In the 2025 Australian federal election, the ALP made a promise to build 1.2 million homes over the following 5 years.
This has been a very controversial promise, with many saying it isn’t possible. These comments have now been confirmed by the Treasury … Read the rest
Mid winter in South East Queensland can vary between about 2°C and 30°C, depending on the time of day or night.
That’s in my area, about 1 hour inland from Brisbane.
This is from my Min/Max thermometer, in partial sunlight, at 10:48am on 14 … Read the rest
A selection of some of the subclass 820 onshore Partner Visas that were finalised in 2025.
If your subclass 820 visa has been finalised, please add your nationality and dates in the comment section below.
Applicant: USA
820 … Read the rest
A selection of some of the subclass 309 offshore Partner Visas that were finalised in 2025.
If your subclass 309 visa has been finalised, please add your nationality and dates in the comment section below.
Applicant: UK
309+100 … Read the rest
On 8 July 2025 the RBA announced that the Australian Cash Rate would not change this month.
8 July 2025 Media Release.
At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate target unchanged at 3.85 per cent.
During the 10 … Read the rest
These results were obtained at about 11am on 8th July 2025, using a Oppo A96, with an ALDI mobile Plan.
267 Mbps Download
46.6 Mbps Upload
Test results using: Speedtest by Ookla
This was using an Exetel 500/50 NBN WiFi connection, at $80 per … Read the rest
This table shows the number of Citizenship by Conferral applications received each month, the number finalised each month, and the number still waiting to be finalised.
For the year: 2025.
|
Month |
Number Received |
Number Finalised |
Still Waiting |
May |
17,380 |
16,748 |
153,666 |
Apr |
17,816 |
12,328 |
153,034 |
Mar |
This table shows the number of Citizenship by Conferral applications received each month, the number finalised each month, and the number still waiting to be finalised.
For the year: 2025.
|
Month |
Number Received |
Number Finalised |
Still Waiting |
May |
17,380 |
16,748 |
153,666 |
Apr |
17,816 |
12,328 |
153,034 |
Mar |
Processing times for Australian citizenship by conferral, for applications finalised in May 2025.
Citizenship application numbers, applications finalised and applications still in hand, can be seen at: “Citizenship by Conferral 2025”.
On Friday, 4 July 2025, 20 masked pro-Palestinian protesters attacked a restaurant in Melbourne’s CBD, at around 8:30 in the evening.
This brings more violence into Australia by Palestinian supporters.
A number of these protesters have been arrested.
The top 10 countries for new migrants to Australia in 2023-24, according to the DHA Migration Program Report 2023-24.
China had the largest number of new migrants using the Family Stream visas in the 2023-24 year.
India had the largest number of new migrants … Read the rest
