Category: The New Daily

Australian television and radio veteran Amanda Keller describes her hosting gig for this year’s prestigious Australian entertainment industry awards ceremony as being like a “volunteer tour guide”. After what has been a massive year for the stars – in front of and behind the camera – the 2022 Australian Academy

Chinese residents are rushing to snap up COVID-19 antigen kits and medicines for fevers and colds as the country’s recent easing of prevention measures triggers widespread concern among the public they could now catch the virus. Online medicine platforms, pharmacies and drug makers have in recent days reported surging

England coach Eddie Jones has been fired less than a year out from the Rugby World Cup. Jones was fired after seven years in charge of the national team. The Rugby Football Union has acted in response to a dismal autumn that concluded England’s worst year since 2008, comprising of

Cameroon soccer federation president and former star Samuel Eto’o has been filmed apparently kicking a man to the ground in an altercation outside a World Cup stadium early on Tuesday. Eto’o had paused to pose for photos with fans near Stadium 974 after Brazil beat South Korea 4-1. Footage circulating

He may only have a light bout of COVID, but Prime Minister Anthony Albanese certainly has a headache as he tries to bring premiers on board with a plan to tame sky-rocketing electricity prices. A national cabinet meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, has been delayed until the end of the week

Home owners are being told to brace for even higher mortgage bills in 2023 as the Reserve Bank’s inflation fight approaches a second year. The RBA unveiled an eighth interest rate hike at its final meeting of 2022 on Tuesday, lifting its target by another 0.25 percentage points to a

Australian motorists are paying lower petrol prices before Christmas, but global oil markets face fresh uncertainty as new sanctions on Russian exports could disrupt some fuel supplies. Australia’s average national petrol price fell 6.1 cents per litre (cpl) to $1.81 in the past week as retailers offered fresh discounts, Australian

Australia’s consumer watchdog has put airlines on notice as domestic airfares soar, while Qantas expects a summer of huge demand that will test its service and reliability. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it will “monitor them [airlines] closely” to ensure the likes of Qantas and Virgin aren’t

Australians are warned to be very cautious when donating to charities this festive season, after a series of massive data leaks and scams. The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) said on Tuesday that fake charities are on the rise. ACNC acting commissioner Deborah Jenkins said “hundreds of thousands of

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are in the midst of another storm, as two bombshell trailers for their looming Netflix docu-series provoke heavy criticism for using photographs and footage unrelated to the couple. At least six photographs or clips in the two 60-second trailers released last week and late on

People in China’s capital Beijing are allowed to enter parks, supermarkets, offices and airports without showing proof of a negative COVID-19 test as measures ease across the nation in the wake of historic protests. “Beijing readies itself for life again” read a headline in the government-owned China Daily newspaper,

A drone attack on an airfield in Russia’s Kursk region has set fire to an oil storage tank a day after Russia accused Ukraine of audacious drone attacks on two military airfields deep inside its territory. Roman Starovoyt, the governor of the Kursk region bordering Ukraine, said on the Telegram