Graeme Drendel wins Australian portrait prize after ironic twist
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Graeme Drendel wins Australian portrait prize after ironic twist

The winner of Australia’s richest portrait prize — one of the most coveted in the Australian artistic world — has been revealed. Victorian artist Graeme Drendel claimed the $150,000 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize for 2022 for his portrait of fellow artist Lewis Miller, in Sydney on Wednesday. In an…

Australia’s Arkon Energy Bags Millions to Expand Its Green BTC Mining Operations

Australia’s Arkon Energy Bags Millions to Expand Its Green BTC Mining Operations

Despite the ongoing flump in the crypto market, players operating in the mining industries have not lost hope for the sector’s speedy recovery. Australia’s Arkon Energy has managed to raise $28 million (roughly Rs. 228 crore) in order to expand its eco-friendly BTC mining operations into the country. Arkon is…

Aussie specker finds massive gemstone on evening walk
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Aussie specker finds massive gemstone on evening walk

A Queensland amateur prospector has claimed his biggest find yet after excavating a precious gemstone during his evening walk. Matt Betteridge found “an absolutely massive” 834-carat Australian sapphire near his home on fossicking land near Rubyvale in Queensland’ Gemfields while on a “bit of evening specking (looking for sapphires with…

Wedding guests stranded after booking lavish Airbnb that’s under construction
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Wedding guests stranded after booking lavish Airbnb that’s under construction

This Airbnb was more air and less B&B. A woman said her family members were left devastated when they arrived at a home they booked on Airbnb, only to discover it was under construction. Renee Menzies took to TikTok last Wednesday, saying her sister and 11 other relatives traveled to…

Stream It or Skip It?
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Stream It or Skip It?

Now on Netflix, The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone is a mini-biography of one of Australia’s most influential transgender rights advocates. Now 22 years old, Georgie is a Human Rights Award-winner who, as a teenager, successfully campaigned to change the laws preventing young trans Australians from acquiring stage one hormone-blocking treatments….

Australia’s Crypto-Based Money Laundering, Offshoring to be Tackled by New Law Unit

Australia’s Crypto-Based Money Laundering, Offshoring to be Tackled by New Law Unit

Cryptocurrencies have often come into the limelight for becoming a tool for criminals who wish to engage in financial frauds. In Australia, the federal police have formed a new unit whose one-track job would be to sniff out illicit money transfers happening through crypto assets. The new unit is being…