It was a family business on the brink of collapse, but by harnessing the power of social media, Bridestowe Lavender Estate has become a global tourist destination. Robert Ravens could see the potential as a tourist site in 2007 and purchased the property as a retirement project. “We had no customers and no technology. We didn’t know anything about anything,” …

A well-known Queensland snake catcher has been released from hospital after being bitten by an eastern brown snake at a house south of Brisbane. Tony Harrison was live-streaming on Facebook on Saturday when he was bitten by a brown snake which was hiding under an air conditioning unit outside the home in Pimpama. The video shows the snake striking at …

Sydney Harbour New Year’s Eve fireworks display to go ahead despite bushfire risk The City of Sydney Council says the harbour’s New Year’s Eve fireworks will go ahead as planned but the Rural Fire Service (RFS) has refused to rule out cancelling the event at the last minute. Heatwave conditions are expected across large parts of the state next week, …

Sydney 14 December 2019 – In the Regent’s Park Community Center, HWPL in collarboration with IWPG and IPYG Sydney hosted its end of year Christmas and celebration party for 2019 . Many of HWPL’s close partners such as representatives from T and R Accountants who sponsored the event venue, Love Peace and Harmony,Afghan Peace Foundation, Iraqi Renaissance, Iraqi TV, The …

Winners selected and announced for the final IWPG art competition among 6,500 participants from 30 countries Seoul, October 30, 2019 – The International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG) announced the winners of the 2nd International Loving-Peace Drawing Competition. This is an international competition is one of the policies for realizing world peace that is designed to foster children and youth, the …

The Arab Council Australia celebrated its 40th anniversary at the Bellevue Bankstown Hall, in the presence of politicians, mayors and councilors, community leaders and many of the Arab community members, as well as everyone who has served on the Council for the past 40 years. Arab Council Australia is a secular non-profit independent community organisation working to bring about social …

Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard ripped into Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Twitter Wednesday. Gabbard said, “Erdogan has been helping ISIS/AQ for years. He has denied this but is now openly using militias of “former” ISIS/AQ terrorists, exposing him for what he really is: a radical Islamist megalomaniac who wants to establish a caliphate with himself as the Caliph — the …

Anthony Albanese has promised to open a “conversation” about new ways of protecting workers in insecure employment, and committed to a root and branch overhaul of the “broken” vocational education system. In his speech on jobs and the future of work, delivered in Perth on Tuesday, Mr Albanese declared today’s new employment arrangements – such as the gig economy – …

An American mum is facing serious time behind bars after she was accused of allowing a paedophile friend to abuse her young daughters for years. Ohio woman Sarena C Hall, 27, and her 64-year-old friend Marion Stang Jr were arrested late last week. Local TV station WBTV reports Stang has been charged with two counts each of rape and gross sexual …

More than 95,000 asylum seekers have arrived in Australia by air over the past five years, fanning fears people smugglers have shifted their business models from boats to planes. Since the start of July, about 80 people every day have claimed protection after landing at an Australian airport. The trend appears likely to push annual arrivals to a record high. …