Tag: australia
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Our air is being sold to China
Air pollution is a huge issue faced by China, as their population turns to constantly wearing face masks instead of breathing in the toxic air. Late last year the air pollution level in China was raised to the highest possible level, orange, and was the first time that classification had been used. It was reported…
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Federal Government’s $230m cyber security strategy
The Federal Government is expected to pour $230 million into its new national cyber security strategy which Malcolm Turnbull will announce today. According to News, the initiative will create a capacity to launch preemptive attacks on “cyber raiders”. A brand new four year program will be developed to boost Australia’s defence against online attacks. The improved security will include…
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Australia has the world’s most expensive internet
Confirming what most rural households know to be true, the World Economic Forum has rated Australia the lowest score for internet access affordability. According to the Forum, around four million Australians live in households without internet access. The high price of internet access disproportionately affects poor, elderly and Indigenous Australians. It is estimated that 57%…
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Australia’s first medicinal cannabis farm
Local MP and acting PM Barnaby Joyce officially launched Australia’s first medicinal cannabis farm today called the DanEden farm. The 47-hectare farm located just near Tamworth has been named in honour of Dan Haslam who died from bowel cancer last year aged just 25-years-old. Dan was an advocate for legalising medical marijuana in Australia and…
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Rare video of Tony Abbott singing karaoke
The former Australian Prime Minister is currently completing a 1000km cycle race to raise funds for charity. At a stop in Cootamundra, a small town in NSW, he visited the town’s Family Hotel and caught up with radio announcer Wesley Heather. Clearly Abbott is no stranger to the microphone with numerous political speeches he has so kindly…
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ALC to take RSRT fight to parliament
Following yesterday’s Federal Court decision to discontinue the temporary stay order on the Road Safety Remuneration Order, the Australian Logistics Council will now urgently write to MPs and Senators before Parliament resumes on 18 April 2016 calling for the Road Safety Remuneration Act to be repealed. “ALC will write to all Members and Senators, including…
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Asian tourists are spending the most
Research undertaken by the University of Technology (UTS) Business School revealed that Asian tourists visiting Sydney spend as much as 6.5 times more than other tourists. It was found that there is a huge spending capacity of Asian tourists who are in Australia as part of incentive schemes. A 2015 visitor survey from Tourism Australia…
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Australia, this is your internet activity for the end of 2015
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released their biannual report on internet activity in Australia for 2015 and here’s everything interesting you probably want to know. There were approximately 12.9 million internet subscribers in Australia at the end of December 2015 Almost all (99.3%) of internet connections were broadband There…
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Telstra pulls out of Philippines joint venture
Telstra have announced that although they had major plans with beer and food giant, San Miguel to build a new mobile network in the Philippines, this will no longer go ahead. Negotiations began August last year, where Telstra planned to take on local telcos by investing billions of dollars into the venture. Telstra chief executive,…
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Twitter launches ‘Moments’ in Australia
In a bid to attract its non-active users, Twitter has introduced its Moments feature in Australia. Aussies will be the first Twitter users in the Asia Pacific region to have Moments bring them the very best of Twitter across a range of topics. It aims to deliver the best stories from all over the world…