The AFL has decided not to appeal the tribunal’s decision to let Brayden Maynard off the hook for the collision which concussed Melbourne’s Angus Brayshaw. The Collingwood defender is now certain to take part in the Magpies’ preliminary final following the league’s decision. It comes after the AFL intervened to charge Maynard and send his … Read more
Amnesty International has raised alarm over the industrial mining of cobalt and copper for rechargeable batteries, detailing a string of ugly human rights offences related to the ongoing demand for electric vehicles and smartphones. In a newly released report titled Powering Change or Business as Usual?, Amnesty International and the Democratic Republic of the Congo … Read more
Tension is building over plans for a new “Elon Musk-style” rocket launch site for Australia’s budding space industry, with conservationists and Greens politicians moving to pressure state and federal governments to block the development. The $20m complex on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula at Whalers Way would shoot rockets into high-inclination orbits, but environmentalists say the … Read more
Qantas passengers have been forced to sit on the tarmac for six hours before their doomed flight was cancelled in the latest horror story to come out of the airline. The Los Angeles bound plane flying out of Melbourne was already delayed when crew ran into more trouble as soon as passengers boarded on Tuesday … Read more
The real AFL action is set to get underway with the finals series kicking off this week. September is upon us which means it’s effectively all or nothing time for the top eight teams on the ladder. Watch every match of The 2023 Toyota AFL Finals Series before the Grand Final Live & Ad-Break Free … Read more
One in four people say they are already feeling the economic impact of the climate crisis, a new report finds. The Australia Institute released the findings of its annual benchmark Climate of the Nation report on Wednesday, saying that Australians recognise that climate change is exacerbating the cost of living crisis. The Canberra based think-tank … Read more
What does the future hold for Australia as it confronts the carbon emissions challenge head on? It was reported in September 2023 that the coal industry was ploughing hundreds of millions of dollars to pinpoint and develop low-emission technology to extend the life of crucial base load electricity generators and slash manufacturing industry carbon emissions. … Read more
Qantas’s decision to sack almost 1700 ground staff during the pandemic and outsource their jobs to third party workers was illegal, the High Court has unanimously ruled. The airline lodged the appeal following a 2021 decision in the Federal Court that found it had contravened the Fair Work Act when it stood down workers in … Read more
Former Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales has refused to apologise to World Cup hero Jenni Hermoso in bombshell Piers Morgan interview. The disgraced football president, 46, sparked outrage when he kissed Hermoso without her consent after his country won the Women’s World Cup earlier this month. The Sun reports the row caused a shockwave across … Read more
One of Australia’s largest consulting firms has been forced to reveal the amount of money its bosses make and the figures are staggering. Accenture’s ANZ branch had to respond to a question on notice in parliament and responded with the revelation that dozens of its managing directors raked in excess of $1 million in the … Read more
