You wouldn’t be an economics forecaster for quids. Well, maybe you would, given the money they make, never even blinking about their frequent and sudden about-turns. A couple of months back, when the Australian dollar burst through 69 US cents, there was no shortage of highly paid currency traders and economists predicting a quick flirtation with 70 US cents before …

With the Easter long weekend and autumn school holidays just around the corner, Taronga Zoo Sydney has a spring in their steps as a baby boom spreads across the zoo with a view. From a newborn Pygmy Hippo calf learning to dive, two adventurous chimp babies learning the ropes, an impending public debut of a young seal pup and the …

A majority of voters approve of the government’s superannuation tax plan but Labor and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have been marked down, the latest Newspoll shows. The poll conducted for The Australian shows almost two-thirds of voters support Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ plan to double the concessional tax rate for super balances over $3 million in 2025. Of those polled, 64 …

On  16 December 2022  the Hon. Shaoquett Moselmane officially opened a local Art exhibition in Banksia in the Middle of Rockdale Area of Bayside Council. Nouha Daboussi, a local dedicated artist running her own art gallery for the past 13 years attracted a large crowed of art lovers to the official opening of another set of art works. Mr  Moselmane …

Northern Greenland is a polar desert today, but it was once a lush landscape filled with mastodons, reindeer, caribou and hares. That’s the picture of an ancient ecosystem that has emerged from 2 million-year-old DNA extracted from desiccated dunes on the Peary Land peninsula on Greenland’s northernmost tip. The discovery smashes the record for the oldest DNA ever sequenced and pushes the boundaries of what scientists, …

The International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG, Chairwoman Hyun Sook Yoon) announced that it established the first “IWPG Peace Monument” since the start of its peace activities in Mindanao de Oro, Philippines, a truly meaningful achievement. The IWPG Peace Monument was established to inherit Mindanao’s peace spirit, where war has been put to and end and peace has been achieved through …

Queen Elizabeth II’s personal wealth was estimated to be more than $734 million before her death. But getting an exact figure on the late monarch’s wealth is difficult, because it comes from a combination of public and private assets. Unlike other families in the United Kingdom, senior royals don’t have to make their wills public — so it’s likely we will never know exactly how much she …

A 36-year-old man has been arrested and placed in psychiatric care after he smeared the Mona Lisa with cake in a purported protest against artists not focussing enough on “the planet”. The most famous portrait in the world had her cake and ate it too after a man disguised as an elderly woman attempted to smash the painting’s protective glass before smearing the surface with dessert on Sunday. …

The 42-year-old actress – who got engaged to Danny Fujikawa in last year – has opened up on her dating past and recalled one eventful evening where it definitely wasn’t love at first sight. Playing a game of ‘Truth or Drink’ for her King St. Vodka line, she asked her followers for their most embarrassing dating experience. Sharing her own, …

The unemployment rate has fallen to 4.9 per cent, with almost 30,000 jobs created in June according to the official Bureau of Statistics data. The unemployment rate has now declined for eight months in a row, taking it to its lowest level in a decade. However, while the unemployment rate dropped from 5.1 to 4.9 per cent in June, the underemployment rate …