Harry Sekulich

May 20, 2024 | thedailyaus.com.au | Harry Sekulich

Paid subscribers to Prime Video will start seeing advertisements on the Amazon-owned streaming platform from 2 July. The ads will automatically play during shows and films. However, Australian users can pay an extra $2.99 a month to avoid seeing ads. A Prime membership costs around $10 a month. An email update to customers said there would be “no other” membership changes. Amazon users in the U.S, UK, and Germany were hit with similar price increases for ad-free content earlier this year.

Apr 28, 2024 | thedailyaus.com.au | Harry Sekulich

Four spears carved and used by the Gweagal people in Kamay (Botany Bay) were stolen by Captain James Cook and other English colonisers who came to Australia in 1770. The spears ended up at Cambridge University in the UK a year later. More than 250 years later, Cambridge returned the spears to the La Perouse Aboriginal Community in a formal ceremony. It featured traditional First Nations rituals. They are the earliest artefacts taken by the British from any part of Australia that still exists.

Mar 4, 2024 | thedailyaus.com.au | Harry Sekulich

Matildas player Sam Kerr has been charged in the UK with a “racially aggravated offence” relating to a police officer. Kerr has pleaded not guilty in court, but has not released a public statement. In a statement, the Metropolitan police said Sam Kerr had been charged in the UK over “an incident involving a police officer who was responding to a complaint involving a taxi fare on 30 January 2023 in Twickenham [in London]”.

Feb 5, 2024 | thedailyaus.com.au | Harry Sekulich

Parliament has resumed for 2024, with the Federal Government introducing legislation for its re-worked stage 3 tax cuts. Labor needed support from across Parliament to legislate the tax relief. Today, the Coalition confirmed they’ll back the changes, meaning they will pass. The Government hopes to pass the changes quickly to ensure the tax cuts can take effect from 1 July. Here’s the latest. Australia has a “progressive” tax system, which means the more you earn, the more tax you pay.

Dec 21, 2023 | thedailyaus.com.au | Harry Sekulich

A group from Yemen called ‘Houthis’ are attacking ships in the Red Sea that they say are connected to Israel. This is part of the Houthis’ support for Hamas in the context of an ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. The Red Sea is one of the world’s busiest trading routes and the Houthi attacks on ships have led some companies to divert their ships, which could have major economic implications. First, the Red SeaThe Red Sea connects Europe and Asia and is one of the world’s busiest trading routes.