Picture: stock Rough sleeping in New South Wales has surged by 51 per cent in four years amid historically low rental vacancy rates. That is the finding of the new Australian Homelessness Monitor 2024, a report from the University of NSW and University of Queensland and supported by Homelessness Australia. The report counted 2041 rough…
The coastline of Anibare Bay at Anibare, Nauru. Photo: DFAT/LSIS Matthew Lyall Nauru has agreed to give Australia effective veto over its security pact under a new treaty signed today. The treaty was signed by Australian PM Anthony Albanese and Nauru President David Adeang. And the Commonwealth Bank is to provide banking services to the…
Australian Border Force boats on patrol off Cape York. Photo: ABF Illegal Indonesian fishing boats are the target of a new multi-agency maritime border campaign announced today. And land patrols will be increased in remote areas, and Aboriginal communities, to boost surveillance of the northern coastline. Operation Lunar will be led by Australian Border Force…
Picture: www.cricket.com.au Australia ripped through India’s tail to wrap up the second Test with a thumping 10-wicket victory in just three days at Adelaide Oval yesterday (Sunday). A Cricket Australia report highlighted captain Pat Cummins’ five-wicket haul and player of the match Travis Head’s century. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy series is now one Test apiece after…
Picture: stock GLOBAL leaders have called for unity, and a transitional government, in Syria after president Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia. Al-Assad fled just before rebel forces captured the capital, Damascus, after 13 years of civil war. Moscow has reportedly confirmed it had given al-Assad and his family asylum, according to overseas media reports. It…
Picture: stock The federal government is giving another $32.5 million to the Jewish community to bolster security in the wake of last week’s arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said yesterday (Sunday) the government will give the money to the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) for security at Jewish…