Photo by Karolina Grabowska Scamwatch has revealed figures which detail how Australians lost millions of dollars to recruitment scams in 2022. Scamwatch, which is a part of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has warned that recruitments scams are targeting young jobseekers by making them offers through social media platforms and messaging services. Jobseekers have…
Stranger Things star, Noah Schnapp has announced that he and his character, Will Byers, is gay. Source: Noah Schnapp/Instagram. US-Canadian actor and star of Stranger Things, Noah Schnapp, 18, has come out as gay in a TikTok video he posted today. In the short video shared to his 31.4 million TikTok followers, Schnapp told of…
Source: Sally-Ann Upton/Facebook. Neighbours and A Country Practice star, Joan Sydney died in Sydney on December 28. Source: Sally-Ann Upton/Facebook. The English-Australian actress, Joan Sydney has passed away aged 83. She was best known for her starring roles on Neighbours and A Country Practice. Her death was announced on social media by her close friend…
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has issued notices regarding greenwashing against Black Mountain Energy (BME). ASIC issued three notices to BME regarding alleged false or misleading sustainability-related statements that were made to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) between December 2021 and September 2022. BME has complied, paying over $39,000 in response. ASIC Deputy…
Photo Source: U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Kevin McCarthy was dealt a blow, as he failed to secure enough votes in first-round voting for the new House Speaker. The vote comes after Democratic House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, resigned from her post following the Republicans securing a Houses Majority in the 2022 mid-term elections. The loss…
Image source: Seaworld Website A 10-year-old boy onboard one of the two helicopters that crashed on Monday has been placed in critical condition. Nicholas Tadros, also known as Nicky, was onboard the helicopter along with his mother, Vanessa, who was tragically killed along with three others. Nicholas was taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital,…
NSW to change carbon emissions targets. Source : Freepikcompany New South Wales has set a new carbon emissions target in an effort to put the state at the front of a low-carbon economy. The target will see the state decreasing greenhouse emissions by 70 per cent by 2035. While NSW is currently on track to…
Capitol Building, Washington D.C., the location of the January 6 Insurrection. Source : Wendy Maxwell on Pexels The committee tasked with looking into the January 6 insurrection of the Capitol in the U.S. has released their full report. The report comes after the Democrat-controlled, at the time of forming, House select committee spent nearly 18-months…
Aerial shot of Melbourne, Vic. Souce : Pat Whelen on Pexels Australia’s cost of living crisis hasn’t calmed down in time for the holidays, threatening the Christmas of many households. A recently released analysis revealed that the housing needs of 640,000 households were not being met, resulting in homelessness, or needing to spend a large…
Australian Parliament. Source : Pexels Federal Member for Calare in NSW has resigned from the National Party over its opposition to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The shadow Minister for Regional Education, Health, and Development, Andrew Gee will sit as an independent, effective immediately. Mr Gee said, in a Facebook statement, his resignation comes as…