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Australia strengthens ties with Fiji Police Force
Source: Fiji Police Force The Australian Federal Police has reaffirmed its ongoing support for the Fiji Police Force with the recent handover of new equipment to assist the work of the Criminal Investigations Department’s Digital Forensic Unit....
Owner: Fijian Government
Live: Telcos ordered to make network outages public in real time
5m agoMon 27 Oct 2025 at 9:06pm Net zero debate 'a Bismarck laws and sausages moment' (ABC News: Matt Roberts)Returning to the never-ending saga that is the Coalition and net zero, Julian Leeser says it's only natural the opposition is going back...
Owner: Australian Government
No Bail for Knife Offenders, Victorian Opposition Leader Proposes
Victorian opposition leader Brad Battin speaks to the media at Victorian Parliament in Melbourne, Australia, on May 20, 2025. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images Liberal Opposition leader Brad Battin is pushing for tougher bail laws after yet more...
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General : Australia Shifts From Strategy To Action As Business Interest In ASEAN Surges
By Harizah Hanim Mohamed KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 (Bernama) -- The continuous engagement between ASEAN member states and Australia has spurred a significant shift in sentiment among the business community Down Under, with 61 per cent of businesses...
Owner: Malaysian Government
Juul of denial: castigated vaping brand aims to defy ruin with age assurance tech
Juul, which for a time led the booming market for fruity vapes, is back. The company has paid out billions of dollars to settle U.S. lawsuits over dishonest marketing practices that fueled what New York Attorney General Letitia James called “a...
PM joins regional leaders at 20th East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined leaders from ASEAN members and partner countries, including China, the US, Russia, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, at the 20th East Asia Summit (EAS) held...
Owner: Vietnamese government
How posh is YOUR garden? From the society verdict on 'neat lawns' to hot tubs, fountains and what you SHOULD be using your greenhouse for, this is the ultimate test
Looking at the pictures in this month’s Country Life magazine of David and Victoria Beckham’s Cotswold country estate, it’s hard to believe that this is the same couple who wore purple and sat on gold thrones at their wedding in 1999. But Posh and...
Owner: Jonathan Harmsworth
ACCC Sues Microsoft Over Copilot AI Bundling and 45% Price Hikes
Australia’s competition watchdog has launched a significant legal challenge against Microsoft Corp., accusing the tech giant of misleading millions of consumers into paying inflated prices for its Microsoft 365 subscriptions. The lawsuit, filed by...
Government gut our environmental regulations as extreme weather ravages Country
The disconnect between methane emissions and the reality of the climate change damage we are witnessing right now is obscene… New Zealand guts climate policy it bragged about on the world stage The government has gutted New Zealand’s once...
Owner: Martyn Bradbury
Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?
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It’s a system designed to help Australians who most need it. Yet its created continuous scandals, with parts of it paused because the government can’t say if it’s operating legally. Hundreds and thousands of Centrelink clients are affected by its...
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B.C. regulator bans tech CEO who moved $80M in investor funds from Australia (BC)
Photo: Joel Macdonald/YouTube Joel Macdonald was banned from participating in B.C. securities markets following a massive fraud case in Australia ended in record penalties. It's not clear where he is now though a recent video suggests he has been...
Owner: Madison Venture Corp.
Lando Norris wins in Mexico to take F1 lead from Oscar Piastri
McLaren's Lando Norris avoided early mayhem to cruise to a dominant Mexico City Grand Prix win and retake the Formula One championship lead by a single point from teammate Oscar Piastri on Sunday. Australian Piastri, who started the race seventh...
Owner: Sahu Jain Family
Oak Bay proposes changes to short-term rental regulations
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Oak Bay News
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Council directed staff to draft bylaw amendments Oct. 20 Oak Bay residents may soon face new rules when listing their homes on Airbnb. On Oct. 20, council voted in favour of a motion directing staff to hatch a bylaw that could redefine the...
Owner: Todd Carpenter & Canso Investment Counsel
The queen who dazzled Australia but was divisive at home
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Sirikit Kitiyakara, the Queen Mother of Thailand who dazzled the world with her beauty and...
Owner: Nine Entertainment
Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw represents Myanmar’s elected lawmakers despite regime elections
The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) announced on Friday that the 151st Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly reaffirmed the CRPH as Myanmar’s legitimate parliament at a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on Oct. 19-23. “This...
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Troubled Malmsbury youth justice centre to reopen
The Victorian government is reopening the controversial Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre two years after shutting the facility down. The government said the facility would reopen to house young people held under new bail laws which came into effect...
Owner: Australian Government
How a hidden English vault united King and star Australian actress
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size A frozen bunker in the English countryside is helping save Australian plants from extinction,...
Owner: Nine Entertainment
More funding to steer Northern Territory boys away from violence
Joint with: The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP Minister for Social Services Luke Gosling OAM MP Special Envoy for Defence, Veterans' Affairs and Northern Australia Federal Member for Solomon The Albanese Labor Government is investing almost $2 million in...
Owner: The National Tribune Australia
Australia’s cults crisis: why more people are falling prey to insidious high-control groups
Raphael Aron took his first call from a cult survivor in the 1970s during a psychology placement with a crisis hotline. It was the “old days” of cults, he says, when headlines were dominated by Charles Manson, Jonestown and the abduction of Patty...
Owner: The Scott Trust
B.C. regulator bans tech CEO who moved $80M in investor funds from Australia
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North Shore News
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Joel Macdonald had previously been found liable for over 50 securities contraventions in Australia in a high-profile fraud case An Australian former tech executive who relocated his company in B.C. with $80 million of investor funds has been...
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