Picture: stock It’s that time of year when fashion, food and wine head to the racetrack as the four-day Melbourne Cup Carnival returns. Racing Minister Anthony Carbines is predicting a massive boost for the city. “Nobody does spring racing like Victoria,” he says. “This year’s carnival will provide a massive boost to our hotels, retailers,…
Picture: stock UKRANIAN leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reached out to South Korea amid fears over the growing presence of North Korean troops in his country. In a social media post, Zelenskyy says he talked to South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol and thanked him for aid provided and pledged. “We discussed the involvement of North…
Picture: stock AS Americans, and everyone else, gears up for the US presidential election on the first Tuesday in November this year, there is one notable feature about the electoral process. The Electoral College was established by the founding leaders of revolutionary America, according to the US National Archives (click here for original article). The…
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket launches as part of the Artemis I flight test in Florida. Photo: NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA says it has identified nine potential landing regions on the lunar South Pole as it prepares to send a manned crew back to the Moon. The US space agency says the specific regions are for…
Photographer: WHO / Acer Apis An Australian Centre for Disease Control is to be established to better guide future responses to pandemics, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says. He made the comment in response to the release of the report of an independent inquiry into the country’s COVID-19 response. Mr Albanese says the centre is a…
Picture: stock MANY US voters are worried about political violence and attempts to overturn next week’s US presidential elections, a new poll found. The election will be held on the first Tuesday in November (November 6 Australian time). The poll was conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Centre for Public Affairs Research and found that about…
Picture: GrainCorp Grain handlers began rolling one-hour stoppages at sites across north-western NSW today (Tuesday, October 29) for a better wage deal. The Australian Workers’ Union, which represents the workers, says protected industrial action follows a breakdown in talks with GrainCorp, and supervised by the Fair Work Commission, on Friday. The union says GrainCorp executives…
Spirit of Tasmania IV undergoing sea trials in Finland. Photo: courtesy Spirit of Tasmania The Tasmanian Government is to focus efforts on building a berth for their new Spirit ferries at Devonport after plans to upgrade existing berths were ruled out. The government concedes that the port’s new Terminal 3 may not be completed until…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte briefs journalists in Brussels on North Korean involvement in the Ukraine war. Photo: NATO NATO have confirmed that North Korean troops have joined in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Australia, New Zealand and Japan were briefed alongside NATO ambassadors at their headquarters in Brussels by South Korean intelligence and defence officials.…
Picture: stock Moves to rejuvenate Sydney’s night economy could see the burden for sound management shift from live venues to residential developers. The City of Sydney Council, at its first meeting of its new term, unanimously endorsed a draft live sound management plan and a discussion paper for entertainment precincts for public comment. Sydney Lord…