A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Wednesday was trading 279.50 points or 1.11 points higher during the morning session. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was also trading 68.20 points or 0.88 percent higher at 7,777.15 points. The Sensex of the BSE, which opened […]
US House Speaker Paul Ryan has formally ruled out his run for the post of president, in a bid to end speculation that he might be chosen by a possible contested Republican convention as the party’s 2016 nominee for the White House. “Let me be clear, I do not want, nor will I accept the […]
Key Indian stock market indices were trading significantly higher on Wednesday morning, cheered by the news a day earlier from official agencies that factory output was back on the growth path, retail inflation has fallen further and rains this monsoon season will be bountiful. Investors were also bracing for a long weekend with trading holidays […]
A new four-strain flu vaccine, protecting against the nasty Brisbane virus, is being made available for at-risk Australians for free from this month by the Turnbull Government, to help them build up their immunity in time for the peak flu season due in August 2016. Minister for Health Sussan Ley today announced the Federal Government […]
Minister for Defence Senator the Hon Marise Payne today announced that the decommissioned vessels, ex-HMA Ships Tobruk and Sydney, will be offered to the States and Territories for the creation of dive wrecks. After decades of invaluable service in the Royal Australian Navy, Tobruk and Sydney were decommissioned in July 2015 and November 2015 respectively. […]
Mike Baird has become the first serving NSW Premier to visit Israel, wrapping up a trade mission focused on medicinal cannabis, cyber security and innovation. Mr Baird led a trade delegation, including NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione, NSW Chief Scientist Mary O’Kane and medical cannabis advocate Lucy Haslam, to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. “I want […]
The Palaszczuk Government today released an independent review of Queensland’s biosecurity capability and its interim response to 32 recommendations to protect the state from plant and animal diseases, feral animals and pest weeds. Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Leanne Donaldson said the review was an election commitment in response to unprecedented cuts to Queensland’s biosecurity capability […]
Deputy Premier and Minister for the Arts Troy Grant has announced that Dolla Merrillees has been appointed Director of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences and will lead the relocation of the museum to Parramatta. Ms Merrillees has been acting in the role since former Director Rose Hiscock took a position in her home […]
The Community Resilience Unit in the Department of Premier and Cabinet is seeking project proposals from community, not-for-profit, youth and peak body organisations which meet one of the following objectives: 1. support and work with communities and young people to develop collaborative approaches to building resilience to hate and violent extremist narratives; and 2. support […]
The number of Queenslanders getting finance approved for buying their own home has increased for the sixth month in a row, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics released today. Treasurer Curtis Pitt said the figures for February also showed Queensland recorded the strongest growth in housing finance for all states and territories in February at […]