Aussie workers who missed out on their proper superannuation entitlements last financial year have now been reimbursed – to the tune of almost $700 million. The “redistribution” comes after the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) tracked down employers who hadn’t paid super properly in the 2022-23 financial year. The ATO collected more than $1.13 billion from … Read more
Paris is, once again, the best city to visit in the world, according to Euromonitor International. The city topped the market research company’s annual list of the “Top 100 City Destinations” which compares cities using 55 metrics across six categories: economic and business performance, tourism performance, tourism infrastructure, tourism policy and attractiveness, health and safety, … Read more
An 11-year-old influencer nicknamed a “billionaire’s daughter” is going viral for flaunting her lavish lifestyle, which includes wearing $100,000 watches and $40,000 bags. Moo Abraham is the daughter of Emily and Adam Abraham, who founded a second-hand luxury goods store called Love Luxury that resells handbags, watches and jewelry. Recently, the store built a large … Read more
Families and medical experts are calling on the Federal Government to commit more funding to find treatments for a rare and aggressive childhood cancer that kills about 20 Australian kids every year. Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a tumour that develops in a part of the brain that controls important body functions such as … Read more
Aside from a few years as an early teen with my signature pink Nokia flip phone with 250mb of data and Snake in-built, I’ve been entirely devoted to the Apple movement. It started with an iPhone and over the years progressed until I owned a MacBook, Airpods, an Apple Watch and then later and greater … Read more
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don’t notice it,” Shug tells Celie in Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple.” In nature, among the priestly and royal, as a symbol of independence, pride and magic, purple is weighty … Read more
Maliha Fairooz said her first memory of traveling was from Bangladesh to London when she was four years old. “Most kids, when they’re on an airplane, they’re crying and throwing tantrums,” she said. “But not me — I was so excited. I remember flying through the clouds, looking down at the sky and thinking ‘I’m … Read more
The Queensland government is doubling grants for people buying or building their first home. About 12,000 people are expected to benefit from the $30,000 grants available from Monday and set to remain in place until June 30, 2025. The change will cost $210 million, with the money raised through the government’s coal royalties regime. For … Read more
“It just takes one second.” Those are the words of Michelle McLaughlin, a Sydney mum raising awareness about the “national crisis” of child pedestrian fatalities in Australia. One second was more than enough for McLaughlin’s world to forever change, when her four-year-old son Tom was fatally struck by a four-wheel-drive in 2014. Watch the latest … Read more
As Canada grapples with a rapidly aging demographic, experts are sounding the alarm on the increasing mental and physical health impacts of loneliness and social isolation, particularly among older people who make up a growing proportion of the population. A report by the National Institute of Ageing (NIA) released Tuesday found that around 41 per … Read more
