“10 Play is also having its biggest year ever with minutes viewed up 23 per cent year-on-year and Paramount+ is Australia’s fastest growing streaming service.

Source: https://www.bandt.com.au/ex-project-host-10-says-comments-disappointing/

A British backpacker has taken aim at the Australia’s regional work requirement for visa holders, saying she had been pushed to her wits’ end by the lack of support.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/business/british-backpacker-slams-tough-australian-visa-requirement-c-10432881

According to the Guardian, Birdlife Australia’s Sean Dooley said that magpies could recognise faces and “tend to swoop the people they see as a threat”.

Source: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/woman-blinded-eyeball-pecking-magpie-31562420

According to the most recent data, Australia’s population has soared by 563,200 people in the year to March, bolstered by the arrival of 454,000 new migrants, bringing the growth rate to 2.2 per cent.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/business/australian-population-could-reach-up-to-459-million-people-by-2071-c-12654964

A century to Charlie Wakim and 87 to Caleb Jewell anchors Tasmania’s first innings while Beau Webster follows his 62 in the first innings with four wickets in South Australia’s second innings.

Source: https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/10/08/sheffield-shield-wrap-who-impressed-in-round-1/

Additionally, the struggles of the Chinese economy, Australia’s largest trading partner, further dampened sentiment toward the currency.

Source: https://londonlovesbusiness.com/the-usd-dominates-the-market-amid-strong-volatility/

A few days later, Robbie was pictured at Australia’s Bondi Beach, where she took a style cue from the original Barbie.

Source: https://observer.com/2023/07/margot-robbie-barbie-press-looks-best-outfits/

AFTER more than 11 years in Australia’s immigration detention system, the season is anything but festive for Egyptian asylum seeker Sayed Abdellatif.

Source: https://citynews.com.au/2023/egyptian-asylum-seeker-why-am-i-still-detained/

After parliament, Simon continued to work for Australia’s interests, most notably as chairman of the European Australian Business Council.

Source: https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/06/vale-simon-crean/

AHRC president Rosalind Croucher said an ongoing conversation about Australia’s human rights protection system had evolved over the past three years with a view to creating an inclusive and robust legal framework.

Source: https://www.themandarin.com.au/214447-human-rights-model-proposes-new-obligations-for-public-servants/

Alarm bells shouldn’t be ringing yet, but twin failures from Australia’s usually reliable number three have officially confirmed 2023 as his worst year with the bat since spectacularly bursting onto the scene in 2019.

Source: https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/12/18/every-aussie-rated-from-first-test-vs-pakistan-brutal-bison-marnus-misery-as-warner-secures-farewell/

Almost a third of Australia’s trade is with China.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2023/10/22/china-trade-wine-tariff-rethink/

“A lot of (Australia’s) trade and investment have been focused on China, Europe and the United States.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/australia-asean-summit-national-strategy-boost-trade-investments-southeast-asia-diplomatic-ties-3753191?cid=cna_flip_070214

A married couple from Merseyside have been killed in a mid-air crash between two helicopters on Australia’s Gold Coast.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23225119.couple-merseyside-killed-mid-air-helicopter-crash-australia/?ref=rss

A millionaire British sailor, feared dead after his yacht capsized in heavy seas about 2500 kilometres off Australia’s south coast and 1500 kilometres from Antarctica, had just bobbed up in the freezing ocean.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/national/western-australia/heads-you-keep-the-story-tails-you-lose-reporting-the-tony-bullimore-rescue-20230502-p5d51g.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

Analysis by University of Melbourne economists Guay Lim and Sam Tsiaplias shows Australia’s misery index is now just short of the point reached early in the global financial crisis.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/financial-misery-index-climbs-sharply-as-rba-mulls-another-rate-rise-20230604-p5ddq7.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_politics_federal

And along with the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains, a component reserve of the Greater Blue Mountains Area, the cries are heard with the heat, flooding, and fires, climate-related events that are part of Australia’s recent history.

Source: https://catholicoutlook.org/engaging-with-indigenous-communities-in-caring-for-creation-at-the-diocese-of-parramatta/

And she was still out in the middle midway through the afternoon session as Australia’s innings finally came to an end, with the all-rounder unbeaten on 137 not out.

Source: https://www.canindia.com/womens-ashes-annabel-sutherland-announces-herself-with-record-breaking-ton/

And while commercial free-to-air TV is declining fast, it’s still commanding attention for longer periods, particularly when it comes to Australia’s insatiable demand for live sport broadcasts.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/finance-news/2023/03/06/tv-habits-australia/

An emergency operations centre has been activated in Menindee, a small town in the far west of Australia’s New South Wales (NSW), to facilitate multi-agency operations, after millions of native fish were found floating down the Darling river.

Source: https://www.siasat.com/emergency-operations-centre-activated-following-mass-fish-deaths-in-australian-state-2550397/