Australia News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 1, 2025.
MIL-Evening Report: Aamir Khan’s big screen comeback, Sitaare Zameen Par, features an all-star neurodivergent cast – a Bollywood first
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yanyan Hong, PhD Candidate in Communication, Media and Film Studies, University of Adelaide Bharti Dubey/X Bollywood star Aamir Khan’s return to the big screen after a three-year hiatus has been far from ordinary. Sitaare Zameen Par (2025) which translates to “stars on Earth”, is the first major […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Japanese prime minister’s abrupt no-show at NATO summit reveals a strained alliance with the US
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Craig Mark, Adjunct Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has sent a clear signal to the Trump administration: the Japan–US relationship is in a dire state. After saying just days ago he would be attending this week’s NATO summit at The Hague, […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Bats get fat to survive hard times. But climate change is threatening their survival strategy
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Nicholas Wu, Lecturer in Wildlife Ecology, Murdoch University Rudmer Zwerver/Shutterstock Bats are often cast as the unseen night-time stewards of nature, flitting through the dark to control pest insects, pollinate plants and disperse seeds. But behind their silent contributions lies a remarkable and underappreciated survival strategy: seasonal […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Australia – Refugees and migrants working, studying and going into business, ABS data shows – AMES
Source: AMES Migrants and refugees are taking up Australian citizenship, engaging in educational opportunities, finding employment and opening businesses in large numbers, according to new data. These are the key insights into the economic, education, health, housing, and citizenship outcomes of permanent migrants in Australia, published this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Budj Bim Cultural Immersion Tour
Source: Kurtonitj Indigneous Protected Area (IPA) was dedicated in 2009. This IPA is a beautiful 353 hectare wetland of national cultural and natural significance. On Saturday 28 June, CFA members visited Budj Bim Cultural Landscape as part of the South West Region Cultural Immersion Tours. The creation spirit Budj Bim (also known as Mt Eccles) […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Residential fees for a foreign person
Source: New places to play in Gungahlin When to pay a fee If you are a foreign person investing in residential property in Australia, you must pay a fee when: applying for approval to purchase a residential property or for an exemption certificate applying to vary (make changes to) your existing approval lodging your vacancy […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Now partnerships of all sizes can lodge digitally
Source: New places to play in Gungahlin Before 1 July 2025, you could only digitally lodge statements of distribution (SODs) for up to 160 partners in a partnership. The rest had to be lodged manually. We’ve now updated the lodgment software so you can digitally lodge SODs for all partners. Lodging digitally means the data will be […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Interim Australian Tertiary Education Commission starts today
Source: Murray Darling Basin Authority The next stage of tertiary education reforms begins today with the establishment of the interim Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC). A recommendation of the Australian Universities Accord, the ATEC will drive long-term reform across Australia’s tertiary education system, helping us to build the skills Australia needs now and into the […]
MIL-OSI Australia: New book Terraglossia reclaims language, Country and culture
Source: 01 July 2025 Terraglossia by Dr Debra Dank. Award-winning author and University of South Australia academic Dr Debra Dank has unveiled her latest work, Terraglossia, a powerful response to colonial oppression that invites all Australians to reimagine how we engage with the world’s oldest living culture. Dr Dank, a Gudanji/Wakaja and Kalkadoon woman from […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Exercise breakthrough offers relief for people with rheumatoid arthritis
Source: 01 July 2025 It’s a debilitating disease that affects more than 500,000 Australians, but new research from the University of South Australia is offering fresh hope to people living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Evaluating the effectiveness of a novel form of exercise – blood flow restricted resistance training – among people with RA, researchers […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Paid prac starts today
Source: Murray Darling Basin Authority Commonwealth Prac Payments start today for nursing, midwifery, teaching and social work students. Eligible students will receive $331.65 per week while doing the mandatory prac placements as part of their degree, which has been benchmarked to the single Austudy per week rate. This new payment will provide cost-of-living relief for […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Banana Boat and Hawaiian Tropic owner in Court over alleged greenwashing claims that its sunscreens were ‘reef friendly’
Source: Australian Ministers for Regional Development The ACCC has launched Federal Court proceedings against Edgewell Personal Care Australia Pty Ltd and its US-based parent company, Edgewell Personal Care Company or Edgewell PCC, for allegedly false or misleading claims that its popular Hawaiian Tropic and Banana Boat branded sunscreens were ‘reef friendly’. The ACCC alleges Edgewell […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Commencement of the new National Access to Justice Partnership
Source: Today, the new $3.9 billion National Access to Justice Partnership 2025-30 (NAJP) commences, replacing the National Legal Assistance Partnership 2020-25 and delivering a critical increase of $800 million in funding over 5 years from 2025-26 to the legal assistance sector. MIL OSI News –
MIL-Evening Report: We have drugs to manage HIV. So why are we spending millions looking for cures?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bridget Haire, Associate Professor, Public Health Ethics, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney Alim Yakubov/Shutterstock Over the past three decades there have been amazing advances in treating and preventing HIV. It’s now a manageable infection. A person with HIV who takes HIV medicine consistently, before their immune […]
MIL-OSI USA: Strickland, Fletcher, Reintroduce Push To Create Reproductive Health Travel Fund
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) Washington, D.C.— Today, U.S. Representatives Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), and Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), reintroduced the Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act to provide grant assistance for those who travel long distances to receive reproductive health care, including abortion care. “In 2022, the Supreme Court ripped the […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Juvenile estuarine crocodile removed at Biboohra
Source: Tasmania Police Issued: 30 Jun 2025 Open larger image The crocodile was captured in a baited trap. Open larger image The 1.8m female has been rehomed at a crocodile farm. A 1.8m juvenile female estuarine crocodile has been removed from the wild at Biboohra north of Mareeba on the Atherton Tablelands. The crocodile was reported to […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: The architecture of the new Queen Elizabeth II memorial aims to commemorate her as ‘a unifying force’
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Pippa Catterall, Professor of History and Policy, University of Westminster In the heart of London’s St James’s Park, where John Nash’s 200-year-old landscape has witnessed the rise and fall of empires, a new chapter is about to unfold. The site that has long served as the nation’s ceremonial […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: UK-Australia Strategic Dialogue on Gender Equality: joint statement, May 2025
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments News story UK-Australia Strategic Dialogue on Gender Equality: joint statement, May 2025 The governments of Australia and the United Kingdom gave a joint statement following the second UK-Australia Strategic Dialogue on Gender Equality on 22 May 2025. Joint statement: In the face of increasing contestation and the […]
MIL-OSI Australia: People you may not know attended an ACT public school
Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services In brief Over the years, many well-known people have attended a Canberra public school. Some attended for a short time, for university or alongside training at the Australian Institute of Sport. This article lists some of these people. It’s no secret Canberra is a great place to live. […]
MIL-OSI Banking: Media release: East coast gas market review an opportunity to strengthen investment and increase supply – Australian Energy Producers
Source: Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association Headline: Media release: East coast gas market review an opportunity to strengthen investment and increase supply – Australian Energy Producers Australian Energy Producers welcomes the Federal Government’s review of the east coast gas market to deliver the natural gas needed to power the economy, put downward pressure on […]