January 2021 - MidasWord

Watching the cricket over the summer holidays is a well-trodden Australian tradition. Now, into the back half of my fifth decade I have indulged in this safe past time during the pandemic. “I don’t like cricket,” so the song goes, but unlike 10CC I don’t love it and never have. Therefore, I offer a fresh […]

Want to know how much a job pays? Here are hundreds occupations in Australia June 13, 2021
Want to know how much a job pays? Look no further. This interactive chart, which contains the income details for hundreds of occupations, will tell you.
Gareth Hutchens
Someone just paid $36 million to blast into space with a certain billionaire and his brother June 13, 2021
An auction for a ride into space next month alongside Jeff Bezos and his brother, Mark, ends with a winning $US28 million ($36.3 million) bid.
Australia’s rising art stars thrive in lockdown with limited choices and fewer distractions June 13, 2021
Alone during lockdown, and working in smaller spaces with limited choices, these top young artists shifted gears to work that soothed and sustained them — with ravishing results.
Dee Jefferson
Queen uses sword to cut slice of cake June 13, 2021
There's more than one way to skin a cat — or cut a cake, if Queen Elizabeth II is anything to go by, with the monarch choosing a "more unusual" ceremonial sword over a knife to slice a baked item on the sidelines of the G7.
Regional NSW towns still on edge after COVID scare from Melbourne couple June 13, 2021
The mayor of Forbes said she went to bed every night waiting to see if anyone had caught COVID-19 from a potentially infectious Melbourne couple.
Danuta Kozaki
How a Kojonup farmer uses clever adaptations to work his land June 13, 2021
When an aggressive cancer resulted in Nick Trethowan's leg being removed, he thought his dreams of farm life were over. But a can-do attitude and some simple adaptations are seeing him live out his dream of farming for life.
Chris Kerr and Samille Mitchell
Afghan asylum seekers jailed in Greece over Moria migrant camp blaze June 13, 2021
Four Afghan asylum seekers are sentenced to 10 years in prison in Greece for their part in a fire that destroyed the Moria migrant camp last year.
Joe Biden to name scene of deadly Orlando shooting a national memorial June 13, 2021
With the United States marking the fifth anniversary of the nation's deadliest mass shooting, Joe Biden says he will sign a bill naming the scene of the attack a national memorial.
Music venue angered over 'hypocritical' COVID breach shutdown notice June 13, 2021
The owner of Sunshine Coast live music venue NightQuarter says she is angry authorities ordered her business be shut down over COVID-19 safety breaches in the same week they allowed a State of Origin game to be played at a packed stadium.
Stephanie Zillman
Crunch time for Australian peanut growers as imports and climate change bite June 13, 2021
As a changing climate crushes domestic production in traditional peanut country, growers are turning to regions like the Red Centre to rebuild domestic supply.
Jon Daly
Players booed for kneeling against racism at Euro 2020, England and Scotland vow to take a knee June 13, 2021
Boos rang out as Belgium players took the knee against Russia. England authorities are worried there will be a similar response when England gets its Euro campaign underway against Croatia at Wembley.
Simon Smale
'The light must be at the end of the tunnel': Pilot's pandemic note found after 435 days June 13, 2021
As the global coronavirus pandemic took hold and planes were sent into storage, Chris Dennis penned a letter to serve as a time capsule for the next crew.
Bridget Judd
Four nights without power for many Victorians, but it has its advantages. No screen time for the kids is one June 12, 2021
What's life like without electricity? Thousands of Victorian families are finding out, and for some there are plenty of positives about being forced to live "off the grid".
Mim Cook
'Unique opportunity': Johnson joins Scott Morrison's first meeting with Biden June 12, 2021
Scott Morrison's widely anticipated first meeting with US President Joe Biden has an unexpected guest in the form of British PM Boris Johnson, as hopes of Australia's borders being reopened in the near-future are dashed.
Samantha Hawley
SES crews remain busy despite conditions easing after wild Victorian storms June 12, 2021
The State Emergency Service says the clean-up from this week's storm in Victoria will take some time.
NSW moves to cut single-use plastics by 2025 June 12, 2021
NSW is set to unveil ambitious plans to drastically cut the amount of plastic and food scraps that end up in landfill by 2025.
Danuta Kozaki
Acting Premier says he expects Victoria to ease restrictions later in the week after one local case recorded June 12, 2021
The Health Department says the latest case is a primary close contact who has been quarantining throughout their infectious period.
Deacon Staak has always worn socks for gloves, until a tight-knit group of knitters heard of his plight June 12, 2021
Tasmanian Deacon Staak has battled through five winters with socks for gloves. Now, he has regained dexterity and independence thanks to his first pair of custom-fit mittens gifted by an online community that matches knitters to those with a need.
Manika Champ
'There is no other option': Parents fear for their children's wellbeing due to school's uncertain future June 12, 2021
A small school in Brisbane is the only one of its kind in Queensland and saved Sonya Meredith's teenage son's life. Now she and other parents are fighting for its future.
Rachel Riga
When a man asked Nicole for directions one night, she didn't know he had already dug her a grave June 12, 2021
Nicole was approached in a car park by a man asking for street directions, triggering her internal alarm bells to ring loud. She credits a stranger with her escape from what she later discovered were two of Australia's most notorious killers.
Paula Doneman

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