ONE OF THE FEW good things to come out of the chaos that used to be known as the rules-based international order is that Australia is not alone in attempting to ingratiate itself with the Trump ...

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In 1984, Sophia Loren visited Melbourne as a special guest at the La Dolce Italia gala charity dinner, which raised funds for the Alannah and Madeline Foundation's efforts to safeguard children ...

In other words, the application rate was already booming well before the ambitious processing times for the new version of this visa were announced. The current processing times are reaching the ...

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A journalist knew that Karen Wyld ’s black&write! award had been pulled even before the writer herself had been informed. And this time, in scenes that must have delighted the posse shouting “It’ll ...

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As the Leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis became the shepherd who transformed our relationships with each other and all of creation in a similar way to the way St Francis of Assisi did. Pope ...

When the concept of BVs was first established in the early 1990s (essentially in conjunction with the universal visa system and mandatory detention to minimise the number of people who would otherwise ...

Australia’s tobacco policy also received a dishonourable mention in the 2025 Federal Budget with the revelation that the fall in the sale of legal cigarettes had led to a precipitous decline in the ...