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Australia Bets Big on Green Hydrogen: Orica’s $432M Electrolysis Play
Hydrogen Fuel News
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July 4, 2025
Orica Limited just scored a big win — they’ve been conditionally awarded A$432 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). The funding comes through the Hydrogen Headstart program and will help kickstart a major green hydrogen hub...
Confidence high: Australians dress up and dine out
Azzet
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July 4, 2025
Australians loosened their purse strings in May, with household spending rising 0.9% as consumers splashed out on new threads and dining experiences, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data. The uptick follows a flat April and...
Why the end of Neighbours is bad news for Australian TV – and viewers
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 4, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size If Neighbours has to end – and, after 40 years, 9300 episodes, and two premature deaths, it...
‘A ticking time bomb’: How Australia’s reading slump is making us stupid
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 4, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Books no longer get the respect they deserve. There, I’ve said it. We’re living through the...
Kellaway: Without success, Australians will find it hard to follow rugby union
The Times
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Sitting in Daceyville, looking at the big blue skies and a watery winter sun, a little down the way from the achingly beautiful Sydney Cricket Ground and the newly rebuilt Allianz Stadium next to it in Moore Park, you cannot imagine anything ever...
Most of Australia’s top earners still far from being hit by new super tax
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 4, 2025
Known as the super guarantee, this rate has gradually climbed from 9 per cent in 2013 to 12 per cent beginning this month, meaning younger workers will be contributing a larger slice of their income to their super over a longer period. Chalmers...
Organic and natural Australia
Philstar
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July 4, 2025
I think it is possible for a country of 27 million to really impose rules so organic and natural becomes a way of life, and not just a certification for premium prices of “safe” food. On my recent trip to three Aussie cities – Sydney, Hobart and...
The bold plan to use tax reform to boost Australia’s struggling culture sector
The Age
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July 4, 2025
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey will attend along with 150 donors, venue operators, patrons, partners, and tax and economic experts: “The sector is telling us that tax policy settings are a significant impediment to artists’ business viability,...
Pure joy: the Australian pub choirmaster who flipped the script on America’s Got Talent
The Guardian
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July 4, 2025
Viewed from the outside, at least, far from united, the states of America appear irreconcilably divided. Which may explain why Astrid Jorgensen, a 35-year-old choir director from Brisbane who honed her skills at the pub, has just toured the States...
Australia Backs Green Hydrogen Project as Industry Struggles
Oil Price
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July 4, 2025
Australia’s government is supporting with grant funding the development of a green hydrogen project in the country, which has recently seen setbacks in the sector with major projects canceled or halted. Australia, via the Hydrogen Headstart...
Death Stranding 2 is actually Australian Truck Simulator in disguise, and it's because Sam Porter Bridges is not a man: he's a truck
GamesRadar+
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July 4, 2025
I play games without fast travel. In Assassin's Creed Shadows, you'll find me hopping on a horse and simply enjoying the views for miles and miles before reaching my eventual destination. This is how I played Skyrim. It's how I played Red Dead...
Australia invests in new AIM-120 missile procurement
Janes
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US Marine Corps and RAAF personnel inspect AIM-120D AMRAAMs prior to loading onto a RAAF F-35A Lightning II at RAAF Base Darwin following exercises in Australia in 2023. (Sgt Joshua Brittenham/Commonwealth of Australia) The Australian government...
How a $123M crypto scam in Australia laundered millions through a ‘legit’ business
Coin Telegraph
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July 4, 2025
How Australian authorities uncovered a $123-million crypto fraud Australian authorities exposed a crypto crime organization that allegedly laundered $123 million. Four suspects are charged in connection with the scheme. The discovery is the...
7 Love Islanders who have left the UK as Patsy relocates because she’s “too embarrassed” to work 9 to 5 job
Cosmopolitan UK
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July 4, 2025
Season 11 Love Island star Patsy Field has revealed that she's planning to move to Australia, as she feels "too embarrassed" to look for a regular 9 to 5 job in the UK a year after appearing on the ITV2 dating show. Speaking in an interview, she...
The top 5 jobs in the bike trade this week – 4th July
BikeBiz
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July 4, 2025
The BikeBiz jobs board helped fill more than 680 positions in 2024, and listings are still on the rise. Here’s our latest top five… Assistant Manager Are you passionate about cycling and ready to take the next step in your retail career? The...
Australia ups decarbonization ante: First offshore CCS undertaking gets major project status
Offshore Energy
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July 4, 2025
As the global energy transition journey continues to make inroads, a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the G-7-AP greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment block off the northwestern coast of the Northern Territory of Australia has secured the...
Abuse allegations have prompted distress and outrage - but will Australia’s childcare system be fixed?
The Guardian
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July 4, 2025
On Tuesday, Victoria police announced that a 26-year-old childcare worker, Joshua Dale Brown, had been charged with sexually abusing eight children, aged between five months and two years old, in his care. He has been charged with more than 70...
The ABC and Creative Australia panicked in the face of controversy. These vital institutions must not be so timid
The Guardian
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July 4, 2025
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” So wrote the poet William Butler Yeats, reflecting on “the blood-dimmed tide” of European politics after the first world war and the beginning of the Irish war of...
‘Beyond diabolical’ – Boss sparks fury over shocking texts to employee about her maternity leave
The Sun
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July 4, 2025
A BOSS has been branded as being “beyond diabolical” over the text messages they sent to an employee regarding her maternity leave. Ben Askins, a UK career expert, regularly shares videos calling out questionable workplace behaviour to his social...
Ready for global jobs? 8 quick resume tweaks to impress recruiters worldwide
The Times of India
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8 quick resumé tweaks to impress recruiters worldwide In today’s globally connected job market, your resumé is likely to land in the inbox of someone in a completely different country—maybe someone who doesn’t know your education system, industry...