Doug Dingwall

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Doug Dingwall |Iris Zhao

5 hours agoBoth the data and my anecdotal experience over the decades show businesses don't fail for the reasons we always hear. It's something else entirely. We've all heard the U.S. Bureau of Labor stats: 20% of small businesses fail in the first twelve months, and 50% in the first five years. They're real …

Feb 21, 2025 | abc.net.au | Doug Dingwall |Erin Handley |Jason Fang |Sally Brooks

By the end of the year, Zoya Fong and Saajid Khan hope to call themselves home owners. But for now the young married couple are living with Zoya's parents and her younger brother in their Googong home just outside of Canberra. Despite both working full-time, the fluctuating housing market and the rising cost of living means their dream of owning a home feels constantly out of reach. "It feels like the closer that we get [to achieving it], the further away the goal gets," Zoya said.

Feb 10, 2025 | abc.net.au | Doug Dingwall |Leah Lowonbu

The only female Member of Parliament to emerge from Vanuatu's national election last month wasted no time in announcing her presence on the national stage. Only days after electoral officials confirmed Marie Louise Milne's election win — dispelling initial fears of a return to an all-male parliament — she called publicly for a ministry in its next government. "A woman too has her place [at] the table at the national level," she told the ABC.

Feb 4, 2025 | abc.net.au | Doug Dingwall

Fijian MP Lynda Tabuya will remain in parliament after her party decided not to expel her over an explicit video of her that circulated online. The decision follows her dismissal in December as minister for women, children and social protection by Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, soon after local media reported the existence of the video. Ms Tabuya has said the private video was meant for her husband and that its circulation online was a criminal invasion of privacy.

Jan 22, 2025 | abc.net.au | Doug Dingwall

Soon after Donald Trump's election victory in November, a leader from one of the world's smallest nations voiced a hope to take him snorkelling. Palau's president Surangel Whipps Jr, leading a Pacific Island nation of 18,000 people, told New Zealand's public broadcaster RNZ he'd like Mr Trump to see the coral bleaching on its reefs caused by climate change. "That would be a fantastic opportunity to take him snorkelling and see the impacts," Mr Whipps said.