Qld-based Bassi Group fined for underpayment of worker
The Fair Work Ombudsman has successfully secured penalty and back-pay orders totaling $19,922 against the former operators of Queensland transport and logistics business Bassi...
Prefabricated and build-to-rent houses could help bring rents down
Australia’s rental vacancy rate has hit a historic low of close to zero. The latest estimate from SQM Research is 1.1%. The latest estimate...
Deepa Mehta’s ‘I Am Sirat’: Duty vs self-determination
Film-maker Deepa Mehta’s latest documentary I Am Sirat (2023) is doing the rounds at various international film festivals. It profiles Sirat Taneja, a transgender...
Perumal Murugan: ‘Writing is both enjoyable and tormenting’
“The writing process, for me, is both enjoyable and tormenting,” Tamil writer Perumal Murugan said in Sydney recently.
His statement revealed much about his extraordinary...
Asfan, killed in Russia after being duped by agents, buried in...
The last rites of Mohammed Asfan, who died in the Russia-Ukraine war after being duped into working as a helper for the Russian Army,...