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Strictly Speaking | Dai gou

Dai gou pronounced “die go” means “surrogate shopping” in Chinese. It refers to an informal kind of supply chain by which trusted individuals buy and/or transport quantities of selected goods to resell in China or elsewhere, and avoid commercial taxes ...

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International students ‘jumping the queue’

More than 1000 international students have quietly been allowed to “jump the queue” and enter Australia during COVID-19, while 40,000 Aussies remain stranded overseas. Figures obtained by NCA NewsWire reveal the Australian Border Force Commissioner has granted 1050 foreign nationals ...

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Who Aussies trust after pandemic: ANU survey

COVID-19 has been a “shot in the arm” for confidence in the federal government, but Australians retain more trust in its state and territory equivalents, new analysis shows. Confidence in the federal government has almost doubled to 54.3 per cent ...

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On the move | January

FOURTEEN AND OUT After 14 years at the helm of James Cook University, Professor Sandra Harding will retire from the role in December 2021. Chancellor Bill Tweddell said the university has flourished under Harding’s leadership. “Revenue has doubled to over ...

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Aussie academic detained in Myanmar

Australian academic Sean Turnell, who was an economic adviser to Myanmar’s overthrown leader, has been detained following the military coup. The development comes just days after former state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested. The Macquarie University professor began living ...

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