Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Top energy producer Australia braces for power cuts

Queensland and New South Wales could be worst hit. Australia is one of the world’s largest coal and gas producers. Roughly a quarter of country’s coal-fired power plants offline due to outages and maintenance.   On Tuesday, residents along Australia’s densely populated east coast could expect blackouts due to an energy crisis afflicting one of … Read more

Greens senator Sarah-Hanson Young, marries Ben Oquist

Sarah-Hanson Young

Sarah-Hanson Young, a Greens senator, took a break from campaigning to marry her partner Ben Oquist on Saturday.   The South Australian MP and her beau, who is the executive director of the left-leaning think tank The Australia Institute, married at Lobethal Road Wines in the Adelaide Hills in front of 80 friends and relatives. … Read more

Western Australia sets new COVID rules

COVID

With so many regulatory modifications aimed at reducing the impact of the pandemic on people’s life, Western Australia has made another important step toward exiting COVID. Sandgropers are in luck since they arrive just in time for Easter. Here are the key takeaways from the Premier’s most recent COVID announcement. In other words, if someone … Read more