Born in 1973, Cathy Freeman became an Australian sports legend and most famously represented the country during the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She is a former sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres dash event at the Olympics. She did sometimes compete in other types of track events, but her main focus was the 400-metre dash …
A study from the University of Melbourne said that Australians have struggled to find a good balance between their family life and their work life. The study showed that many people were not satisfied with their career path and felt like it was making them unhappy. This was recorded with lesser job satisfaction levels that …
Australia has become a major drawcard for a variety of data analytics professionals and academics. Why is this? The simple answer is that Australia has a rapidly growing ecosystem of technology and is creating large pools of useful data at an increasingly rapid rate. This has been an attractive feature of Australia for many data …
Wesfarmers Limited is one of the largest Australian conglomerations ever. Its headquarter is in the Western Australia capital city of Perth. It is mainly an Australian and New Zealand conglomeration of business that deals in sectors like coal mining, industrial products, chemical, fertilisers, and retail. Wesfarmers is one of the wealthiest companies and commonly listed …
Kinder Surprise eggs are a fun treat that children love. This is because they are a chocolate that has a hidden surprise toy inside. This gives kids the joy of chocolate and a toy in one go, and is a popular treat because parents want to surprise and delight young children any way they can. …
Why is it that some Australian companies, like Woolworths, for example, might struggle with leveraging the power of data analytics? After all, data analysis has been a growing sector for some time, and there have been plenty of businesses overseas and within Australian that have managed to leverage it successfully. There have been studies that …
Harry Triguboff is one of the richest people in Australian and his is a developer of real estate who is Chinese-born. He is the managing director as well as the found of Meriton and many people call him ‘high-rise Harry’ as a nickname, due to the fact Meriton is responsible for so many apartment complexes. …
Mel Gibson is one of the most famous actors in Hollywood, and also one of the most controversial. He was born in 1956, and since getting into acting is best known for his action-hero movie roles. He is probably best known in his early career for his work in the Mad Max films and, later, …
Magda Szubanski was born in 1961 and is a famous Australian comedian, writer, and actor. Her career started as a performer and writer of hilarious and now classic Australian sketch comedy, specifically on the show Fast Forward. She is also famous for her portrayal of Sharon in the iconic Australian comedy show Kath & Kim. …
Anyone familiar with nuclear weapons will know that the ‘Manhattan Project’ was the codename for the then-secret operation to create working atomic weapons. Mark Oliphant was an Australian scientist who played a key role in the development of nuclear weapons, helping with the first experimental nuclear fusion demonstration. During World War 2, Great Britain started …
