The latest OECD figures indicate that Australian household debt to Australian net disposable income stands at 217.1%. In other words, for every $1 a household earns annually, it correspondingly owes $2.17. Only Switzerland has a higher household debt ratio. While Australians relinquished over 100,000 credit cards in the second half of 2020, figures show personal...Read More
There is an ambitious plan being put into action by the Department of Health to reduce the prevalence of tobacco in Australia by 2025. These measures will include prescription cigarette products and will aim to bring the percentage of smokers down below 10% in the next five years. In the last few months, the momentum...Read More
Sydney to proceed with smaller New Year’s Eve fireworks with the 9 pm celebration scrapped
Sydney, the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania- the metropolitan city is located on the east coast of Australia, surrounded by Port Jackson, Hawkesbury, Royal National Park, and Macarthur. Sydney is the home to about 65% of New South Wales. In 2019, NSW had an estimated...Read More
Early last week, US President Donald Trump was nominated for one of the world’s most honoured awards, the Nobel Peace Prize, for his role in brokering the peace agreement and normalising relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Last Friday, Trump’s name was submitted again by Swedish politician Magnus Jacobsson, who gave the US...Read More
International students whose jobs have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic get a ray of hope
The Victorian Authorities have created a $500 million program package for individuals who have lost jobs since the coronavirus outbreak surged. Victorian Authorities have created a unique program that will help create job opportunities for those international students who have lost their jobs. People with temporary visas and are eligible to work in Australia can...Read More
Australia’s unemployment rate is about to be doubled. How the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the job market severely (and why it might get worse)
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg recently revealed that he is concerned about the jobless rate and the financial situation of thousands of Aussies. So far, more than 800,000 people have signed up in hopes of getting some financial aid from the government’s ‘JobKeeper’ funds. Will it get a lot worse before it gets any better? What the...Read More
MPs say the Chinese should not ‘kid themselves’ and think that Aussies will ever forget where the COVID-19 virus came from. “The Australian people aren’t mugs. They know how COVID-19 started and how the Chinese Communist Party lied about it.”-Mr. Hastie from Western Australia “There has to be a fundamental realignment in our approach and...Read More
For years now, scientists and the entire medical community have argued over what can be called a pandemic and what its exact definition is. The consensus is, it is a phenomenon where a particular disease has a widespread occurrence, which is more than what normally would have been in a set geographical region. Throughout human...Read More
Red wine has often been touted as a beneficial alcoholic drink, and now, in late 2016, another study has come out that claims that a glass of red wine is equivalent to an hour of exercising at the gym. To accompany that good news, we give you five more health benefits of having a glass...Read More
PM Narendra Modi receives the 2019 “Goalkeepers Global Goals Award” for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently received the 2019 Goalkeeper Global Goals Award from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He received the award for his government’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan “Clean India Mission” program, which was launched in 2014 by the Modi National Democratic Alliance government during his first term. Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan was launched...Read More