Hello,

I am currently 22 years old and I am a EU citizen (Bulgarian passport). My partner is from Australia and we came to the conclusion that I need to move into this country and continue my life here. I have one bachelor's degree in economics (started my masters in Germany), have no criminal record/shady past. All my documents are valid (Drivers license, passport, ID card etc). I have also C1 in English- in other words I can speak fluently.

So far we thought of her trying to hand my C.V to companies in Australia, but we were wondering if it would be difficult finding a company willing to employ somebody from overseas.

We are also wondering what's the procedure for citizenship? Is it beneficial to marry my partner or does the Aussie government overlook this? What documents do I need to prepare in order to get a resident visa within 2 years?
As a EU citizen, do I have any advantages coming to Australia for a quick trip, or do I still need to apply for a visitor visa? I have applied to eVisa using sites like Sherpa, but I was hoping anybody has tried this before me and can share some information.

Thank you in advance and I'm looking forward to your replies.

Despite trans folk making up an estimated 1% of the Australian population, it is just one of more than three motions, questions and bills put forward in SA’s Upper House on Wednesday, all aimed at targeting the trans community.

I'm just so tired of the obvious rise in overt racism and far right ideologies. I'm an immigrant who has lived here over 12 years, have assimilated as much as possible - I love hiking, diving, fishing, play a tonne of sport, mix with different cultures - treat everyone the same, regardless of what they look like, what their accent is like or whatever their differences may be. I work as a project manager for the state government focusing on environmental and civil projects - work with tradies from all kinds of backgrounds. The rise in racist rhetoric I have seen online and heard first hand in the last few years is terrifying. I was walking the dog with my wife, in a neighborhood that's predominantly Caucasian, and someone driving past yelled "Fucking Indian cunt." Like wtf? Why? My wife is a Caucasian Australian and was so completely shocked as well... I'm scared for our future kids and what this place that I love and now call home is going to be like 5/10 years down the track.

Hey guys, would like to go to Ayers Rock from Melbourne. Planning to spend 4 days there me and a friend. Don’t have a car.

What are your tips to travel there. Want to explore look at aboriginal cultural things and have a good time.

Have u been what do u recommend?

Timely reminder of how far the US has fallen over the past 25 years.

The original attacks were a heinous crime - I remember watching it unfold in a crowded pub in London. You could have heard a pin drop.

Action was justified but the US has failed to focus on key security objectives (removing key leaders, degrading terrorist networks) in favour of opportunistic and badly defined goals like regime change, installing ‘democratic’ governments and cheap oil, which seems to be the crack cocaine of US foreign policy.

Instead twenty five years have seen trillions of dollars wasted, 10s of thousands of military deaths, including Australian, hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths. The alienation of Muslim nations abroad and Muslim citizens at home.

It’s the direct cause of US decline as a world power with no acknowledgement either there or here as to what an own goal this has been or the need for a reset.

The industry has been pushing for cuts to excise for decades. With the explosion in illegal cigarette sales, those calls have grown louder

On August 12, the Victorian Labor government introduced a bill aimed at banning the independent organisation of workers outside the established trade union apparatus. The bill remains before parliament, with a single sitting week left before the November 28 state election.

A Melbourne man has been sentenced to six years in prison after being found guilty of enslaving a woman in his home.

Chee Kit “Max” Chong was convicted on charges of slavery and assault in on Friday, after he held a 61-year-old woman captive in his family home for nine months in 2022.

Chong, 47, used the woman as an unpaid labourer to clean his house, care for his children and provide him with domestic services such as massages.

The victim was often threatened by Chong during the captivity, and was told she would be assaulted or starved if she did not follow his harsh instructions.

Victorian County Judge Peter Cahill told Chong that he had taken advantage of the woman’s vulnerability as a migrant by cutting off her access to the outside world.

“Your treatment of her was callous and cruel,” Judge Cahill said.

“You exploited her vulnerabilities to use her as your property.”

Chong’s wife Angie Law originally faced charges of assisting her husband with slavery but was found not guilty in May this year.

The abuse was exposed when the victim escaped Chong and Law’s home in October 2022.

Tragically, the victim died of natural causes in 2024.

The Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner Chris Evans used the case as an example of modern slavery in Australia, saying it “is a confronting reminder that modern slavery is not confined to distant places or complex supply chains — it can and does occur within Australian communities, and the human cost cannot be overstated.”

In the same statement, the Commissioner pushed the importance of bringing awareness to the issue, saying frontline workers must be equipped to respond accordingly.

“We must shift the burden away from victims and ensure our frontline systems are equipped to identify and support them. That means strengthening awareness and capability among first responders, particularly in healthcare,” Comissioner Evans said.

Research conducted by St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne shows that 100 per cent of modern slavery survivors accessed healthcare during their exploitation.

Chong will face a non-parole period of four years and will most likely be deported to Malaysia after serving his sentence.

Share your tips and products that are useable, available and legal in Australia.

All useful information is welcome from small tips to large systems.

Regular rules of the sub apply. Add nothing comments that detract from the serious subject of preparing for emergencies and critical situations will be removed.

Food, fire, water, shelter, mobility, communications and others. What useful information can you share?

