Australia News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 16, 2025.
MIL-OSI China: China ready to deepen, expand bilateral cooperation with Australia: Chinese premier
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who is on an official visit to China, hold the 10th China-Australia Annual Leaders’ Meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 15, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] Chinese Premier Li Qiang on […]
MIL-OSI China: China ready to deepen, expand bilateral cooperation with Australia: Chinese premier
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who is on an official visit to China, hold the 10th China-Australia Annual Leaders’ Meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 15, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] Chinese Premier Li Qiang on […]
MIL-OSI Australia: GST on container deposit scheme refunds
Source: New places to play in Gungahlin What is a material recovery facility operator A material recovery facility operator: processes mixed recyclables collected from homes and businesses for reuse or recycling may participate in a container deposit scheme as part of their business and obtain refunds on eligible beverage containers they recycle or send for […]
MIL-OSI Australia: How to cancel and resubmit a SERR report
Source: New places to play in Gungahlin You can cancel parts of, or a whole report that you have previously lodged. You instruct us of the change you want through the Message Type Indicators and Document Type Indicators in the schema. You must use the correct indicators in your request or it may be rejected. […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Transcript – Sunrise with Edwina Bartholomew and Matt Shirvington
Source: Murray Darling Basin Authority EDWINA BARTHOLOMEW: Well, hundreds more families are living a nightmare this morning after police identified an additional four child care centres where alleged paedophile Joshua Dale Brown worked. It brings the total number of affected families to more than 3,000, with 2,000 children advised to undergo screening. MATT SHIRVINGTON: The […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Police seek help to identify critically injured man
Source: New South Wales Community and Justice Police seek help to identify critically injured man Wednesday, 16 July 2025 – 9:39 am. A man remains in a critical condition in hospital after a crash overnight on the Bass Highway, near the Round Hill Point lighthouse, about 6km east of Burnie.Preliminary investigations indicate the male pedestrian […]
MIL-OSI Australia: New Regional University Hub opens in Warwick
Source: Murray Darling Basin Authority A new Regional University Study Hub officially opened today in Warwick, bringing university closer in Queensland’s Southern Downs region. Nearly half of young people in Australia have a degree but not in regional and remote Australia. In Warwick, only around 13 per cent of young people have a degree. The […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Northern Territory Police Force Statement
Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services The Northern Territory Police Force acknowledges the death of Bradley John Murdoch, the man convicted of the 2001 murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio near Barrow Creek. It is deeply regrettable that Murdoch has died without, as far as we are aware, ever disclosing the location of Peter […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Australia – New foundation aims to give refugee communities a voice – AMES
Source: AMES Supporting vulnerable refugees, advocating for, and building the capacity of grass roots refugee communities is the mission of a new not-for-profit organisation. The RCAA Foundation is a refugee driven organisation that also aims to give refugees with lived experience a voice to government and in national conversations. The inaugural foundation chair is settlement […]
MIL-OSI Security: Defense News in Brief: Talisman Sabre 2025 Begins with Record Participation and Enduring Purpose
Source: United States Navy SYDNEY, Australia — Exercise Talisman Sabre 25 formally commenced today from the flight deck of HMAS Adelaide in Sydney Harbor, launching military activities involving 19 nations and over 30,000 service members across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. This marks the largest bilateral military training event between the United States and […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Charity partnership for mattress reuse
Source: Scotland – City of Perth A new mattress reuse service is now helping to tackle this waste. Residents can drop off unwanted mattresses in one of two designated containers at Friarton Recycling Centre in Perth. These are collected by PUSH, a local charity that supports young people who face barriers to employment. Each mattress […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: New statue set to honour the women of Stoke-on-Trent’s pottery industry
Source: City of Stoke-on-Trent Published: Tuesday, 15th July 2025 A new statue is set to give long-overdue recognition to the women who shaped Stoke-on-Trent’s world-famous ceramics industry. Plans to commission the city’s first statue honouring the women’s historic contribution will go before the city council’s cabinet on Tuesday 22 July. At the start of the […]
MIL-OSI Australia: Male pedestrian in critical condition after being hit by vehicle near Burnie
Source: New South Wales Community and Justice Male pedestrian in critical condition after being hit by vehicle near Burnie Wednesday, 16 July 2025 – 6:42 am. A male pedestrian is in a critical condition after being hit by a vehicle on the Bass Highway, Round Hill, near Burnie overnight.Police and emergency services were called to […]
MIL-Evening Report: Australia’s census is getting a stress test – keeping it going is good for everyone
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Liz Allen, Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University GoldPanter/Shutterstock The Australian Bureau of Statistics will roll out a large-scale census test next month. About 60,000 households will take part across the country to stress test the bureau’s collection processes and IT systems, ahead […]
MIL-Evening Report: How safe are the chemicals in sunscreen? A pharmacology expert explains
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Musgrave, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide aquaArts studio/Getty Last week, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) released its safety review of seven active ingredients commonly used in sunscreens. It found five were low-risk and appropriate for use in sunscreens at their current concentrations. However, the […]
MIL-Evening Report: Control fire and ferals in Australia’s tropical savannas to bring the small mammals back
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Alyson Stobo-Wilson, Research Adjunct in Conservation Ecology, Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University Alyson Stobo-Wilson In remote central Arnhem Land, finding a northern brushtail possum is encouraging for the local Indigenous rangers. Though once common, such small native mammals are now rare. Many […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Chinese Premier Calls on China, Australia to Form Stronger Development Synergy
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article. Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Tuesday called on China and Australia to […]
MIL-OSI USA: RELEASE: Mullin, Padilla, Curtis, Schiff Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator MarkWayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma) RELEASE: Mullin, Padilla, Curtis, Schiff Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), John Curtis (R-Utah), and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) introduced bipartisan legislation to support and commemorate the 2028 and 2034 Olympic and […]
MIL-OSI Submissions: Why many Americans still think Darwin was wrong, yet the British don’t
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Edward White, PhD Candidate in Psychology, Kingston University One hundred years after a Tennessee teacher named John Scopes started a legal battle over what the state’s schools can teach children, Americans are still divided over evolution. Scopes was charged with violating Tennessee law by teaching evolution, in a […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Why many Americans still think Darwin was wrong, yet the British don’t
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Edward White, PhD Candidate in Psychology, Kingston University One hundred years after a Tennessee teacher named John Scopes started a legal battle over what the state’s schools can teach children, Americans are still divided over evolution. Scopes was charged with violating Tennessee law by teaching evolution, in a […]