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Want to put your Outback town on the map? Try a 65ft pink slug …

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

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

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

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

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

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
River crawling with crocodiles is approved as Olympic rowing venue

River crawling with crocodiles is approved as Olympic rowing venue

Olympic rowers will compete in a river inhabited by hundreds of saltwater crocodiles after the International Olympic Committee approved it as a venue for the 2032 Brisbane Games. David Crisafulli, ... Read More
British backpackers escape Australian crackdown on ‘absurd’ immigration

British backpackers escape Australian crackdown on ‘absurd’ immigration

British backpackers will escape the worst of a sweeping Australian immigration crackdown that will make it easier to expel foreign offenders and extremists and detain people who overstay their visas ... Read More
Selling sunset: Tasmania cashes in as rich seek apocalypse hideouts

Selling sunset: Tasmania cashes in as rich seek apocalypse hideouts

Ashort war has devastated the northern hemisphere, poisoned the atmosphere and killed billions. Australians are among the last people alive as a radioactive cloud drifts closer. This is the premise ... Read More

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ChAFTA: What the Free Trade Agreement Means for Businesses

ChAFTA: What the Free Trade Agreement Means for Businesses

China is an increasingly vital market to businesses and consumers across Australia. It became our largest trading partner in 2009 with two-way trade valued at over $150 billion in 2015 ... Read More
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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
Banks nudged to finish line on open banking

Banks nudged to finish line on open banking

The big four banks are expected to meet the extended deadline for open banking compliance in February 2020, though one bank “might be struggling”, according to delegates at the 4th ... Read More