Australia
Vai alla Scheda Paese »When men can be made to hope, then they can be made to win.
— Bryce Courtenay
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Editorial: Malta is the only EU country not in the anti-Isis coalition
A full, three-hour long debate in the House on Thursday about the Budget vote for the Foreign Ministry did not tackle, except fleetingly, the elephant in the Chamber: Malta is the only EU country not in the anti-Isis coalition.According to the US State Department, the participants in the coalition are ...
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The Land at Stake Is in Australia, but the Focus Is on China
A group led by an Australian mining magnate remains the sole bidder for vast swaths of grazing land, but the presence of a Chinese partner has drawn criticism.
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Four dead after ride at Australia's biggest theme park malfunctions
Four people were killed on a river rapids ride at Australia's biggest theme park after a malfunction threw two of the victims off the seemingly innocuous ride and left the other two trapped inside. The tragedy at the Thunder River Rapids Ride at Dreamworld on the Gold Coast, the main tourist ...
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Four killed as ride malfunctions at Australia's biggest theme park
Four people were killed on a river rapids ride at Australia's biggest theme park, police said, after a malfunction threw two of the victims off the ride and left the other two trapped inside. Media broadcast images of crowds of rescue workers at the Thunder River Rapids Ride at Dreamworld on ...
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Malta ranks fifth in Commonwealth on Global Youth Development Index
Malta has ranked 20th in the world in the 2016 Global Youth Development Index (YDI), and fifth in the Commonwealth.The YDI is a composite index of 18 indicators that collectively measure progress on youth development in 183 countries, including 49 of the 53 Commonwealth countries. It has five domains, measuring ...
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Increase in global trade the tonic the world economy needs – Reuters poll
The world economy needs international trade to pick up, according to Reuters polls of hundreds of economists who see no end yet to the aggressive monetary stimulus through which central banks have tried to prop up inflation. In recent months, central banks from India to Britain to Brazil have become more ...
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Suburbs where first home buyers reign supreme
FIRST home buyers are muscling out investors in parts of Sydney as they take advantage of stamp duty concessions.
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Arrested staff Crown’s ‘highest priority’
THE welfare of 18 staff arrested in China remain top priority but foreign laws have to be respected, Crown Resorts’ chairman has told its AGM in Perth.
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Surgeon used a 'Mulika Mwizi' for a caesarean section
One night Fredrick Ouma Oluga was in the middle of a caesarian section at the Vihiga District Hospital when the lights flickered and then went out. The hospital’s generator should have kicked in immediately, but there was dead silence. And total darkness. “Are we going to die?” Asked the terrified ...
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Virtu Ferries invests €75m in cutting-edge technology high-speed wave-piercer catamaran
Virtu Ferries has signed a newbuild contract with Incat Tasmania Pty. Ltd. to build a High Speed Wavepiercer Passenger/Vehicle Catamaran for their Malta – Sicily route. Delivery is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2018, the company said in a statement today.At 1,000 tons deadweight, the vessel will be the largest ...
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Licensing committee rejects Sydney-style bar lockout law in Wellington test case
A Sydney-style lockout law that bar owners feared would cripple Wellington's nightlife has been rejected.
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Amnesty demands rich countries do more to help refugees
Source: Amnesty International Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldWealthy countries have shown a complete absence of leadership and responsibility, leaving just 10 countries, which account for less than 2.5% of world GDP, to take in 56% of the ...
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Hitachi Construction Machinery offers $529 million for Bradken
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., the world’s biggest maker of giant excavators, has offered 689 million Australian dollars ($529 million) to buy Australia’s Bradken Ltd. The purchase would be its biggest ever and is likely to boost profit by about 10 percent, Nomura Securities Co. said. The Tokyo-based company said Monday ...
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Dubai's Aramex sets up e-commerce firm with Australia Post
Aramex owns 60% of the Singapore-based joint venture while Australia Post has 40%, says logistics company
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Aussie government presses to slow switch to clean energy in wake of South Australia blackout
A rush by Australia’s state governments to switch to clean electricity sources could undermine the country’s energy security, the federal government warned Thursday after an entire state lost power. South Australia state lost power on Wednesday as it was lashed by two tornados, thunderstorms and fierce winds that caused traffic ...
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ActionAid Nigeria flaws govt’s new mining tax incentives
…says Nigeria loses $2.9bn yearly on tax incentives ActionAid Nigeria has expressed grave concern over a recent announcement by Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, to offer foreign investors waivers and holidays in the nation’s mining sector. Fayemi had, at a mining conference in Australia, announced ...
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In Australia, China’s Appetite Shifts From Rocks to Real Estate
China’s breakneck growth fueled an iron ore boom in Western Australia. Now, Chinese investors are fleeing a cooling economy by investing in Australian homes.
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Business: How to crack the dreaded New Castle Disease in your poultry
Many vets and farmers will never wish to encounter Newcastle Disease (NCD). In it is virulent form, the disease can silence the whole flock in just two weeks.
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Bigger, tastier and pinker: Australia’s $1.5 billion super shrimp farm
Somewhere in the vast fishing waters off Australia’s northern coast, the hunt is on for the Adams and Eves needed to start a super race of shrimp. The chosen few will be key to the success of a $1.5 billion plan by Seafarms Group Ltd. to build the largest shrimp ...
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Treasurer rules out GST web blocks
TREASURER Scott Morrison has denied suggestions he will block foreign retailing websites which don’t pay GST on the goods they sell in Australia.
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‘Australia is a backwards hellhole’
IT’S been a big week for Australia in Europe, with a love-in over free trade and a close friendship, but not everyone’s a fan.