14 August 2026
As Australia approaches its 250-year anniversary in 2038, why not make it cheaper for Australians to learn their role in that history?
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14 August 2026
During an interview on 12 August 2026, Victorian Socialists candidate Hera Sheppard stated without contest that Gina Rinehart was “pushing for Australian workers to work for two dollars a day”. This ...
14 August 2026
Freight and warehouse workers allegedly exploited their positions in legitimate businesses to ferry illegal goods into Australia.
14 August 2026
Australian laws are keeping heavy-duty electric trucks off the road, a report says, when they could boost productivity by more than $2 billion.
14 August 2026
Independent Education Union ‘deeply concerned … public funding for Catholic schools may have been wrongfully spent on Liberal party matters’ Dallas McInerney insisted to the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (Icac) on Friday that Catholic Schools NSW funding wasn’t misused.
14 August 2026
Singapore-based offshore marine service provider PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) has been awarded a lump-sum subsea diving and installation contract by offshore engineering and services player Subsea 7. The new contract was awarded by Subsea 7’s Saudi Arabian arm, Subsea 7 Arabia Co. Work under the deal is scheduled for offshore execution in the third …
14 August 2026
Capesize owners counting on Simandou to transform dry bulk shipping may need to temper their expectations, with growing evidence that much of the new Guinea-China iron ore trade is developing into a tightly controlled conveyor belt dominated by very large ore carriers. Broker SSY noted in a new market report that VLOCs of more than …
14 August 2026
Ukraine is seeking a halt to attacks on civilian shipping in the Black Sea even as its expanding maritime war against Russia stretches more than 1,000 km north to one of Moscow’s most important Baltic energy export hubs. Kyiv has proposed through a third party that Russia and Ukraine mutually suspend attacks on civilian targets …
