Category: Australia

The National People’s Congress came late this year, disrupted, like almost everything in 2020, by the global pandemic that originated just south of the capital. Normally, it’s a pantomime, a theatrical whimsy designed to give the impression of a country dedicated to consultation with a partial salute to democracy. In reality, the decisions are made […]

MAF alums are not impressed with the Aussie version. Pic credit:@aj_vollmoeller/Instagram/Lifetime The Australian version of  Lifetime’s popular reality show, Married at First Sight is set to hit US airwaves, but not everyone is waiting with bated breath. For the past ten years, the show, with the help of experts has focused on matching couples in […]

Although there is nothing new about the possibility the US won’t always come riding to Australia’s rescue, President Donald Trump’s erratic behaviour has sparked a growing awareness that nothing is guaranteed. Loading Even more conventional US presidents will act in what they see as their own political interest and some version of the national interest […]

As Australia’s newest streaming service Binge launches today, we delve into the masses of magic movies that offer something for everyone. PRESTIGE PICS BAD EDUCATION Based on a true story, this riveting drama – which can also assume the form of a black comedy when least expected – features what is close to a career-best […]

But the Grattan Institute’s head of the cities and transport program Marion Terrill said the government should stop using public money to continually study these proposals. While the sound of a Eurostar, Shinkansen, or TGV might sound appealing, fast rail networks in Europe and Asia connect large and concentrated populations even where the distances covered […]

Australians are natural-born storytellers and we love a good drama, so it’s no surprise that Binge is catering to us with a full range of quality TV offerings. One of those shows is the much-loved A Place to Call Home (pictured right). Over the course of six seasons, the period drama took viewers back in […]

Vaxine’s promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate Vaxine has entered a collaboration with Medytox Inc., a Korean biopharma company to develop COVAX-19®, Vaxine’s promising vaccine candidate against COVID-19 Vaxine is moving forward rapidly with its COVID-19 vaccine candidate which it expects to be in human clinical trials before mid-year” — Nikolai Petrovsky, Chairman and Research Director, […]

Staying in London where UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is leading the government’s daily briefing at Number 10. Shapps is being peppered with questions about why Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top advisor Dominic Cummings travelled 400 kilometres to his parents’ house while he had coronavirus. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior aide Dominic Cummings arrives […]

Oliver and Charlotte continue to be Australian favourites when it comes to baby names. More than 1609 baby girls have been named Charlotte and 2206 boys named Oliver in 2020, according to McCrindle Research. Charlotte and Oliver are Australia’s most loved baby names. Credit:Alamy The two names have made it in the top 10 list […]

West Australians have been urged to “bunker down” ahead of Sunday and Monday’s severe weather event, which the Bureau of Meteorology says will be the biggest and most severe storm the State has seen in a decade. The “very rare event for WA”, expected to bring with it dangerous wind gusts of up to 130km/h […]