Australia

Robbie Williams’ sudden pause at his Sydney concert sparked suspense at Allianz Stadium, setting the stage for a memorable fan moment.Williams halted his Sydney show on Thursday night to help with a special surpise. The audience, initially perplexed by the sudden pause, soon realised they were about to witness something special as Allianz…

Eco-anxiety, climate doom, environmental existential dread - as green journalists, we see these terms used a lot - and often feel them ourselves.There's a lot to be worried about when it comes to the climate and nature crises, but when a sense of hopelessness becomes the overarching emotion, apathy begins to creep in too. Last year three…

Australia’s treatment of its original inhabitants has been and is abominable. The original English settlers who arrived around 1800 expelled them forcibly from the Eastern Crescent, which contains every major city except Perth, and the only significant river system on the continent. Fortunately, the early White Australia Policy, which forbade…

When Benson Wu moved to Sydney 10 years ago to study and work in advertising and film, he noticed there were few Taiwanese films showcased in Australia. "I realised the whole film festival industry in Australia — especially in Sydney — was sort of lacking the Asian representation, especially the films from Taiwan," he said.But for decades,…

SYDNEY —  Native American language experts have been in Central Australia to try to save Indigenous languages from extinction. Only around 20 people speak Pertame Southern Arrernte, which originated near the city of Alice Springs in Central Australia. Government policies had tried to eradicate Indigenous languages until the 1970s. The…

Qantas has an enviable safety record, consistently ranked as either the safest airline in the world or not far from it.Since the dawn of the Jet Age, it has never suffered a fatal accident or lost an aeroplane hull, which is a credit to its staff and its leadership.But in the aviation chaos of the past few months — amid huge numbers of delayed…

Elsie Mitromara, 19, a Greek national was “surprised at how many Greeks were in Melbourne” when she first moved here. The Greek Financial Crisis (2008-2017) resulted in a new wave of emigration from Greece and Cyprus. Unlike in the post-war period, many of the new arrivals have professional qualifications, or are skilled. Elsie, who is…

Australia’s new fascination with India continues apace.Most recently, two massive delegations from the states of Western Australia and New South Wales toured various Indian cities and regions, while at the federal level, a plethora of agreements are being signed across defence, commercial, industrial and regional issues.The Australia India…

The descendants of Australian wool pioneer John Macarthur have been embroiled in a dispute over multimillion-dollar propertiesA bitter family feud between descendants of Australia's most prosperous colonial settler has exposed years of behind-the-scenes squabbling over a $500million fortune.John Macarthur made his name as a pioneer of…

Image Source : PTI/GETTY Suryakumar Yadav will captain the Indian T20 team for the Australia series while Sanju Samson continues to be sidelined A day after the disappointing loss in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup final, the BCCI announced the Team…