Category: Lifestyle
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DIY Windscreen Repair – How To Repair A Cracked Or Chipped Windscreen
You’re driving down the highway. A stray pebble has struck your windscreen leaving a chip. If not fixed immediately, chips and cracks will expand in time, causing damage that may require a full windscreen replacement. Fear not! Your recently purchased UFIXIT Windscreen repair kit is on hand to remedy the issue in as little as…
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2021 Sundance Film Festival – What To Expect
The United States’ largest Independent Film Festival – the Sundance Film Festival – is back again in 2021. However, given the obvious complications due to COVID-19, the Utah-based festival will be fully available online – and for the first time ever! Exclusive streaming will be available from January 28 to February 3 in an effort…
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Top 5 Kitchen Designers in Sydney for 2021
Designing the perfect kitchen that not only looks great but functions great is never an easy task. That’s why at Australia Business News, we’ve made things a little easier for you by putting together our Top 5 Kitchen Designers in Sydney for 2021. 1. Nobby Kitchens Coming in at #1 on our list is a…
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Australian Universities Face Crisis over Funding Reforms and Loss of Revenue
Australia’s university sector is facing turmoil due to severe revenue losses and government reform of tertiary funding. The University of Melbourne’s Centre of Higher Education has found that Australia’s public universities have collectively lost approximately $3.8 billion dollars in revenue. The dramatic reduction in international student enrolments and hardship caused by COVID-19 has been attributed…
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Archibald 2020: Originality is The New Banality
The Archibald competition is Australia’s crowning glory for art. Though this year’s finalists have featured unabashedly expressionless and commonplace portraits. The competition is an annual exhibition eagerly anticipated by artists and audiences alike that is awarded to the best portrait, quintessentially a distinguished laureate, painted by any Australasian artist. This year’s competition featured a panoply…
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Remembering Steve Irwin: Upbringing, Wildlife Work, Tragic End and Legacy
September 4th beckons the day Australians mourned the death of a national icon. Today, Steve Irwin’s image is immortalised in culture and via his Wildlife Reserve. Steve Irwin is known for his camera-charisma, larrikin antics with wildlife and potent Aussie accent. His endearment for animals was inspired by his upbringing. His father, Bob, had a passion…
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Defunding Writing NSW is the final blow in Australia’s war against the arts
Writing NSW is at threat for closure after state government rejected a vital funding grant last week leaving the not-for-profit scrambling to save thousands of writing jobs. The decision comes after Writing NSW applied for a local government multi-year grant covering activities such as the creation of new works, exhibitions, publishing, and the promotion and…
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The Best Engagement Ring Jewellers in Australia
Finding the perfect piece to mark your special occasion can be somewhat of a challenge. Whether you’re looking for a statement engagement ring or a timeless wedding band, you want to know you are shopping with the best. So we did the work for you! Here you will find the best engagement ring jewellers in…
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12 month nicotine ban on all imported products.
As of July 1st, all imported nicotine products such as e-cigarettes, vapes, and all vape refills will be effectively banned for the next 12 months. This will allow the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to gain public consultation on the future of vaping in Australia. On the new ban, people will no longer be able to…
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Rodney Adler discusses the economic impact of Covid-19
After the 2007 – 2009 financial crisis, the structural problems and imbalances that were created by the financial collapse and recession were made much worse by policy mistakes. Governments, around the world, mostly postponed the crisis instead of dealing with it thereby making another crisis inevitable. That crisis has now arrived and by itself would…