Australia News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on April 28, 2025.
MIL-OSI Australia: 133-2025: Xylella emergency measures: Change in country status for Iraq
Source: New South Wales Government 2 28 April 2025 Who does this notice affect? This notice affects importers of live plants (nursery stock), customs brokers and departmental staff. What has changed? Effective immediately, enhanced regulatory measures are now in place to manage the risk of Xylella fastidiosa (Xylella) in plant hosts imported from Iraq for […]
MIL-OSI Australia: City invites feedback on draft plan for new Garden Gully Reserve Playspace
Source: New South Wales Ministerial News The City of Greater Bendigo has developed a draft plan for the development of an exciting new suburban level playspace at Garden Gully Reserve and is now seeking community feedback. The draft playspace plan includes: A new public toilet and a shelter with a BBQ Shade trees, seating, irrigated […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: PPTA welcomes Government decision to pay teachers’ practising fees
Source: Post Primary Teachers Association (PPTA) “The Government’s decision to pay our Teaching Council fees indicates that it realises it needs to do everything it can to keep teachers in the profession in the midst of a chronic secondary teacher shortage. Paying teachers’ Teaching Council fees lets teachers know their professional expertise is valued and […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Businesses reminded to review their card surcharges and pricing information
Source: Australian Ministers for Regional Development The ACCC is encouraging businesses to review their card payment surcharges to ensure they are in line with their cost of accepting card payments. Businesses should also ensure they adequately disclose upfront any card payment surcharges that apply, so that their customers can make informed decisions before ordering, booking […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Unions launch campaign to ban engineered stone – CTU
Source: New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi has today launched a campaign to ban the import, supply, and use of engineered stone in Aotearoa New Zealand. “We are urging the Government to do the right thing and save workers’ lives by banning […]
MIL-OSI Australia: UniSA secures a box seat in $500 million research centres to help advance Australia’s manufacturing sector
Source: 28 April 2025 Future Industries Institute researchers Professor Colin Hall and Professor Allison Cowin. UniSA researchers are the big winners in a Federal Government announcement of two new industry-led collaborative research centres designed to strengthen Australia’s manufacturing sector. The Future Industries Institute will play a major role in both the Additive Manufacturing CRC and […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Release: Anzac Day a time to recommit to veterans
Source: New Zealand Labour Party This Anzac Day, Labour recognises veterans and the service they have given to our country. “We back the people who have served our country, on deployment or supporting operations here at home,” Labour veterans’ affairs spokesperson Greg O’Connor said. “On this day we recognise the sacrifices they have made and […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Speech at Chunuk Bair, Anzac Day 2025
Source: New Zealand Government There are few battlegrounds as ingrained in New Zealand’s history and identity as this place. The very name “Chunuk Bair”, like the name, “Gallipoli” resonates with New Zealanders at home, so very, very far away.The thousands of our men who spilled blood on this soil mean a part of our country […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Australia – WA tops economic leaderboard as Queensland rises up the ranks: CommSec State of the States – CBA
Source: Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) WA leads on five of eight economic indicators as Australian state economies remain resilient in the face of higher interest rates and inflation pressures. For the April 2025 State of the States please follow this link: https://www.commbank.com.au/articles/newsroom/2025/04/commsec-state-of-the-states-april.html Western Australia has held off a fast-finishing Queensland to claim top spot […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Dangerous synthetic opioids and animal sedatives found in Australian wastewater
Source: 28 April 2025 University of South Australia scientists have developed a highly sensitive method to detect illegal opioids and a veterinary sedative in Australia’s wastewater system, providing a vital early warning tool to public health authorities. A new study published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research, funded by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and […]
MIL-Evening Report: What are ‘penjamins’? Disguised cannabis vapes are gaining popularity among young people
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jack Chung, PhD Candidate, National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland Stenko Vlad/Shutterstock E-cigarettes or vapes were originally designed to deliver nicotine in a smokeless form. But in recent years, vapes have been used to deliver other psychoactive substances, including cannabis concentrates and […]
MIL-Evening Report: Used EV batteries could power vehicles, houses or even towns – if their manufacturers share vital data
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Daryoush Habibi, Professor and Head, Centre for Green and Smart Energy Systems, Edith Cowan University EV batteries are made of hundreds of smaller cells. IM Imagery/Shutterstock Around the world, more and more electric vehicles are hitting the road. Last year, more than 17 million battery-electric and hybrid […]
MIL-Evening Report: Climate change and the housing crisis are a dangerous mix. So which party is grappling with both?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ehsan Noroozinejad, Senior Researcher and Sustainable Future Lead, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University Australia is running out of affordable, safe places to live. Rents and mortgages are climbing faster than wages, and young people fear they may never own a home. At the same time, […]
MIL-Evening Report: Why film and TV creators will still risk it all for the perfect long take shot
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kristian Ramsden, PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide Apple TV In the second episode of Apple TV’s The Studio (2025–) – a sharp satirical take on contemporary Hollywood – newly-appointed studio head Matt Remick (Seth Rogen) visits the set of one of his company’s film productions. He finds […]
MIL-Evening Report: Is there a best way to peel a boiled egg? A food scientist explains
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paulomi (Polly) Burey, Professor in Food Science, University of Southern Queensland We’ve all been there – trying to peel a boiled egg, but mangling it beyond all recognition as the hard shell stubbornly sticks to the egg white. Worse, the egg ends up covered in chewy bits […]
MIL-Evening Report: Australia once had ‘immigration amnesties’ to grant legal status to undocumented people. Could we again?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sara Dehm, Senior Lecturer, International Migration and Refugee Law, University of Technology Sydney The year is 1972. The Whitlam Labor government has just been swept into power and major changes to Australia’s immigration system are underway. Many people remember this time for the formal end of the […]
MIL-Evening Report: Independents may build on Australia’s history of hung parliaments, if they can survive the campaign blues
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Joshua Black, Visitor, School of History, Australian National University Major parties used to easily dismiss the rare politician who stood alone in parliament. These MPs could be written off as isolated idealists, and the press could condescend to them as noble, naïve and unlikely to succeed. In […]
MIL-Evening Report: Peter Dutton: a Liberal leader seeking to surf on the wave of outer suburbia
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra In searching for the “real” Peter Dutton, it is possible to end up frustrated because you have looked too hard. Politically, Dutton is not complicated. There is a consistent line in his beliefs through his career. Perhaps the shortest cut […]
MIL-Evening Report: Albanese has been a ‘proficient and lucky general’. But if he wins a second term, we are right to demand more
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Paul Strangio, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Monash University Barring a rogue result, this Saturday Anthony Albanese will achieve what no major party leader has done since John Howard’s prime-ministerial era – win consecutive elections. Admittedly, in those two decades he is only the second of the six […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Show you care this Christmas
Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services Keep an eye on those around you, looking out for signs they may be struggling. In brief: The festive season isn’t a happy time for everyone. There are many ways to show people you care if they are having a hard time. You can assist charities in a […]