Australia

A leading supermarket chain has pulled a popular cheese product from its shelves and urged anyone who has bought it not to eat it after quality testing revealed microbial contamination of E.Coli in small batches of the product

About half a million bottles of champaign are expected to be sold at Coles liquor stores this month while smaller stores warn about a possible champaign shortage

The country argues against the UN putting the Great Barrier Reef on ‘endangered’ status; in July 2021 the UN proposal did not pass

Australia's digital advertising industry contributes a total economic value of $94 billion to GDP and supports more than 450.000 jobs, according to analysis by PwC, commissioned by IAB Australia

Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre has announced that its latest supercomputer, Setonix, has been recognised as one of the world's greenest supercomputers, ranking in the top five on the Green500 list

Aged Care workers will get a pay rise of at least 15%, by decision of the industrial umpire; unions had asked for a 25% rise and a wage increase was recommended in 2021 by Royal Commission, which exposed major problems in the sector, including overwork

Although Australia has not yet acceded to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the change in its voting position to 'abstention' after five years of 'no' votes is seen by activists as a sign of progress

One of Australia's largest animal studies, Integrative Zoology, has revealed how the use of land for farming and ranching, with associated watering holes and dingo control, has benefited Western Australia's kangaroos, increasing their populations

The Australian Football League is investigating allegations of bullying of Aboriginal players at one of its most successful clubs, the Hawthorn Football Club

Yesterday a mass stranding of about 230 whales has occurred at Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania's west coast, exactly two years since a similar event occurred on 22 9 2020; wildlife experts are on the scene after rescue operations to assess the situation

A new targeted therapy for the treatment of a rare bile duct cancer called cholangiocarcinoma has been approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration, a decision made on the basis of overall response rate and duration of response

Greens have called for a Senate committee of enquiry into the 'nature and extent' of poverty in Australia, while the federal government continues to reject questions about cost-of-living relief and increased welfare payments

After four decades of boom-to-bust cycles in Australia's residential property industry, the construction industry is currently in a crisis created by too much government stimulus, greed, short supply and unsustainable prices according to local experts