China claims ‘artillery shell’ found in shipping container is wine bottle
China has insisted that a suspected artillery shell discovered in a shipping container in Papua New Guinea is merely a “shell-shaped wine bottle”, despite a police report identifying it as ... Read More
Green Ant G&T? Lovely bubbly, says ‘sobriety-curious’ generation
Flavour-wise, Tim Triggs says his gin and tonic is “super lemony” and a little bit “sherbetty”. It is not, he stresses, “buggy or insecty”. It is a bit buggy, though ... Read More
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
Past articles…
Improving workplace wellbeing in your organisation
Ensuring workplace wellbeing is vital for businesses and individuals. Your staff are your most valuable resource, and if they’re unhappy, their productivity will suffer and they’ll be more likely to ... Read More
SIBOS: Banks and crypto lovers battle it out
Blockchain has been one of the biggest buzzwords at Sibos 2018. It’s being embraced as a way for financial institutions to have more efficient systems, removing the need to reconcile ... Read More
Encouraging women in IT
What can leaders and professionals do in the IT sector to foster gender diversity and equality? Gender diversity is a problem across the workforce, but it’s particularly severe in IT ... Read More