The Australian Border Force (ABF) has seized more than 190,000 individual items of counterfeit and pirated goods, worth about $16.9 million, during the 2015-16 financial year. The items, which were seized at the border, include toys, clothing, cosmetics, electronic appliances, mobile phones and phone accessories. ABF Commander Customs Compliance, Erin Dale, said while many people […]
Vulnerable young people facing homelessness will be assisted with the expansion of the Youth Private Rental Subsidy from the NSW Government. Speaking today at the launch of National Homelessness Prevention Week, Minister for Social Housing Brad Hazzard said the subsidy will be expanded to Wagga Wagga and the Central Coast. “Reducing youth homelessness is one […]
Inaugural test results for meth in wastewater released Results will inform the Liberal National Government’s WA Meth Strategy 2016 The Liberal National Government will use data collected from its meth wastewater testing trial to ensure resources are well targeted to help in the fight against the dangerous drug. Deputy Premier and Police Minister Liza Harvey said […]
In a significant development, former Apple public relations executive Natalie Kerris who joined micro-blogging website Twitter in February as Vice President (communications) this year, is leaving – at a time when Twitter is struggling to find new grounds to overcome stalled user growth and stagnated revenues. In a statement on Tuesday, Twitter confirmed Kerris’s departure, […]
After hacking Pokemon Go servers last month, hacking group OurMine on Tuesday broke into the Twitter account of John Hanke, the CEO of US-based software company Niantic that created the popular GPS-based augmented reality game with Japanese company Nintendo. OurMine took control of Hanke’s account and posted a series of tweets, including one that identified […]
The 129th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) started officially got with a ceremony at the Cidade Das Artes in Rio de Janeiro. In his opening speech on Monday night, IOC President Thomas Bach paid tribute to the extraordinary work and efforts deployed by the Rio 2016 Organising Committee and the city authorities to […]
Doctors in NSW will now be able to apply to prescribe a broader range of cannabis-based medicines as a result of NSW Government regulatory changes. Premier Mike Baird said the move means cannabis-based medicines that were previously only able to be used in clinical trials in NSW can now be considered by doctors for patients […]
Public transport customers are reminded to be prepared and patient if they are yet to get an Opal card with paper tickets no longer sold or accepted from today. The last customers without an Opal card have responded well to the information campaign, with 350,000 Opal cards issued in the last month and 10,000 calls […]
For Sydney Festival 2017, Festival Director Wesley Enoch is offering Sydneysiders the opportunity to be featured as one of the cover options of the 2017 Festival magazine. “This year we want the people who enjoy Sydney Festival to be the face of it, by submitting their own pictures. The Festival has always been about the […]
Minister for Primary Industries, Lands and Water Niall Blair has announced for the first time residents in Sydney, the Blue Mountains and Illawarra will now be able to access up to date information on drinking water quality in their suburb. The new online portal is the first of its kind in Australia and allows customers […]