Tag: australia
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Peta + Jain x Em Davies Collection Launch Event
Launched in 2017, Peta + Jain, is a vegan fashion handbag label that is effortless yet versatile. The Peta + Jain label concentrates on superior materials and hardware, with attention to detail, and fashion forward styling. Peta + Jain products can only be described as affordable luxury. The brand offers styles that can take you…
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Building approvals and home values falling at a record pace, with more to come
Australian building approvals fell for a third straight month at the end of 2022, with Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data revealing the number of houses and apartments planned in November were almost half the record achieved in March 2021 at the height of the pandemic. The data release coincides with the latest Corelogic research…
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The story of an old pool on “unusable” Mosman land that was transformed into Australia’s most spectacular home.
A controversial Mosman home, 15 years in the making, has defied all odds to win a prestigious international property award. Its proud owners, Robert and Leonie Klaric, invited Anna Usher around for a private tour of their very own utopia. It’s one of those perfect Sydney mornings, when I step barefoot, onto the golden sands…
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DREST x SCCI Promote Australian Fashion & Architecture Talent
Sydney’s Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas (SCCI) lands at London’s Design Museum next week, exploring the ideas and creativity of leading figures at the cutting edge of Australian fashion and architecture. Over two weekend hubs, the SCCI Fashion and Architecture Programme will showcase over 40 of the best designers and thinkers in Australian fashion,…
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Laser Clinics Group Opens Its 200th Clinic!
The Australian-based cosmetic company Laser Clinics Group has opened its 200th clinic globally. It’s an exciting time for the brand as they continue to make results-led advanced beauty treatments affordable and accessible for consumers worldwide. Laser Clinics Group officially entered the Canadian market on February 4, 2022, with the opening of its first clinic in…
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Australia’s Greatest Fish & Chips Shops Announced
The winners of the 2021 Great Australian Fish & Chip Awards, organised by Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), have been announced, with the country’s best fish & chippers in each state and territory crowned. “In every town, across every state and territory, people spruik their fish & chips as number one. So, we’ve listened to the people, and crowned the…
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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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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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Freelancers talk: How Coronavirus is affecting the most vulnerable jobs
As the unprecedented Corona crisis hits, Australian freelancers are struggling to keep their jobs. In Australia, freelancers occupy 10% of the job market, providing highly skilled, independent labour for the Australian workforce. Unlike traditional job roles, freelancing works on a project to project basis, offering virtually no job security. Without paid leave, consistent wages, and long-term…
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Social/Political Commentator Bettina Arndt’s Order of Australia under review after heinous remarks in Clarke case
In a move that, in all honesty, should have already been made, controversial writer and social/political commentator Bettina Arndt’s recently bestowed Order of Australia medal will come under review after her abhorrent remarks in the wake of the murders of Queensland mother Hannah Clarke and her three children. No stranger to having her misogynistic and…