The election in Australia is dominated by Xi Jinping

The portraits of Australian political candidates are splattered around the country on campaign posters — but one face jumps out, and it belongs to Xi Jinping.

Despite not being a member of any contemporary democracy, the Chinese leader has become a recognisable figure in a campaig...

The first deepwater hyperbaric test facility will be built in Australia

The Australian government and oil and gas industry have committed $1.2 million to the construction of the country's first deepwater hyperbaric chamber testing and maintenance facility, which will enable subsea control modules to be tested.

Hyperbaric testing is used to verify the de...

Amid the Ukraine crisis, Australia is looking to fill Asia's energy shortfall

The Ukraine crisis is redrawing the Asia-Pacific region's energy map as it upends global commodity markets and sparks a resource frenzy. While the picture is far from clear, the evolving outlines of the region are already having an outsized impact on Australia's resource juggernaut.

Labor promises a $970m investment in Medicare and general practice before the final week of an election

Australian Medical Association commits to a strong investment in healthcare. This policy consists of a $750m “Strengthening Medicare” fund and a $220m grants program for upgrades

This funding will enhance patient access to general practitioners (GP) to provide better managem...

A golden decade on home soil looms for Australian sport

This week, two main tournaments were confirmed, with rugby union’s governing body formally rubber-stamping Australia as host of the 2027 men’s World Cup and 2029 women’s World Cup. These are just the latest additions to what is shaping up as a golden decade on the Australian spo...

Australia PM, Scott Morrison, to ‘ensure’ no Chinese base on the Solomon Islands

China’s increasing blow in the Pacific has become a hot political matter in Australia ahead of May 21 elections and following Beijing’s declaration last month that it had signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands leadership. Australia will work with its partners to ensure China ...

Will Australia's major parties pledge to improve our whistleblowing law on World Press Freedom Day?

Press freedom, at its most basic level, is about the liberty to report and publish the truth without fear or favour. Whistleblowers – or truth-tellers – play a key role in this effort.

The fact that multiple public interest whistleblowers are still on trial in Australia is a...

Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand have emerged as cloud leaders, according to a survey

Recent research from MIT Technology Review Insights and Infosys has contributed to ranking countries based on their use of cloud technology, with Singapore topping the list, Australia in 12th place, and New Zealand in 14th place – all ahead of the United States.

In APAC, Australia...

Australian KPMG's Sports practise is led by Ron Zubrik, who is the worldwide leader

KPMG has restructured its sports practise leadership, appointing Australia-based consultants Ron Zubrik and Chad Gardiner as global and APAC heads, respectively.

Ron Zubrik, a management consulting partner with KPMG in Brisbane, has been named to lead the Big Four professional services ...

Stories of employees standing up for their communities are heartwarming

If you're anything like us, making time in your life to better the world is always on your mind. When we consider the major issues we confront as humans — excessive corporate power, climate change, income disparity, wars and strife, global pandemics – it's easy to feel overwhe...

Vulnerable Australians are missing out on healthcare because of a lack of GPs due to a Medicare rebate shortfall

Community organisations claim that the fee-for-service funding paradigm cannot keep up with the rising costs of complicated primary care demands.

According to community health organisations, vulnerable Australians are missing out on basic healthcare because the Medicare rebate is failin...

We need to talk about politics in Australia: history is on the line in this election, and keeping your head down won't cut it

Australians are glad to talk about their dislike for politicians in conversation after conversation, but few are willing to declare what they think about things they consider to be political – and certainly many people avoid discussing party political beliefs.

Scott Morrison, whet...

Australia's Department of Health and Datacom Renew Contract

The Australian Department of Health has announced its intention of extending the IT outsourcing contract with Datacom, a New Zealand-based tech firm, for the next three years.

The extended contract will see a number of new capabilities added such as the use of Artificial Intelligence an...

Australia Announces Full-Strength Squad for Sri Lanka

Australia is close to full strength for all three formats of cricket for the Sri Lankan tour in June and July as the country finalized 34 players on Friday.

The Test team will include Pat Cummins as the skipper, Alex Carey, Ashton Agar, Cameron Green, David Warner, Josh Inglis, Josh Haz...

Australia expects a strong grain crop in 2022-23

According to a forecast from the US Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service, Australia is predicted to produce another significant grain crop in 2022-23, following a record-setting winter crop and robust summer crop production in 2021-22. (FAS).

While overall grain ...

Australia and New Zealand Refuse to Send Athletes to the Asian Games

On Tuesday, the Australian Olympic Committee announced that Australia will not be taking up the offer to send its Athletes to the Asian games this year for the first time since none of the invited sports federations showed any interest in going to Hangzhou.

The Olympic Council of Asia i...

The tech industry is being forced to look for talent from other countries

The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA), Australia's apex body for creative technology, has discovered that Australia's IT sector is increasingly going outside for talent.

The results of the 2022 annual poll show that more than 75% of the organisations surveyed ar...

Approaches to promoting physical and mental health that are holistic

The Equally Well 2022 Symposium recently focused attention on efforts to improve the physical health of people with mental illnesses, as well as the critical necessity for such efforts.

Cate Carrigan discusses the role of lifestyle medicine, as well as how Aboriginal and Torres Strait I...

POLITICIANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE

During Australia's federal election campaign, the Uniting Church of Australia and the Australian Muslim Advocacy Network have joined 14 other community, human rights, and religious groups in urging politicians to prioritise honesty and genuine information.

The organisation has bande...

Billboards declaring 'women's sport is not for men' have prompted legal action from the AOC and Swimming Australia

The Australian Olympic Committee and Swimming Australia are contemplating legal action against a conservative lobby group for using photos of champion female swimmers on billboards to oppose trans women's involvement in sport.

According to a spokeswoman, the AOC will issue a legal l...