Painting pulled from independent art fair
Negotiation over a controversial oil painting has left everyone reasonably happy.
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Negotiation over a controversial oil painting has left everyone reasonably happy.
Gritty real-life plot shows how innocent prison language mistake can potentially get you killed Lifestyle by Justin Lees 26th May 2021 9:17 AM "Seeya champ". It's a friendly farewell uttered thousands of times a day around Australia. But when likeable prison cleanskin Adam cheerily says it to another lag in the new series of Mr Inbetween, the response he receives is first chilling - then becomes violently horrifying. His mistake? Not knowing that "champ", in prison slang, is a grotesque sexual slur that means anything but "c...
24 May 2021 New South Wales electricity distribution company Endeavour Energy has launched a program to better manage the record numbers of residential rooftop solar systems being installed across its grid. And it does not include a solar export charge. The program, launched on Monday by NSW energy minister Matt Kean, uses the advanced smart meter technology of Australia and New Zealand based company Intellihub, and is being rolled out across 2,500 homes in the state’s Illawarra region in partnership with 10 local retailers. The program, called Off Peak Plus Benefits, will – as the name s...
Share on Twitter Two years after an alleged rape at Parliament House, no changes to policy have been made to help staff respond to serious incidents. But Prime Minister Scott Morrison told parliament during Question Time that a report will be with him "very very shortly" and an independent complaints process - which he would discuss with Labor to gain bipartisan support - will be in place this year. Secretary of the Department of Parliamentary Services Rob Stefanic told a Senate estimates hearing earlier on Monday there had been discussions but "no formal changes in policy". The d...
Parliament House victim of 'brute force' cyber attack Parliament House has been victim of a "brute force" cyber attack, triggered through mobile devices. Detailing some elements of the intrusion, Senate President Scott Ryan said no information had been comprised during the "malicious activity" which started on March 25 and lasted 24 hours. Senator Ryan was pressed on the nature of the attack, and whether he knew the state actor responsible. LIVE UPDATES: READ MORE: "I'm not going into what I know or what I don't," Mr Ryan told an estimates hearing today. The hearing in Canberra was told the...