Post office licensees across Australia are planning to send $5 notes to Prime Minister Scott Morrison in protest of the investigation into Australia Post chief executive Christine Holgate and the gifting of $20,000 worth of Cartier luxury watches to senior executives. The watches were given to executives as a reward for clinching multi-million dollar deals with three of the “big ...

More Americans than ever have cast their vote early ahead of the US presidential election, but millions haven›t, and still won›t on 3 November. Here’s how that might impact things. More than 70 million Americans have already cast their ballot ahead of the United States presidential election on 3 November. That’s almost three times the Australian population and more than ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he will not be dictated to by other governments› climate change goals, declaring he is not worried about the future of Australia›s exports despite four of the country›s top trading partners adopting net-zero emissions targets. China, Japan, Britain and South Korea, which account for more than $310 billion in Australian annual trade between them, have ...

  3Bridges Board and Directors are pleased to announce the appointment of incoming CEO Raj Nair. With extensive experience in the for-profit and not for profit sectors, working for organisations in areas as diverse as disability services, education, manufacturing and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), Raj has the expertise and experience to grow 3Bridges while continuing to retain the high standards ...

  Immigration has been a key pillar of our economic and social success and will continue to be a big part of our future. While the COVID-19 pandemic has tested all Australians, I believe the business incentives in the 2020-21 Budget will especially support our hard-working multicultural communities who have always demonstrated such strong entrepreneurialism. Our multicultural communities and citizens ...

When will international students return to Australia? According to the country’s federal budget papers, the answer may likely be in the later part of 2021. Australia’s treasury forecast — which was released on Oct. 6, 2020 — said COVID-19 is a once-in-a-century occurrence that has fundamentally reshaped Australia’s economic and fiscal outlook, adding that the pandemic has had a profound ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the new English language requirement for partner visa applicants and their permanent resident sponsors announced as part of the Federal Budget will be a ‘basic language competency test’ aimed at enabling migrants to get the best out of life in Australia. In an unanticipated move, a «shocker» in the Morrison Government’s Budget announced an English ...

1. The Morrison government has handed down its Federal Budget, claiming it to be the most important since World War II. Certainly, there are some historic numbers in there, including an almost $1 trillion national debt by 2024. But rather than trawl through the thing, here are the biggest policy takeaways and what the next few years might look like. ...

Victoria reported six new Covid-19 cases and two deaths in the past 24 hours. The premier, Daniel Andrews, said he was confident that an outbreak in the suburb of Chadstone was under control, but that “you can only know what you know. We can’t say what comes in tomorrow’s testing or the day after”. In New South Wales, three new ...

The budget forecasts tell the tale. Eight of Australia’s top 10 trading partners are expected to see a contraction in economic growth in 2020. China and Taiwan are the only exceptions. The global economic massacre is laid out line by line in budget paper number one. India and Europe down by 9 per cent, Japan almost 6 per cent, the ...