Minister for Women, Fiona Richardson, today embarks on a statewide tour to help set the Andrews Labor Government’s blueprint for gender equality in Victoria. Ms Richardson will be crisscrossing the state for the next six weeks – including Shepparton, Wangaratta, Mildura, Ararat, Warrnambool, Traralgon, Sale and Bendigo – leading 16 consultations to help the Labor […]
Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy, Anthony Roberts, acknowledged the arrival today of the 2016 Melbourne Cup to the place from where the gold used in the trophy’s production came – the Cowal Gold Operation near West Wyalong. The arrival of the Melbourne Cup at Cowal and West Wyalong is part of an Australia and […]
A brand new sporting stadium for Western Sydney is a step closer with three private sector consortia shortlisted to deliver the venue on the site of the existing Parramatta Stadium. Minister for Sport Stuart Ayres said Brookfield Mulitplex, John Holland and Lendlease had been shortlisted following the NSW Government’s call for an Expression of Interest […]
Queensland business confidence remains ahead of most mainland states, according to the National Australia Bank Monthly Business Survey for June 2016. Treasurer Curtis Pitt said the survey showed trend business confidence rose in June to be equal highest in the nation alongside New South Wales. “According to the bank’s monthly surveys, Queensland businesses have had […]
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) facility in Chile have reported the first-ever sighting of water snow line around a young star. A violent outburst by the young star V883 Orionis has given astronomers their first view of a water “snowline” in a protoplanetary disk – the transition point around the star where […]
Pizza Hut has announced a new social ordering platform or “chatbot” which will allow conversational ordering of pizzas and other menu items on Facebook Messenger and Twitter. The platform, which will be available across Pizza Hut social media accounts from August, will debut at the 2016 Venturebeat MobileBeat Conference in San Francisco with a demo […]
The Lebanese parliament failed for the 42nd time to elect a new president due to lack of the constitutionally required quorum. Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday called for a new session on August 8, Xinhua news agency reported. Lebanon has been without a president since the term of former President Michel Suleiman ended on May […]
A day after 7,000 pilgrims had ‘Darshan’ inside the Amarnath Cave Shrine, another batch of 15,000 Yatris reached the north Kashmir base camp early on Thursday, an official said. “Over 15,000 Yatris have reached the Baltal base camp today (Thursday) morning, while over 7,000 Yatris had ‘Darshan’ inside the holy cave yesterday,” an official of […]
The White House said on Wednesday the US had sent additional military personnel to South Sudan to boost security of its embassy in the country. “The first of these additional personnel, approximately 47 individuals, arrived in South Sudan on July 12 supported by military aircraft,” said US President Barack Obama in a letter to the […]