23 September 2026
Government officials in the Australian state said the local wine industry is facing oversupply and changes in consumer demand.
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23 September 2026
The union says most customer care centre roles are held by working mothers who took the jobs specifically because they were secure and could work from home.
23 September 2026
Fresh from the intergenerational report’s warning of declining birthrates, CEO of The Parenthood Georgie Dent will address the National Press Club at 12:30 p. m. to reveal it costs $17,800 a year for a ...
23 September 2026
The Daintree Village Hotel doubles as the local post office, but with the pub set to close at the end of this month, Australia Post has been searching for a suitable replacement to handle the mail.
23 September 2026
Gruesome ads embedded in articles about family violence ‘make light’ of violence and could distress victim-survivors, expert warns Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates WARNING: this story contains an image some readers may find distressing News stories about domestic violence inadvertently ran alongside advertisements for faux-bloodstained shirts reading “problem solved”, prompting advocates for victim-survivors to urge publishers to avoid making light of recent deaths. Australia is reckoning with a surge in family and domestic violence incidents after three women were allegedly murdered in unrelated incidents on Saturday, and police allege a mother stabbed her three children on Sunday.
23 September 2026
Pacific International Lines (PIL) chief executive Lars Kastrup will step down next April, bringing to a close a tenure that has coincided with one of the most dramatic turnarounds in the Singapore liner’s history. Wan Chee Foong, currently managing director, corporate strategy at Temasek International, will join PIL as deputy CEO on October 5 before …
23 September 2026
The troubled MSC Hermes III remains afloat and drifting unmanned in the South China Sea after all 25 crew abandoned the vessel yesterday. A fresh HYDROPAC navigational warning describes the 20-year-old containership as a “derelict” vessel adrift near 11°45’N 112°15’E, around 300 km east of Vietnam. The warning is currently scheduled to remain in force …
23 September 2026
German researchers are developing an AI-based decision-support system to help vessel traffic controllers manage waterways increasingly shared by conventional, highly automated and autonomous ships. Fraunhofer FKIE has launched the LEAS-PRO project, which aims to build a demonstrator capable of analysing developing traffic situations and providing recommendations to shore-based vessel traffic service operators.   The system will …
