3 September 2026
Complaint lodged over email clanger by Hanson’s lawyer The Australian
This article contains independently written commentary and community perspective from Downunder Voices.
Join our community
Join thousands of readers following news and community stories from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.
3 September 2026
To understand the surge of the far-right, we need to look at the nationalism, authoritarianism and populism already in Australia.
3 September 2026
The San Francisco 49ers have departed for Australia a week ahead of their matchup with the Los Angeles Rams, but they left a defensive end behind.
3 September 2026
Defensive end Sam Okuayinonu has a foot injury and is questionable for the season opener after the 49ers flew to Australia without him Wednesday night.
3 September 2026
Global trade opens opportunities for economic growth. However, moving goods across borders, between exporters and importers, involves counterparty risk such as payment and liquidity risk. Trade finance facilitates trade by mitigating these risks. Using a new dataset, we find that volatile global financial conditions constrict the availability of trade finance, especially in emerging markets and developing countries. In addition, the level of development of local financial markets influences the supply of trade finance by global institutions.
3 September 2026
The South Korean province of Jeju Island wants local construction companies to aggregate containerised shipments to stem losses arising from a direct shipping service from China. Last October, after discussions with Chinese officials, Jeju Island’s government started a weekly container shipping service from China’s Qingdao port in Shandong province, operated by Shandong Marine (SMC), a subsidiary of Shandong Port Group, aiming to realise a direct route, instead of transhipping through Busan ... The post Future for South Korea’s Jeju Island box shipping service looks grim appeared first on The Loadstar .
3 September 2026
With ship fires caused by lithium-ion battery cargo continuing to pose a threat to vessel operations, container lines are on the verge of calling for such shipments to be mandatorily classified as ‘Dangerous Goods’. On 23 August, a fire broke out in a container aboard the 8,000 teu CMA CGM Petra shortly after it left Singapore for the Sri Lankan transhipment hub of Colombo. The blaze was extinguished by the crew with ... The post Treat all cargo containing lithium-ion batteries as dangerous, says CINS appeared first on The Loadstar .
3 September 2026
Helen Paterson’s work on advancing how police and courts understand memory is recognised in prestigious Eureka prizes “What our research shows is that compared to a single-event witness, a repeated-event witness tends to report more gist-like details, the overall details of what typically would happen, and the things that remain constant between the episodes,” said Helen Paterson, an associate professor in forensic psychology at the University of Sydney.
