Mununjali Poet Ellen van Neerven wins three awars at NSW Premier's Literary Awards

Mununjali poet Ellen van Neerven has picked up three awards at the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards, including Book of the Year, for their book Throat. Throat deals with Australia’s colonial past as judges said the book marks “a key moment in the ongoing reckoning with colonial legacies and power structures.” Van Neerven says they are conscious of the way their writing can benefit their commun

China warns Australia not to send 'wrong signals'

The Chinese Government has warned Australia not to send the wrong signals after Defence Minister Peter Dutton said conflict with China over Taiwan should not be discounted. The comments come after the Australian Financial Review reported earlier this month that the Morrison government was ramping up internal preparations for military intervention in the Taiwan Strait. Ch

Turkish President Labels Biden's recognition of Armenian genocide 'groundless'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has labelled US President Joe Biden’s recognition of the 1915 Armenian genocide “groundless” and says it has opened a “deep wound” in the two countries’ bilateral relations. Biden broke with decades of US policy on the issue this weekend when he recognised the killing of approximately one million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire as a genocide. Turkey i

UnitingCare technology hacked - systems remain inaccessible

UnitingCare says it does not know when technology systems in its Queensland hospitals and aged care facilities will be operational again after the organisation became the victim of a cyber attack on Sunday. While manual back-ups are in place for some services and others are being rescheduled, UnitingCare says its systems remain inaccessible, including in the Wesley and St Andrew’s hospitals in Brisbane.

Perth travelers forced into hotel quarantine in QLD

Passengers on a delayed flight from Perth to Brisbane have been forced into hotel quarantine after Western Australia announced a three day lockdown of the Perth and Peel regions. The flight was supposed to leave at 1:30 PM but was delayed until 6:30 PM and passengers didn’t know they had to quarantine until they landed but not all passengers were required to quarantine one said they were all mingling on the flight. 

School Banking programs to be removed from QLD schools

State Education Minister Grace Grace says school banking programs such as Commonwealth Bank’s Dollarmites will be removed from Queensland schools. Australia’s corporate watchdog ASIC found the programs were of little educational benefit and exposed young children to sophisticated marketing strategies. While the program will be removed from schools, Minister Grace says the thirty eight thousand students