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…
The AFP is calling for restraint from drinking while flying. Photo: stock Federal police have a message for airline passengers — cut back on the drinking before you fly these summer holidays. The Australian Federal Police is promising to be highly visible at major airports and wants passengers to be restrain their drinking while waiting…
Mary, 30, and her child Daniel (six months) at a WFP-funded nutrition site in South Sudan earlier this year. Photo: WFP/Samantha Reinders WHAT the world spends on coffee in two weeks can feed 123 million people for a year, the UN World Food Program (WFP) says. The WFP is asking for US$16.9 billion so it…
Image: stock The federal government has set up a cryptocurrency taskforce to identify and act against non-compliant crypto ATM providers. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) says cryptocurrency is increasingly being used for money laundering, scams and money mule activities. It says its taskforce will ensure digital currency exchanges (DCEs) with crypto ATM…
Global growth of CO2 emissions from fossil fuels reached a record high in 2024. Photo: CSIRO Global carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from fossil fuels hit a record high in 2024 even as total emissions from fossil fuel and land use changes over the last decade stabilised. This was the finding of the recently released Global…