Category: Australia

A live stream of Daniel Andrews wearing a mask and a windbreaker is a daily sight for his 880,000 Facebook followers. The Victorian Premier now has a bigger social media presence than the Prime Minister as his state trudges through a second wave of COVID-19 infections. And while they may not acknowledge it right now, […]

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg hates it when it’s pointed out, but Australia’s economy was in poor health well before COVID-19 hit our shores. A former federal Treasury secretary, Martin Parkinson, said it himself last week. “Going into COVID, we’d had very weak productivity growth, very weak income growth, economic growth was quite anaemic,” he said. “If […]

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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews expected to speak at 11.30am AEST and you can watch the press conference below. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has just been asked a question about how Health Minister Jenny Mikakos is coping, with the reporter referencing her late-night Twitter thread, in which Ms Mikakos said she was “deeply sorry” if all […]

Murrumbateman Winery will be offering wine tasting paired with locally smoked cheeses and meats as part of the Fireside Festival. Photo: Supplied. Canberra District wineries crushed by drought, bushfires and COVID-19 are hopeful the upcoming Fireside Festival, from 14-31 August, will deliver a much-needed boost for business. The festival will go ahead despite COVID-19 restrictions, […]

The mother of three Australian children stranded in Beirut in the aftermath of the devastating explosion says she feels like she is “living a nightmare” and desperate to leave as a humanitarian crisis unfolds in the disaster-struck city. Syrian refugee Lama Abdulattif and her three Australian children are among an estimated 5000 Australians caught in […]

While both large and small Australian retailers have been thoroughly battered by the pandemic, forced to shut stores and switch their business online, Bunnings has largely thrived, with its sales jumping nearly 20 per cent for the first five months of the year. Bunnings, an ‘institution’ Since March, Bunnings has continually been in the spotlight. […]

In an advertisement taken out in The Australian, the owner of Melbourne’s reputable St Kilda restaurant Citta Rinaldo Di Stasio, has slammed the government’s ‘shameful’ COVID-19 response. Rinaldo Di Stasio, one of the state’s most prominent restaurateurs, said while the hospitality industry is a major employer and economic contributer, other than Jobkeeper, it has not […]