By: Sahar Mourad A United Nations brokered ceasefire between the Western Sahara and Morocco has been in place since 1991. The 29 year ceasefire was thrown out the window on Friday when the leader of the pro-independence group Polisario Front in Western Sahara, Brahim Ghali, declared war on Morocco. They accused Morocco of placing a roadblock stopping access to Mauritania ...

By: Sharon Masige It’s getting closer to the silly season and as shoppers get stuck in to Christmas shopping, they’re being warned to keep an eye out for online scams. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) revealed the amount of money lost through online shopping scams has spiked 42% this year. More than 12,000 online shopping scams were reported to ...

By: Sahar Mourad   Australia has long been a leader within the economic sector, but one organisation is working to further strengthen the country’s ties with the rest of the world.   The Australian Business Summit Council Inc. is a not-for-profit organisation that works to support Australian businesses both nationally and internationally.   Founding President Dr Frank Alafaci and Secretary ...

The Australian Business Summit Council Inc. hosted its second Media Conference and annual luncheon at The Waterview in Bicentennial Park, Homebush on 9 November 2020 to promote the imminent publication of the second issue of EKONOMOS, the official ABSC Inc. business affairs magazine in late November this year. More than thirty VIPs and guests enjoyed the five-star venue’s sumptuous food ...

By: Jack Snape Australia’s largest-ever parliamentary e-petition, which calls for a royal commission into media diversity and has more than 500,000 signatures, has been submitted to the House of Representatives. The petition was launched by former prime minister Kevin Rudd. “The bottom line is the lifeblood of our democracies depends on a fair, balanced, independent, free media which separates out ...

Austrian investigators were piecing together the Monday evening rampage through central Vienna by a lone gunman and later claimed by Islamic State, as Chancellor Sebastian Kurz called for a European response to “political Islam”. Four people were killed and 23 wounded when Kujtim Fejzulai, described as a 20-year-old Islamic State sympathiser who had spent time in prison, opened fire with ...

House prices across Australia have risen overall for the first time since the start of COVID-19. Monthly data from CoreLogic shows that, as a collective average, the housing market experienced a 0.4 per cent rise in October. It follows month-on-month average declines since the pandemic started shaking the nation’s economy. “The numbers out today are quite remarkable,” CoreLogic head of ...

The Morrison government has hedged its bets further on the discovery of a coronavirus vaccine by investing in two more projects to secure another 50 million doses. As a result, Australia now has a stake in four vaccines with a combined total of 134 million dose, should any or all of them prove safe and effective. Prime Minister Scott Morrison ...

By: Lucy Macken One of the most expensive residences on the Point Piper waterfront, known as Edgewater, has been sold for an eye-watering $95 million. The incredible  five-storey property called Edgewater features a private jetty, tennis court, and huge terraces on each level overlooking Sydney Harbour. The deal is set to rank as the second highest residential sale nationwide when ...

The Reserve Bank of Australia released the new $100 banknote on 29 October 2020.    It celebrates Sir John Monash, an engineer, soldier and civic leader and Dame Nellie Melba, an internationally renowned soprano.  New security features have been used to make the bill “impossible to forge” include a reversed number 100 and the image of a three-dimensional fan. The ...