The Victorian government has announced that survivors of the Stolen Generation removed from their families before 1977 will be able to access payments under a new redress scheme. About 1,200 Aboriginal Victorians will receive the $100,000 payment under a new $155 million package that according to Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews “is long overdue”. Receivers of…
After several weeks on fire the Felicity Ace cargo ship that was carrying over $400 million worth of luxury cars has sank in the mid-Atlantic according to the Portuguese Navy. Felicity Ace was transporting a suspected 4,000 luxury cars from Germany to the United States when it caught on fire with authorities believing lithium batteries…
A team of Chinese geologists have discovered an impact crater that they believe to be the largest in the world that is under 100,000 years old. Found in the Xing’an mountain range, the crater covers approximately 1.85 kilometres with carbon-14 dating revealing that impact was likely between 46,000 to 53,000 years ago. According to NASA…
Amid increasing sanctions from countries around the world Russia has now banned the airlines of 36 nations including all 27 members of the European Union. The Russian Civil Aviation Authority said that the restrictions on foreign airlines was necessary “as a retaliatory measure for the ban by European states on flight by civil aviation operated…
The Tasmanian government has announced plans to build a $750 million AFL stadium in hopes that it will encourage licensing of an official Tasmanian AFL team. Although stakeholders haven’t officially given the go ahead for development, the stadium would become the home of the proposed Tasmanian AFL team that eagerly awaits the decision on whether…
Bitcoin and Ethereum are the world’s two most popular cryptocurrencies. Source: Flickr. Australia appears to be faring better than most countries when it comes to inflation rates but sound money could be the answer to solving this global issue. Inflation rates in Australia are much lower than other countries such as the US but the…
Scientists at Durham University in the UK have released a map which details a radio image made up of more than 4.4 million galaxies and other cosmic events. More than a quarter of the northern sky has been mapped by astrophysicists using the Low Frequency Array Radio Telescope (LOFAR). From this, experts were able to…
Mining mogul Clive Palmer has purchased Hitler’s bullet-proof car for an undisclosed amount after almost two years of negotiations with an unknown Russian billionaire. The 1939 Mercedes-Benz 770 Grosser Offener Tourenwagen was used by Hitler as a parade car during World War II and eventually seized in France by the US in 1945. Only 88…