a new cricketing boss. But there’s a growing number of well-known names believed to […]

It is also suspected that it may be more common in younger people and women, but this is not confirmed. “The dilemma is very simple,” said Dr Richard Kidd, chair of the Australian Medical Association Council of General Practice. “We have got a horrible disease – a lethal disease for older people with a horrible […]

Facing its own shortfall, the European Union blocked 250,000 doses from coming to us. The Morrison government didn’t bother placing more orders because it understood those orders would be rejected. That’s how we ended up with a 3.1 million-dose shortfall from the EU. You can have whatever argument you like about whether this is technically […]

The first Beef Australia Seal of Approval has been presented to The Rocks Yeppoon, which will also host a pop-up restaurant at the event next month. The new program partners local venues with Beef Australia and the accredited business will receive a Seal of Approval certificate and logo for use on its menus. To be […]

The Aerodrome at Dickson is a site many Canberrans have forgotten about. Photo: File. Think you know everything there is to know about the nation’s capital? Few Canberrans are aware that the city’s first aerodrome site, as envisaged in Water Burley Griffin’s final blueprint of the city, was the area now taken up by Dickson […]

Helena Dix as Vitellia. Photo: Michaella Edelstein Photography. EXCITEMENT is mounting following the dress rehearsal for The National Opera’s premiere production of Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito”, opening at Llewellyn Hall tomorrow night (April 10) – and it’s not just the performers who are elated.  Head of the ANU School Of Music, Kim Cunio, can […]

Amelie Zhao WGP Global, specialists in all aspects of business, law and finance, have hired Amelie Zhao as a Senior Analyst with a focus on the Chinese markets. We are delighted to welcome Amelie. Her experience in helping Chinese entrepreneurs to access international markets will be of great value to us. This is a step […]

An Australian mining firm’s plans to develop a rare-earths mine in Greenland have been thrown into disarray after a left-wing political party won the Arctic island’s general election pledging to oppose the contentious project. Inuit Ataqatigiit, with 37 per cent of the votes, still needs to hammer out a coalition to form government but observers […]