Australia News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 5, 2025.
MIL-OSI Australia: Tax time toolkit for investors
Source: New places to play in Gungahlin Our commitment to you We are committed to providing you with accurate, consistent and clear information to help you understand your rights and entitlements and meet your obligations. If you follow our information and it turns out to be incorrect, or it is misleading and you make a […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Taxable NFP organisations
Source: New places to play in Gungahlin Taxable or exempt organisations Not all NFP organisations are exempt from income tax. NFPs can be either exempt or taxable. To be exempt from income tax, an NFP must meet the requirements to self-assess as income tax exempt or be a registered charity that is endorsed by us […]
MIL-OSI Australia: 140-2025: Services Restored: Monday 05 May 2025 – COLS
Source: New South Wales Government 2 05 May 2025 Who does this notice affect? All importers and customs brokers who are required to lodge imported cargo documentation to the department for biosecurity assessment. Information Resolved time: As of: 09:25 Monday 05 2025 (AEST). The unplanned service disruption to the Cargo Online Lodgement System (COLS) has been […]
MIL-OSI Global: Blaming Donald Trump for conservative losses in both Canada and Australia is being too kind to Peter Dutton
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney Australia’s federal election, held less than a week after Canada’s, has produced a shockingly similar outcome. Commentators all over the world have pointed out the parallels. In both countries, centre-left governments […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Politics – Australian election a warning shot for Luxon’s Trump-style agenda, says Greenpeace
Source: Greenpeace The Australian election result has sent a clear message across the Tasman: voters will not tolerate Trump-style politics that fuel environmental destruction and ignore the climate crisis. “Australians chose to protect climate and nature over a coalition pushing fossil fuels, destruction, and division. That should be a wake-up call for political leaders here in […]
MIL-OSI Australia: ‘Silver lining’ effect for many women who separate in midlife
Source: 05 May 2025 A new study challenges a common assumption that Australian women who divorce or separate in midlife are destined for a bleak future. While finances can be a struggle and personal happiness declines in the short term, it gradually increases within a few years, often exceeding pre-divorce levels. That’s one finding from […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Five youths charged by Hobart police after stealing from bottle shop
Source: New South Wales Community and Justice Five youths charged by Hobart police after stealing from bottle shop Monday, 5 May 2025 – 9:44 am. Four youths will appear in the Hobart Youth Justice Court in July, whilst another will be dealt with under the Youth Justice Act 1997 after being charged over stealing from […]
MIL-OSI Australia: 139-2025: Assistance dogs travelling on cruise vessels within domestic Australian waters
Source: New South Wales Government 2 5 May 2025 Who does this notice affect? This notice affects assistance animal handlers travelling on cruise ships between Australian ports (not leaving Australian waters), cruise line operators and pet transport agents. What has changed? The department currently grants approval for assistance dogs to travel on cruise ships within […]
MIL-OSI Australia: GRANEYS LANE, KALANGADOO (Grass Fire)
Source: South Australia County Fire Service KALANGADOO Issued on05 May 2025 09:14 Grass Fire Kalangadoo Issued for KALANGADOO in the Lower South East. The CFS is responding to a grass and stubble fire at Kalangadoo near Penola in the Limestone Coast region, South Australia. Approximately 33 CFS volunteers on 8 trucks, supported by Forestry SA, […]
MIL-OSI NGOs: Australians choose climate and nature protection over Trumpist agenda of destruction
Source: Greenpeace Statement – SYDNEY, Saturday 3 May 2025 — In response to the Labor party’s victory in the 2025 Federal Election, David Ritter, CEO at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said: “Today’s election result shows that Australians have comprehensively rejected the Coalition’s Trumpist agenda of climate and nature destruction, and its plan to force dangerous nuclear […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Mandatory information standard for toppling furniture to reduce accidents and deaths
Source: Australian Ministers for Regional Development Furniture suppliers are now required to provide safety warnings to consumers about the dangers of toppling furniture after the mandatory information standard for toppling furniture came into effect on 4 May 2025. Since the year 2000 at least 28 people, including 17 children under five, have died in Australia […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Work starts on $36 million safety improvement package
Work has started to deliver $36 million in road safety improvements on the Snowy Mountains Highway between the Hume Highway and the Princes Highway. Jointly funded by the Albanese and Minns Labor governments under the Road Safety Program, the first of four projects stretching almost the full 330-kilometre length of the Snowy Mountains Highway will […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Albanese Labor Government invests $114 million to improve road connections to the New Richmond Bridge
Source: Workplace Gender Equality Agency The Albanese Labor Government is announcing a further $114 million investment to improve safety and efficiency for users of key roads around the New Richmond Bridge. The new investment will upgrade key connecting road infrastructure around Richmond and North Richmond and construct a bypass to Londonderry via a new road […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Ensuring faster broadband for more Australians
Source: Workplace Gender Equality Agency “The benefits of high-speed broadband for productivity and connectivity are undeniable, and we want to ensure all Australians have the opportunity to reap these rewards, no matter their postcode. “The Statutory Infrastructure Provider regime plays an important role in this, but reform is needed to ensure legislation keeps pace with […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Toll-free 14 kilometres of M12 motorway surface now complete
Source: Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority The toll-free M12 Motorway has passed a major construction milestone with 14 kilometres of the road now complete, on time and on budget and ready to provide direct access to Western Sydney Airport once open in 2026. The road is now being landscaped, sign posted and having safety infrastructure […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Opening date set for Thornlie-Cockburn Link and inner Armadale Line elevated rail stations
Source: Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority The new Thornlie-Cockburn Link will open on Monday, June 9, marking the latest major milestone in METRONET’s transformation of Perth. Perth’s first east-west cross line connection includes two new stations at Nicholson Road and Ranford Road, with upgrades to Thornlie, Cockburn Central, as well as Perth Stadium stations – […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Making tracks towards world-class Metro services to Western Sydney International Airport
The first tracks have been laid on the Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport line, the public transport spine linking the new airport and the fast-growing area around it. Only Labor will invest in the infrastructure that a growing Western Sydney needs, and we’re getting the job done while supporting local jobs and resources. More […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Online dating platforms now subject to enforcement
Source: NGARKAT HIGHWAY, NGARKAT (Grass Fire) Australians will now be better protected while dating online with the enforcements starting under an Australian first online dating code. The online dating industry code puts safeguards in place to protect users from online harm and abuse, and was developed by industry in consultation with law enforcement and those […]
MIL-OSI Australia: NBN Co Board Chair appointment
Source: Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions The Albanese Government is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Kevin Russell as Chair of the NBN Co Limited Board (the Board), commencing from 1 April 2025. Mr Russell has been serving as interim Chair of the Board since 1 January 2025, following the conclusion of Ms Kate McKenzie’s […]
MIL-OSI Australia: 15 local groups benefit from City’s Community Grants Program
Source: New South Wales Ministerial News Fifteen local groups have shared a total of $116,656 in funding from the City of Greater Bendigo’s Community Grants Program Medium Grants category to undertake a diverse range of projects. City of Greater Bendigo Healthy Communities and Environment Acting Director Andie West said the City’s Community Grants Program is […]