Category: World

Following someone can be fun, and feel fulfilling, like you belong to something. The thing is though, feeling fulfilled is different to actually making a difference. While Cash Out Day may make you feel like you are doing something on the day, unless you actively engage with using cash all year round the day is nothing more than a childish feel good stunt. If you want cash to have a bright future, use it. That’s all that is needed. Use cash. Stunts like Cash Out Day are good for social media and people chasing clicks, but not much else. I’ve ... Read more

Trump’s tariffs are already impacting Australian retailers selling into the US market. The proposed removal of the $800 ‘de minimis’ threshold on May 2, which until now has allowed duty-free shipments up to $800 in value, will increase costs and compliance burdens, for smaller these shipments. Foreign companies, now less competitive in the US, will likely divert their goods to markets like Australia, intensifying competition for local businesses. The supply chain is also experiencing significant disruption. Manufacturers and shipping companies are adjusting their operations to absorb the tariff’s economic impact. This is leading to price increases in markets without tariffs, ... Read more

newsXpress is hosting its national conference in Adelaide in May. Sunday May 18, in the afternoon is drinks and networking. Monday is all about strategic insights any newsagent can use. Tuesday is about how to make money online from anywhere and on a budget – how to attract new shoppers you;ll never see in your shop. Newsagents are invited to the 2025 national newsagency conference in Adelaide Sunday May 18 – Tuesday May 20. newsXpress offers  two free nights (Sunday and Monday) at the Intercontinental, breakfast, a dinner on the Monday night, full conference access and lunch on Monday and ... Read more

Macquarie Bank has slashed their fixed rate offering ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s meeting on May 19-20 to decide the official cash rate. The bank – which is now Australia’s fifth-biggest lender – has dropped its two- and three-year interest rates to offer the new lowest rate on the market at 5.19 per cent. Canstar data insights director Sally Tindall says Macquarie has taken the knife to fixed interest rates ahead of next month’s RBA meeting, as it ramps up competition in the fixed mortgage market. “These sweeping cuts from Australia’s fifth-largest home loan lender puts the bank ... Read more

Adrian Torrens, the man accused of killing NSW teenager Audrey Griffin has reportedly died in custody. The 53-year-old was found unresponsive in a cell at Silverwater Correctional Complex in Western Sydney at about 4.50pm on Thursday, The Daily Telegraph reported. He was unable to be revived by Corrective Services staff and paramedics. Torrens was found just hours before a vigil was held for the 19-year-old in Terrigal. Torrens was arrested on Monday and charged with murder, nearly one month after the body of Ms Griffin was discovered in a creek bed near The Entrance Road at Erina, on NSW’s Central ... Read more

Crazy footage showed the moment police had to use a helicopter to save a bogged couple who decided to drive into a closed road. The video showed furious cops shouting, “Roads are closed here that’s the whole point,” and “You shouldn’t be in this area” after they finally found the pair who had been stranded for three days. The man, 21, and a woman, 19, from the Tablelands had driven on Cape Melville Rrack which was closed due to extreme weather. Police were forced to use a helicopter to winch the couple to safety. Cape Melville National Park is closed ... Read more

The Prime Minister says key government services would be cut in a ferocious attack on the Coalition’s promise to slash the Canberra-based public service by 41,000 workers. Peter Dutton has confirmed this would be done through voluntary redundancies and natural attrition, and only affect public servants in Canberra. Anthony Albanese questioned whether the Coalition was aware their cuts would include senior defence leadership and crucial national security agencies. “ASIO, the Australian Signals Directorate, all of our security and intelligence agencies, where does Peter Dutton think they are based,” Mr Albanese told reporters while campaigning in Perth on Thursday. “They are ... Read more

Police have scolded a young Queensland couple after their car was bogged on a closed road, leaving them stranded for three days. The pair, a 19-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man from the state’s Tablelands Region, were driving along Cape Melville road in Cape York – which was closed to the public due to the wet weather – during the Easter long weekend on Friday, when their ute became stuck in thick mud and their winch broke. Police attempted to locate the couple, but roads in the area were closed and impassable due to the weather conditions. Three days later, ... Read more

The grieving mother of Kaison Greaves has issued a heartbreaking tribute to her nine-year-old son, who tragically died after he became trapped between rocks at a beach on Easter Sunday. Kaison fell and became trapped between rocks at South West Rocks beach on the NSW mid north coast region on Easter. He was eventually freed, however he died at the scene. His mother, Brook, thanked all those who attended a community vigil on Tuesday evening at the beach, as well as those who tried to save Kaison. “ … We are so forever grateful he was not alone in his ... Read more

Only God can save Australia if Labor, the Greens and the Teals come together to form government, Nationals leader David Littleproud says. The man who wants to be the next deputy prime minister delivered a speech at the National Press Club on Thursday. The leader of the Nationals spoke passionately, without notes or a teleprompter, about homelessness and a lack of childcare in regional Australia, and fired up talking about the power supermarkets hold over farmers. “If you have Anthony Albanese, Adam Bandt in coalition government with a sprinkle of Teals and independents putting fairy dust across Canberra – God ... Read more