On 11 September 2024, thousands of people are demonstrating to try to block a weapons convention that opens in Melbourne.
Thousands have gathered in the city centre for their march on the International Land Defence Exposition being held at the Melbourne Convention … Read the rest
Australia Post Delivery Times have changed in 2024.
From 15 April 2024, most Regular letters will now only be delivered every second business day.
Estimated delivery timeframes for regular and priority letters have now changed.
The important news, for most “Regular letters”, is that they will now only be delivered … Read the rest
Australia Post has increased the cost of postage stamps.
The price of a stamp for a standard letter has increased to $1.50, from $1.20.
Other sizes are shown below.
$1.50 Small letter or postcard (Under 250g), and under 130 x 240 x 5mm.
$3.00 Large … Read the rest
Australia has confirmed that it would buy 40 Black Hawk military helicopters from the United States for an estimated A$2.8 billion. That is about $70 million each.
The UH-60M Black Hawks will replace the Army’s fleet of MRH-90 Taipan … Read the rest
A Roy Morgan survey, on Monday 12th September 2022, found that the majority of Australians want the nation to remain a monarchy.
The question asked was:
“In your opinion, should Australia remain a MONARCHY, or become a REPUBLIC with an elected President?”
The … Read the rest
9th September 2022.
Following the death of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, the new Monarch will be her son Charles, and he will be known as:
Charles the Third, by the Grace of God King of Australia and His other Realms and Territories, Head of … Read the rest
China Hits Back at…
Some news reports about the above…
China Hits Back at Biden Belt and Road alternative.
Wind and solar are now the fastest growing sources of electricity, reaching a record 10% of global electricity in 2021.
Australia is number 12 in the list of Countries that had the largest share of power usage being generated by Solar and Wind methods in 2021.… Read the rest
Information from the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood.
Lifeblood currently can’t take blood donations from people who lived in the UK, for six months or more, from 1 January 1980 to 31 December 1996.
This is due to the Mad Cow disease … Read the rest
In September 2019, Manasseh Sogavare, the prime minister of the Solomon Islands announced Honiara would end its 36-year relationship with Taiwan, and officially recognise Beijing.
A few weeks later, after Sogavare had received a warm welcome in Beijing, he returned to … Read the rest
