British backpackers ‘should work in the outback’ to get Australia visas
Australia is considering renegotiating its post-Brexit trade agreement with the UK to force young British backpackers to work in rural areas rather than spend their entire stay in Sydney and ... Read More
Phantom of the Opera is here again – so billionaire is bowing out
In Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, it is the temperamental prima donna Carlotta who flounces off the stage in a fit of pique after nearly being hit by ... Read More
‘You cannot escape’: How Starlink satellites threaten the night sky
There was a time when Dr John Goldsmith would have had little trouble photographing the stars over Pyramid Hill, a rocky outcrop that sticks out from a vast salt basin ... Read More
Want to put your Outback town on the map? Try a 65ft pink slug …
Even if it’s hard to say exactly why Australia’s craze for giant objects began, it is possible to say where. When it landed in Coffs Harbour in 1964, Alan Chapman’s ... Read More
Stacks of cash? Australia to charge tourists to visit Twelve Apostles
Tourists will have to book in advance and pay to visit the Twelve Apostles, one of Australia’s most famous natural landmarks, as authorities try to tackle overcrowding. More than two ... Read More
Backpacker killer Ivan Milat may be linked to 31 more deaths
A serial killer convicted of murdering seven backpackers including two young British women, has been linked to the unsolved murder or disappearances of 31 more people in Australia, an official ... Read More
Sailors survive real-life Moby Dick as whale sends yacht to the deep
You could call her Ishmael. In a remote corner of the South Pacific, Jemma Cooper was one of four sailors on board the Tai Tam, a 52ft yacht, when she ... Read More
Koala in search of bear necessities winds up in woman’s bedroom
When a woman in the Australian town of Inverell heard a strange growling noise and scratching at her sliding glass door, she was astonished to find a koala sitting on the threshold ... Read More
Swimmer mauled to death in shark attack off Australian beach
A male swimmer in his sixties died when he was mauled and repeatedly dragged beneath the water by a shark metres from a popular beach in Perth. Police used boats ... Read More
Past articles…
Workspace Design Trends: The Wellness Version
Demand is growing for healthier workplaces as increased evidence links sedentary work to poor health effects. Co-working spaces are among those leading the trend for healthier office design. Sedentary behaviours ... Read More
Could Artificial Intelligence Help Your Law Firm Deliver Better Value?
Advances in automation are empowering lawyers to cut down on labour-intensive, repetitive tasks and instead focus their skills on higher-value work. Now, artificial intelligence (AI) is making this automation much ... Read More
Buzz Aldrin interview
When Buzz Aldrin visited Sydney in 2010, I interviewed him for Sky News Business ... Read More