Ethinvest client Georgina Banks and her daughters travelled to Bangka, Indonesia with ABC’s Compass to uncover what happened to her great aunt, one of the 21 Australian World War II nurses murdered by Japanese soldiers in 1942. Banks travelled to the island to learn more about her great-aunt, Army nurse Dorothy “Bud” Elmes, who was among the women killed on Radji Beach after surviving the sinking of the Vyner Brooke, considered one of the worst atrocities against Australian

This month, economist Saul Eslake has put the government’s budget initiatives to lower housing prices in perspective... and it’s a very good thing for Australians and our economy. Residential property prices are falling in the capital cities, by an average of 2.5% in August according to property market data providers Cotality and Proptrack. Sydney and Melbourne have seen larger drops – 5.6% and 5.7% respectively. The major banks are predicting that capital city prices will b

Encouraging changes are afoot as Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen this month not only announced an expansion of the national rooftop solar rebate scheme to include large-capacity business, factory, farm and school sites but also a new data centre policy that is likely to rule out gas-powered facilities. Up to now, the federal solar rebate was capped at 100 kilowatts and focused largely on residential home rooftop systems. Speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra, Bo

An LGBTIQA+ refugee who spent years fearing persecution because he is gay has arrived in Australia, becoming the first person resettled through a new program, Bridge to Safety, designed to reach people often shut out of traditional protection systems according to the refugee support charity Forcibly Displaced People Network. The refugee, identified as Farsheed to protect his identity, arrived after lawyers prepared and lodged his visa application through the refugee program

Uptake of solar in Africa shows the continent is entering the global solar revolution. Solar panel imports from China, the world’s dominant producer, rose 60% in the 12 months through June 2025, reaching a record 15 gigawatts, according to an analysis by the energy think tank Ember. The increase offers the first evidence that solar power is beginning to spread beyond a handful of early-adopting countries and across the continent.