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New species of trapdoor spider confirmed in Australia
Phys.org - 3/21/2023 4:00:00 PM
A trio of arachnologists at Queensland Museum Collections and Research Center, has described the rediscovery of a species of giant trapdoor spider believed to live in hidden parts of Queensland, Australia.

New species of ‘giant’ spider discovered hiding underground in Australia, experts say
Yahoo - 3/21/2023 7:49:00 PM
Hiding underground and only emerging at night, a creepy crawly creature in the woodlands of Australia remained undetected. Not anymore. Researchers in Queensland set out to formally document a “rare and giant” spider and determined it was a new species ...

Australia's 116 new coal, oil and gas projects equate to 215 new coal power stations, says researcher
Phys.org - 3/21/2023 6:22:00 PM
Australia has 116 new coal, oil and gas projects in the pipeline. If they all proceed as planned, an extra 1.4 billion tons of greenhouse gases would be released into the atmosphere annually by 2030.

Why is Australia buying hundreds of missiles?
The Conversation - 3/21/2023 7:41:00 PM
Flying under the radar of last week’s AUKUS submarine announcement was the revelation that the United States had agreed to sell Australia up to 220 Tomahawk cruise missiles. This follows Australia’s purchase in January of “high mobility artillery ...

MAFS Australia's Jesse on what happened between Claire and Adam
YAHOO!News - 3/21/2023 3:18:00 PM
This is everything you need to know about the relationship between Jesse and Claire, including the rumours she cheated on him with Adam.

Australia politics live: late-night talks bring new hope for agreement on voice referendum plan
The Guardian - 3/21/2023 7:30:00 PM
Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian Good morning and welcome to Guardian Australia’s rolling news coverage of the day in politics and beyond. I’m Martin Farrer and I’ll be updating you with the main overnight breaking stories before Amy Remeikis ...

Australia Puts Policy Pause Back on Table as Economy Slows
Bloomberg L.P. - 3/21/2023 12:29:00 AM
Australia’s central bank will consider pausing its policy tightening cycle next month, given interest-rate settings are already restrictive and the economic outlook is uncertain, minutes of its March meeting showed.

Brazil will now require visas for citizens of U.S., Australia, Canada and Japan
Kansas City Star - 3/21/2023 5:10:00 PM
This will be the first time the country requires visas from the four nations since it waived the need for visas in 2019.

Peloton owners in Australia will have loans forgiven from Affirm as the lender exits the country
Business Insider - 3/21/2023 6:49:00 PM
Peloton owners in Australia who elected to pay off their purchase in installments learned this week that they will no longer have to pay anything for their exercise equipment. The loans were processed through Peloton's "buy now, pay later" partner ...

BHP coal assets eyed by Australia's New Hope, CEO says
Seeking Alpha on MSN.com - 3/21/2023 3:34:10 PM
Australian coal miner New Hope will consider buying coal operations being dumped by BHP (BHP) and others, CEO Rob Bishop told Bloomberg