China Faces New Population Crisis

20:46' 02-10-2018

The State Government believes that its decision to fund free flu vaccines for children under 5 is directly responsible for an 85% fall in the number of reported flu cases.

20:29' 01-10-2018

The Lexus Melbourne Cup, highlight of the Spring Racing Carnival, will run as usual at Flemington Racecourse on Tuesday 6 November, the last public holiday before Christmas.

15:51' 27-09-2018

Victoria is home to one of the most culturally diverse societies in the world, and is also among the fastest-growing and most diverse states in Australia.

20:47' 26-09-2018

Garage sales have long been a popular way for people to pass on items they no longer need to others who are keen to snap up a bargain. Every weekend, all over Melbourne, the sales bring people out to browse over whatever is being offered.

16:53' 05-09-2018

Spring is now here, but in Asia people are about to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, or Harvest Moon, on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Asian calendar. In 2018 this takes place on Saturday 22 September.

15:16' 27-08-2018

Theres a lot happening this year on Fathers Day, Sunday 2 September. If you want to get out, here are a few options that might interest you.

18:27' 01-08-2018

Since the government began uploading all Australian health records into the My Health Record (MHR) database several weeks ago, there has been a great deal of debate about the security of our intimate medical information.

19:10' 23-07-2018

The fall in Australia’s annual intake of permanent migrants to the lowest level since 2007 is a continuing topic of debate.

13:59' 04-07-2018

In 2016 Victoria became the first Australian state to commit to the establishment of legal medicinal cannabis pathways for patients in need. Within a year, all other states had followed.

00:37' 27-06-2018

Every year, about 40 Australian children between the ages of 0-5 years are afflicted with an almost unknown cancer of the nervous system. It is very aggressive, and accounts for a disproportionate number of cancer deaths among children.

20:10' 14-06-2018

In a historic meeting in Singapore on 12 June, US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed a “comprehensive” document, aimed at smoothing North Koreas international relations and the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.

16:36' 29-05-2018

Last month, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) issued a warning about an international scam targeting Chinese students in Australia.

12:36' 16-05-2018

Most of the manufactured goods we buy these days come from China, repeating the successful business strategies of Japan and Korea.

18:04' 03-05-2018

The modern Mothers Day tradition was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. The church now holds the International Mothers Day Shrine. It became an official US holiday in 1914, but Jarvis later criticised the holiday as too commercial and tried to have it removed from the calendar.

18:24' 19-04-2018

Sunday 13 May is the day to celebrate and appreciate the work of mothers.

20:38' 04-04-2018

The Federal Government is considering a plan to reduce the current 99 visa categories to 10, attracting warnings from migration agents.