Australia’s share market has started the week on the back foot after a dip in mortgage applications raised questions about upcoming bank earnings.
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A 35-year-old woman has admitted attempting to smuggle marijuana and suki into the Naboro Correctional Facility for her stepbrother Shalend Kumar, an inmate serving a prison sentence. Adi Vuniasi Waqanitoga pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful entry of prohibited articles into a correctional facility and one count of unlawful possession of illicit drugs. She appeared before Magistrate Yogesh Prasad this morning. The court heard that the incident occurred on May 30 when Waqanitoga visited the prison. During a search at the facility, corrections officers became suspicious of a toothpaste tube she was carrying. The tube was cut open, revealing…
Eva Skira has spent the past year or more publishing the memoirs of her late husband, geologist John Gorter.
A new evacuation centre at Ravuka Village is close to completion, offering residents a stronger place of refuge during cyclones and other emergencies. The project is being financed through income from pine harvesting carried out on land belonging to the Mataqali Veisererua. Rather than directing the revenue solely toward immediate needs, the landowning unit has invested part of its natural resource earnings into infrastructure aimed at improving community safety and preparedness. Construction of the facility is being undertaken by engineers from the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF), based on plans supplied by the Commissioner’s Office. The building has entered…
The Fiji Corrections Service wish to confirm that the investigations into the alleged assault at the Lautoka Remand Centre circulating in the social media had been completed. In the process of investigation, two senior officers, one junior officer who held senior appointments in the Western Division were suspended to allow an unimpeded investigation. Three subordinate officers were also suspended for their actions linking to the incident as revealed during the investigations. The key suspect COC Asaeli Sorovaki had been charged by the Police and appeared in court this morning on assault charges. The officer had been bailed to appear again…
Bus fares across Viti Levu and Vanua Levu will revert to their base rates from the 1st of September, with the temporary 22.5 percent fare increase coming to an end at the end of this month. The Fijian Competition and Consumer Commission (FCCC) announced today that the interim bus fares introduced on May 26, 2026, will cease on August 31, meaning commuters will pay the original base fares from September 1. FCCC said the interim fare adjustment had been implemented in response to sharp increases in global fuel prices caused by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and disruptions to…
An update on the dysfunction plaguing the City of Perth since last year, has found some elected members have resisted measures to improve “psychosocial risks” at the council.
OPINION: While not a full reopening of trade or a guarantee of higher prices, Australian canola can now be sold to China.
An abattoir built to service small farmers and potentially game and native meats would cost upwards of $57 million to build and have capacity to process 500 sheep per day.
Shares in rare earths developer Lindian Resources rose by more than 10 per cent early on Monday, on the back of multiple updates regarding its flagship asset.