Why is food so expensive in Australia compared to other countries?

AUSTRALIA grows its own fruit and vegetables, we produce the world’s best meat and we’re surrounded by seafood-rich oceans. So why are Australians’ grocery bills so expensive? It’s a question that we often ask ourselves when we travel overseas, and find ourselves raving about how cheap the food was. While there are a number of […]

13 reasons you’re too old for a hostel

THERE comes a time when you have to take a good hard look at yourself and realise there are some things you’ve just outgrown. So when it comes to travelling, you don’t want to be that creepy old person still living the backpacking dream. Matador have put together a list of reasons why you’re too old to […]

Chelsea Clinton’s speaking fees top $80,000

LIKE her high-profile parents, Chelsea Clinton is becoming a draw on the speaking circuit, with some organisations shelling out as much as $80,000 per speech. Attention to the younger Clinton’s speaking fees, first reported by The New York Times , comes as her mother, Hillary Rodham Clinton, commands a reported $213,000 or more per speech while she considers […]

Shylock malware exits stage left, pursued by UK cyber police

National Crime Agency leads campaign to knock out Shakespearian malware that infected at least 30,000 PCs The Shylock malware takes its name from one of Shakespeare’s most famous characters. Photograph: UniversalImagesGroup/Getty Images The UK’s National Crime Agency has led a global campaign to knock out the Shylock malware, which infected at least 30,000 Windows PCs […]

Google admits to errors over Guardian ‘right to be forgotten’ link deletions

David Drummond, chief legal officer of internet search firm, says adjusting to EU rule on removing content is ‘work in progress’ Under a European court judgment Google may have to remove web links if it receives a complaint. Photograph: Michael Gottschalk/Photothek/Getty Images Google has acknowledged that it “incorrectly” removed links to several Guardian articles last […]

Mourners Gather for Funeral of New York Firefighter

Hundreds of firefighters, in their matching dress blues, mourned a fallen colleague on Thursday, honoring the memory of Lt. Gordon Matthew Ambelas, who died last weekend fighting a blaze at a Brooklyn high-rise building. On a muggy summer day, a procession of relatives and public officials moved through the streets of southeastern Staten Island, past tents, tables […]