According to data analyzed by the Atlas VPN research team, Australians have reported 99,321 scams (scam events) since the beginning of the year, resulting in $89.6 million in losses. Notably, $3.3 million were lost to coronavirus-related frauds. There has been a slight drop in the number of reported scams fromRead More →
Army’s new Australian-designed and built Hawkei protected vehicle is ready to enter full-rate production at Thales’ Protected Vehicles facility in Bendigo, Victoria. The vehicle’s production will support more than 200 local jobs in Bendigo as Victoria deals with the current outbreak of COVID-19, as well as more across the nationalRead More →
The Federal Government is about to pass legislation to further punish refugees and asylum seekers currently in detention centres in Australia, says Dr Tim Woodruff, President of the advocacy group – Doctors Reform Society (DRS). According to Dr Woodruff, the new legislation if passed through the parliament will give theRead More →
The Law Council of Australia has welcomed the Government’s tabling of the Australian Law Reform Commission‘s (ALRC) review of the nation’s corporate criminal responsibility regime, but is urging the parliament to take a cautious approach when considering fundamental principles of criminal law. Contained in the ALRC review are recommendations thatRead More →
Australia’s new look advisory council – Australia India Council to advance its interests in India has three new faces. Appointing Lisa Singh, former Senator from Tasmania, Ted Baillieu former Premier of Victoria and Matthew Hayden, former Australian Cricketer, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Marise Payne said, “I am pleasedRead More →
The citizenship test will be updated to include new questions on Australian values and there will be changes to the Adult Migrant English Program. In a speech delivered at the National Press Club in Canberra, the Acting Minister for Immigration Alan Tudge has indicated changes to Australia’s citizenship test toRead More →
Melbournians remember the visuals of people being locked in those high-rise towers just before the Stage 4 restrictions were imposed in Victoria, in an attempt by the state government to stop community transmission of COVID-19 and averting the second wave which we are facing now. There were many problems thatRead More →
Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, 140 years ago, on September 5th, 1880, a tradie and a railway worker stood on the back of an apple cart in Adelaide’s Botanic Park and shouted, “If there’s a man here who hasn’t had a square meal today, let him come home toRead More →
An Indian Australian business woman and entrepreneur Arpana Patel of Avenue Accounting Solutions, has been named a finalist in the Small Business Advisor category of the AMP Women in Finance Awards. The Awards are dedicated to recognising the outstanding women shaping and influencing the financial services industry. “This really isRead More →
Victoria has recorded 149 fresh cases of COVID-19 and 24 more deaths which makes today the 2nd most deadliest day for Victoria after August 17 when the state recorded 25 deaths in 24 hours. Victoria Health Minister Jenny Mikakos talking to ABC radio this morning confirmed there had been 149Read More →