King Charles will not appear on Australian banknote as Queen Elizabeth II’s portrait is replaced February 2, 2023 Queen Elizabeth II will no longer appear on the Australian $5 banknote and King Charles III will not replace her, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said on Thursday. Her Majesty’s portrait will be swapped for an updated design which “honours the culture and history of the First Australians”, according to a statement from the [...]
Australia: ‘Needle in a haystack’ found as tiny radioactive capsule FINALLY recovered after falling off truck February 1, 2023 Authorities in Western Australia have recovered a tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule that fell off a truck while being transported along a 870-mile road last month in what an official said was like finding a needle in a haystack. Officials said the capsule the size of a pea was found south of Newman on the [...]
New Zealand and Australia kick off 2023 December 31, 2022 New Zealand and Australia have stepped into the new year with fireworks, sparklers and street parties. The Pacific countries are thirteen and eleven hours ahead of GMT and have switched calendars well ahead of residents in Britain. Over a million people gathered to watch the first big firework show to bring in 2023 at Sydney’s [...]
Beefy Brexit row: Deal with Australia is ‘success’ says envoy Lord Botham, after ex minister’s criticism December 27, 2022 Lord Ian Botham, the government’s trade envoy to Australia, is at loggerheads with a former minister over the success of the post-Brexit deal. The ex cricket star, affectionately known as ‘Beefy’, hit out at George Eustice who branded the agreement signed in 2021, who said he “no longer has to put such a positive gloss [...]
Ex-environment minister slams the ‘failures’ of UK-Australia Brexit deal November 15, 2022 The UK's free trade deal with Australia was a poor deal for the country which "gave away far too much for far too little in return."
A green and gold decade: Australia prepares for spell as host of sport’s biggest events August 15, 2022 The sun-kissed nation of Australia is about to embark on a decade-long installation as the centre for world sport. Although it was beaten by Qatar to the rights to stage the men’s football World Cup later this year, the country is set to co-host the women’s equivalent as well as Rugby World Cups, a second [...]
Mining giant BHP warns of continuing market volatility into 2023 July 19, 2022 Mining giant BHP has said it expects market volatility caused by inflationary pressures, labour shortages, and supply chain disruption to continue into 2023. In a trading update, the Australian firm said the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis in Europe will offset any positive economic impacts of China’s stimulus policies on global growth, as [...]
Slater & Gordon shakes up boardroom after setting out plans to split June 29, 2022 Slater & Gordon has said company chief executive David Whitmore will step down from his position, after setting out plans to split its business in two, with a view to separating its “essential” and “specialist” legal services segments. The law firm said Whitmore – who took up his CEO role in January 2018 – will [...]
Australians returning from floods confronted by deadly snakes and spiders in their sofas and beds March 12, 2022 Tens of Australians were confronted by deadly and poisonous snakes and spiders after returning home from what is considered one of Australia’s worst flood disaster ever. As the water is subsiding, pythons, venomous red-bellied snakes and eastern browns are reportedly hiding indoors, many in people’s sofas and beds. The eastern brown is considered one of [...]
Aussie media firms have raked in £111m from Google and Facebook since law shake up March 10, 2022 A new report has revealed that Australian media firms have raked in A$200m (£111m) from Google and Facebook since last year’s regulatory crackdown that forced tech giants to negotiate payment terms.