Two Perth places in nation’s top 10 tourist sites

Two Perth places in nation’s top 10 tourist sites

Fremantle Prison and State War Memorial in Kings Park voted best landmarks For the fourth year running, world heritage-listed Fremantle Prison and the Kings Park State War Memorial have been named as two of the best landmarks in Australia by travel website TripAdvisor in its 2016 Travellers’ Choice Awards. Environment and Heritage Minister Albert Jacob […]

Call to hand in exotic reptiles penalty free

Call to hand in exotic reptiles penalty free

An exotic non-native reptile amnesty launches today in an attempt to protect our native wildlife. Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries Leanne Donaldson said the Queensland exotic reptile amnesty, which runs until10 June 2016, allows people to hand in non-native reptiles (turtles, lizards, snakes) penalty free before the implementation of the Biosecurity Act 2014 on 1 […]

Smartphone navigates research grant

Smartphone navigates research grant

$40,000 awarded to Curtin University for the Dr Louisa Alessandri Research Grant Study to explore urban navigation using smartphones Grant honours child health researcher Dr Louisa Alessandri Innovative research on how people with disability use smartphones to navigate urban spaces is the winner of the State Government’s 2016 Dr Louisa Alessandri Research Grant. Disability Services […]

FUNDING FOR VITAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS ACROSS NEW COUNCILS

FUNDING FOR VITAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS ACROSS NEW COUNCILS

Local junior sporting teams, neighborhood centres, men’s sheds and other community groups in new councils will be able to apply for a grant of up to $50,000 through the NSW Government’s Stronger Communities Fund, Minister for Local Government Paul Toole said today.  Mr Toole said new councils will get up to $15 million to kick-start […]

Western Australia shifts to digital innovation

Western Australia shifts to digital innovation

​State’s first whole-of-government ICT strategy released Reforms aim to save time and money for individuals, businesses and communities Plans include single State Government web portal Target of 75% of Government-related public transactions completed online by 2020 Western Australia’s inaugural information and communications technology (ICT) strategy aims to use continuous advances in technology to lower the […]

Oil hits $50 a barrel for first time this year

Oil hits $50 a barrel for first time this year

The international price of crude oil on Thursday went above $50 a barrel for the first time in 2016 as supply disruptions and increased global demand continue to fuel recovery while the price of the Indian basket rose to $46.74 on the previous trading day. The benchmark UK Brent crude price hit $50.07 a barrel […]

Flipkart to pay campus hires Rs.1.5 lakh each for delayed appointment

Flipkart to pay campus hires Rs.1.5 lakh each for delayed appointment

E-commerce major Flipkart on Thursday announced it would pay Rs.1.5 lakh each to an unspecified number of campus hires, in a damage control move after deferring their appointment by six months. A few hundred pass-outs from top Indian institutions, including IITs and IIMs, were supposed to join the company in June after successfully clearing multiple […]

17 Kerala ministers have criminal cases, five multi-millionaires

17 Kerala ministers have criminal cases, five multi-millionaires

Seventeen of the 19 ministers sworn in in Kerala have criminal cases against them, including three with serious criminal charges, an analysis of their poll affidavits by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) shows. The newly formed cabinet of the Left Democratic Front has only two ‘young’ ministers, aged between 40 and 50 years. Fifteen […]

Golf: Queen’s Cup to tee off from June 16

Golf: Queen’s Cup to tee off from June 16

Taking the total number of Asian Tour tournaments to 25 this golf season, the eighth edition of the $300,000 Queen’s Cup will tee off from June 16 at the Santiburi Samui Country Club here. The tournament, supported by Bangkok Airways, Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT), Thailand PGA and Asian Tour, will also give ample opportunity […]