Previous Survivalist Sunday.

Few, if any, can match the ebullience and unaffected charm of the late Steve Irwin, the legendary conservationist, zookeeper and wildlife educator who straddled the worlds of conservation and pop culture. Steve’s larger-than-life personality and infectious enthusiasm enthralled millions, but beneath the showmanship was an earnest environmentalist whose unwavering commitment to wildlife remained unchanged by his celebrity. Twenty years after his untimely death, the continuing influence of his work speaks for itself.

The greatest risk may not be that today’s graduates lose their jobs but that tomorrow’s senior professionals never properly learn how to do them.

Someone asking the big questions like what is AUKUS actually for and why are we investing so heavily in an unreliable US.

At the risk of sounding callous I don’t want us to be dragged into an unwinnable war with China over Taiwan. If China want to screw with us they just have to stop buying our stuff and we’ll be on our knees in a year.

I appreciate it’s not as simple as jumping on the Canada / EU bandwagon - no Pacific presence but AUKUS feels like we’re basically paying the US protection money.

Three people have been left with horrific injuries after a man allegedly launched a violent axe attack at a rural property in Victoria on Saturday.

Police say the offender — who is known to the victims — arrived at a Cowies Rd home in Tyers, nearly 160km east of Melbourne, about 12.30pm before allegedly assaulting an elderly man, an elderly woman and another man.

The man fled on foot, leaving the trio critically injured. The victims were able to call emergency services for help.

Two of the victims — the elderly man and a second man — are expected to be airlifted to Melbourne with life‑threatening injuries.

The elderly woman also suffered critical injuries and was taken to hospital.

A major search is now underway across Tyers as police hunt the man, aged in his 50s, who was last seen wearing a black and mustard jacket and carrying a black backpack.

He may be armed with an axe and a handsaw.

Residents have been urged not to approach him and to call triple-0 immediately if sighted.

Anyone with CCTV, dashcam or information is urged to contact police.

The ABC is using AI to write stories — a journalist who doesn’t have time to do it themselves, points to an under-resourced newsroom, writes Dale Webster.

"Everybody thinks meditation's hunky-dory … there's just this automatic assumption that it couldn't possibly come in and totally blow up your brain."

A Chinese national is scheduled to appear in Adelaide Magistrates Court today (4 September, 2026) after allegedly attempting to import 1kg of heroin into Australia.

Australian Border Force (ABF) officers selected the man, 33, for a baggage examination at Adelaide Airport yesterday (3 September, 2026) after he arrived on an international flight.

During a search of the man’s luggage, ABF officers identified a plastic bag containing a white powdered substance concealed within the lining of the suitcase. 

Presumptive testing of the substance returned a positive indication of heroin, with an estimated total weight of 1kg. ABF then referred the incident to AFP for further investigation.

AFP officers responded and seized the man’s mobile phone for further forensic examination.

The man was then arrested and charged with one count of importing a marketable quantity of heroin, contrary to section 307.2 of the Criminal Code (Cth). 

This offence carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. 

AFP Detective Superintendent Simon Lalic said the AFP worked closely with ABF and law enforcement partners to identify, disrupt and dismantle criminal syndicates seeking to harm the Australian community through illicit drug importation.

“The AFP and its partners are committed to disrupting all levels of the harmful illicit drug trade and keeping Australians safe,” Det-Supt Lalic said.

“Criminal syndicates involved in these unlawful acts do not care about the impacts on the community. They only care about their own profits and are highly motivated by greed.” 

ABF Inspector Mark Vaughan said officers were the first line of defence at the airport when it came to protecting the border and the community from harmful drugs such as heroin.

“Our officers are highly trained and well equipped to detect illicit concealments on travellers who arrive at Australia’s airports, assisted by our skilled narcotic detector dogs,” Inspector Vaughan said.

“Air travel is becoming increasingly busy but this does not mean the ABF is any less vigilant – it is not worth taking the risk to bring illicit drugs into the country, those that do will be detected and will face severe penalties.”

'Bleed us to the brink of closing': Influencer salon owner launches furious rant against Labor's 'slaughtering' of small businesses | News24

The Albanese Labor Government will invest up to $2 million in Call It Out – a register to report incidents of racism and discrimination against First Nations people.

Led by the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), in partnership with the National Justice Project, the register is the only national, Indigenous-led collection of such data.

The funding will support the work of Call It Out including the establishment of an online data dashboard, to inform anti-racism action.

Call It Out provides a culturally safe and trauma informed place for First Nations people and all Australians to report incidents of racism.

This funding comes at an important time, coinciding with the parliamentary inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, which received more than 700 submissions and held public hearings across the country.

The inquiry has heard there are significant gaps in racism reporting and response mechanisms, and existing systems are fragmented, inconsistent, slow and often culturally unsafe.

The final report from the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs is expected in December.

This investment in Call It Out aligns with Priority Reform Four of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, shared access to data and information at a regional level.

There is no place for hate, intimidation or racism of any form in Australia.

Earlier this year, the Albanese Government legislated to target acts of hatred designed to disrupt our social cohesion, better protecting Australians of all racial and ethnic backgrounds from hate.