Category: News
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NBN gets $19.5 billion from government
The National Broadband Network (NBN) has received a $19.5 billion loan from the Turnbull government to allow it to complete the rollout. The NBN was unable to raise enough funds on the open market to complete the infrastructure project. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and Communications Minister Mitch Fifield released a statement acknowledging the loan and expanding…
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Forbes calculates the worth of Kardashians at $122 million
Despite the common negative claims about the production of reality television, Forbes have released a thoroughly detailed list titled ‘Reality Television Highest Earners’. The list was inspired by the 2016 presidential election, where a reality star was made the 45th president of the United States. In short, the list has a total of seven people, whose collective earnings…
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Tinder now allows users to choose from 37 genders
Online dating just became a lot more specific with the recent update from matchmaking app Tinder. Previously, users could only choose from two genders, male and female, the new update now allows users to choose from up to 37 genders, with the added option of being able to add your own personal preferred gender if the option is…
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Richard Branson reveals new supersonic new jet
Richard Branson has collaborated on a new supersonic jet that will be capable of travelling more than two and a half times as fast as current air transport. Already being hailed as the “fastest civil aircraft ever made”, the jet would be able to travel up to 2335 kms per hour, easily covering the distance between New…
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Snapchat files for IPO
Snap Inc, the parent company of Snapchat, has recently filed a confidential initial public offering (IPO). Reuters reported that Evan Spiegel’s company could go public as soon as March. The social networking platform, which is valued at $20-25 billion, will be a step closer to the biggest U.S. stock market debut since 2014. Latest reports from…
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Trump plans to deport 3 million immigrants
In a 60 minutes interview, America’s new president-elect, Donald Trump, said that he has plans to deport or jail 2 to 3 million immigrants. He has showed no hesitation over mass deportation and carrying out hardline immigration policy proposals. In the first TV interview since the election we hear Trump say, that he will work on…
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Remembrance Day in 2016
Exactly 98 years ago today, at approximately 11am, silence echoed throughout the Western Front, marking the end of a 4 year warfare that claimed the lives of millions and over 60,000 Australians. This day would become monumental piece of Australian history as the tradition of Remembrance Day would be born, where Australians across the country…
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The future for Trump’s businesses
As Donald Trump has been made president of the United States, questions have now risen concerning the future of Trump’s businesses. Trump is currently the chairman and president of the Trump Organisation, a conglomerate owning properties on a global scale, which includes hotels, golf courses and commercial spaces. While the Trump Organisation is primarily real estate based, the company is…
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Donald Trump elected as 45th US President
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Republican Donald Trump was officially announced as the 45th president of the United States. The news itself caused outraged amongst US voters as over 500 protestors took to the street in and around the University of California, shouting anti-Trump expletives along with the chant ‘not my president’. These…
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Dreamworld’s Thunder River Rapids will be closed permanently
Dreamworld has this morning announced that their Thunder River Rapids ride will be permanently closed following the four tragic deaths it caused last month. On 25 October, Canberra siblings, Kate Goodchild and Luke Dorsett, as well as Roozi Araghia, Mr Dorsett’s partner and Cindy Low, a Sydney woman, passed away on the ride when their raft flipped…