Independent Australia
WEBIndependent Australia is a website that covers news and opinion on various topics, such as U.S. politics, environment, business, Australia and history. It features articles, videos, audio and writing competitions from different perspectives and voices.
Housing wars: Strata owners vs owners corporations
WEB10 hours ago · Owners corporations have recently come under attack for their dodgy practices and an overhaul of strata committees of management is also long overdue, writes Char Weeks.. THERE ARE ROUGHLY 3 million strata townhouses and apartments in Australia. The focus on highrise developments to address the housing crisis has seen a 7 per cent increase in the number of strata properties over the last two ...
Skilled temporary entrant stocks rising with no place to go
WEB14 hours ago · With numbers of skilled temporary entrants on the rise, the Government may be facing a dilemma with fewer places available in the migration program, writes Dr Abul Rizvi.. THE STOCK of skilled temporary entrants (formerly subclass 457 and now subclass 482 after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton abolished the former because of the (largely unfounded) reputation it had attained) is again rising ...
Submarine cable network to make Australia a digital world leader
WEBJun 26, 2024 · The unveiling of Subcom's comprehensive plans for new submarine cable routes heralds a significant milestone in Australia's telecommunications landscape.. These plans, outlined in marine survey submissions, unveil a grand vision to interconnect the western and eastern coasts of Australia, potentially extending to India.
The tragic history of Coalition betraying Indigenous Australians
WEBOct 16, 2023 · Land rights: at last! The second major development was the 1976 Land Rights Act (NT) which gave Aborigines freehold title to their lands and power to veto mining and other intrusions.. The third was replaced in 1990 the Canberra-based Aboriginal Affairs Department with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Council ().This was a decision-making body comprised of elected Indigenous men and ...
The next frontier in Australian STEM education: Opportunities in …
WEBJul 19, 2024 · James Deehan, Emma McGarrity and Lena Danaia discuss the impacts of STEM learning in early childhood and the hardships faced by STEM initiatives.. AUSTRALIA must make early STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education a national education priority. For nearly a decade, Australia has been committed to a National STEM School Education Strategy (2016-2026).
Universal basic income for a more prosperous Australia
WEBDec 19, 2023 · The biggest and boldest change we can strive for right now to claw back some of the excesses of their crony capitalism is an unconditional universal basic income ().A UBI is a payment from the state to every citizen with no strings attached, like a “citizen dividend” for being a “shareholder” in Australia.
'Insiders' ignores hard facts of housing crisis
WEBSep 30, 2024 · A discussion on ABC's Insiders sidelined the plight of the elderly and disabled through Australia's housing crisis, focusing on problems of the younger generation, writes Melissa Marsden.. DURING INSIDERS on Sunday 22 September, panellists discussed housing affordability and the demand crisis, forgetting 21.4% of Australians.. That is the number of Australians with a disability from 2022.
Temporary graduates in immigration limbo on the rise
WEBA weaker labour market may slow growth in the number of temporary graduates in Australia as more will leave because they can’t get a job. But most will try to struggle through by …
Housing crisis worsened by media fearmongering - Independent …
WEBJul 31, 2024 · The housing crisis in Australia is already bad enough without media stereotyping tenants and landlords into victims and villains, writes Rosemary Sorensen.. MEDIA STORIES about evicted tenants tend to flatten the narrative into villain versus victim, drawing in secondary characters such as neighbours and relatives to capture incendiary quotes that deepen the divide between two sides.