Australia News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 13, 2025.
MIL-OSI Australia: ATO Vulnerability Framework consultation opens
Source: New places to play in Gungahlin Supporting people experiencing vulnerability is important us. We’ve developed the ATO Vulnerability Framework to better support taxpayers experiencing vulnerability so they can engage with the tax system more easily and with the help they need. Now, we need your feedback to refine the framework and ensure it reflects […]
MIL-OSI Australia: ATO Vulnerability Framework consultation
Source: New places to play in Gungahlin We’ve developed the ATO Vulnerability Framework so we can better support people experiencing vulnerability when they interact with the tax system. Your feedback will help make sure the final ATO Vulnerability Framework is clear, meaningful and relevant to the people it’s designed to support. What is the ATO […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Improvements to SuperStream standard and FVS
Source: New places to play in Gungahlin Funds, and their service providers, need to review improvements to the SuperStream standard and Fund Validation Services (FVS) technical and business guidance documents. Drafts are available on the ATO Software Developers siteExternal Link. Consider changes that impact your software and be ready by 1 July 2026. Key changes include: […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Police scale back search in Cradle Mountain
Source: New South Wales Community and Justice Police scale back search in Cradle Mountain Friday, 13 June 2025 – 10:12 am. Despite extensive search efforts in the Cradle Mountain area, Victorian man Christopher Inwood has not been located.A Tasmania Police helicopter crew worked in the northern section of the Cradle Mountain- Lake St Clair National […]
MIL-OSI Australia: City to plant 3,000 street and parkland trees this winter
Source: New South Wales Ministerial News The City of Greater Bendigo has commenced the planting of approximately 3,000 advanced trees in local streets and parklands throughout the municipality as part of its annual Greening Greater Bendigo tree planting program. City of Greater Bendigo Parks and Open Space Manager Chris Mitchell said late autumn and winter […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Australia – Rural Aid supports farming communities with CommBank partnership – CBA
Source: Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) New Rural Aid donation helps farming communities recover from severe weather events throughout regional and rural Australia. What’s happening? Rural Aid has today announced a $100,000 donation from CommBank to support communities impacted by severe weather events across Australia.The donation will fund the delivery of critical resources including water […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Search begins for head contractor for Bendigo Art Gallery project
Source: New South Wales Ministerial News The City of Greater Bendigo is seeking a head contractor for its largest-ever construction project, the redevelopment of Bendigo Art Gallery. Expressions of interest opened this week for construction companies with the capability to deliver stage one of the project, valued at $45M. Stage one will transform the Gallery […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Wood heater fire scare for Tatura family
Source: A wood heater fire that tore through the home of a Tatura family has Victoria’s fire services calling for vigilance when warming homes this winter. With the cooler weather arriving with force in recent weeks, one Tatura household had a lucky escape when bedlinen drying in front of a wood heater quickly became engulfed […]
MIL-Evening Report: It took more than a century, but women are taking charge of Australia’s economy – here’s why it matters
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Duygu Yengin, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Adelaide For the first time in its 124-year history, Treasury will be led by a woman. Jenny Wilkinson’s appointment is historic in its own right. Even more remarkable is the fact she joins Michele Bullock at the Reserve Bank […]
MIL-Evening Report: ‘Like an underwater bushfire’: SA’s marine algal bloom is still killing almost everything in its path
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Barrera, PhD Candidate, School of Public Health, University of Adelaide Paul Macdonald of Edithburgh Diving South Australian beaches have been awash with foamy, discoloured water and dead marine life for months. The problem hasn’t gone away; it has spread. Devastating scenes of death and destruction mobilised […]
MIL-Evening Report: Sunday Too Far Away at 50: how a story about Aussie shearers launched a local film industry
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael Walsh, Associate Professor, Screen and Media, Flinders University Released 50 years ago, Sunday Too Far Away deals episodically with a group of shearers led by Foley (Jack Thompson), and the events leading up to the national shearers’ strike of 1956. The shearers are a ragtag group […]
MIL-OSI USA: NASA’s Roman to Peer Into Cosmic ‘Lenses’ to Better Define Dark Matter
Source: NASA A funky effect Einstein predicted, known as gravitational lensing — when a foreground galaxy magnifies more distant galaxies behind it — will soon become common when NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope begins science operations in 2027 and produces vast surveys of the cosmos. A particular subset of gravitational lenses, known as strong […]
MIL-OSI USA: Governor Stein Announces JetZero Selects North Carolina for $4 Billion Airplane Manufacturing Hub, Creating 14,500 Jobs in Guilford County in Largest Job Commitment in State History
Source: US State of North Carolina Headline: Governor Stein Announces JetZero Selects North Carolina for $4 Billion Airplane Manufacturing Hub, Creating 14,500 Jobs in Guilford County in Largest Job Commitment in State History Governor Stein Announces JetZero Selects North Carolina for $4 Billion Airplane Manufacturing Hub, Creating 14,500 Jobs in Guilford County in Largest Job […]
MIL-OSI Global: Global outrage over Gaza has reinforced a ‘siege mentality’ in Israel – what are the implications for peace?
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Eyal Mayroz, Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney After more than 20 months of devastating violence in Gaza, the right-wing Israeli government’s pursuit of two irreconcilable objectives — “destroying” Hamas and releasing Israeli hostages — has left the coastal strip in ruins. At […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Future conservationists get their hands dirty in Amamoor Valley weed battle
Source: Tasmania Police Issued: 12 Jun 2025 Open larger image Conservation and Ecosystem Management students from Nambour TAFE join with Gympie-based QPWS rangers to tackle destructive and invasive weeds in the Amamoor State Forest. A powerful new partnership between Nambour TAFE and Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) is giving the next generation of conservation professionals […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Crocodile removed from Mareeba region
Source: Tasmania Police Issued: 12 Jun 2025 Wildlife rangers have humanely euthanised a large crocodile near Mareeba on Tuesday 10 June, following a crocodile sighting report on 6 June 2025. A site investigation by wildlife rangers on the weekend confirmed the presence of the crocodile, in a farm drain near Two Mile Creek at Biboohra, […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Canberra’s best pies, as voted by you
Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services Our CBR is the ACT Government’s key channel to connect with Canberrans and keep you up-to-date with what’s happening in the city. Our CBR includes a monthly print edition, email newsletter and website. You can easily opt in or out of the newsletter subscription at any time. MIL […]
MIL-OSI Global: Cash for sharks: the unintended consequences of paying fishermen to release sharks caught in their nets – podcast
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation As Jaws marks its 50th anniversary this year, sharks continue to get a bad rap. Film after film portrays them as terrifying hunters, the bane of surfers and swimmers. But in Indonesia, sharks are the hunted. It’s the world’s […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Australia committed to AUKUS despite US deal review – Defence Minister
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News CANBERRA, June 12 (Xinhua) — The Australian government said on Thursday it remains committed to the AUKUS security agreement despite the United States launching a review of […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Get onboard for Clean Air Day
Source: Scotland – City of Perth Funding for the free bus travel initiative was agreed as part of the Council’s 2025/26 budget, with an additional day to raise awareness about the danger of air pollution to communities. Air pollution is linked to 43,000 deaths per year in the UK and is recognised by the World […]