Why are there so many Australians working for Saudi Arabia’s controversial megacity?
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Why are there so many Australians working for Saudi Arabia’s controversial megacity?

Politics tamfitronics NEOM, the planned city set to form the crown jewel of Saudi Arabian prince Mohammed bin Salman’s megaproject Vision 2030, has received a lot of help from an unusual source: Australia.Australians appear to be flocking to the Middle Eastern kingdom, with the allure of well-paid, tax-free jobs key to the sales pitch from Saudi Arabia. The Financial Review reports estimates from the Australian Saudi Business Council that more than 10,000 Australians now live in Saudi Arabia, with the figures rising rapidly over recent years.NEOM will be home to a planned 170km long, 500m high and 200m wide mirrored skyscraper which will house a self-sufficient “linear city” dubbed The Line, a planned urban utopia made up of modular communities.As Saudi Arabia’s influence has grown, Australian willingness to criticise the nation for its human rights...
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Working people are in desperate need of some genuine good news when Rachel Reeves delivers Budget on Wednesday
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Working people are in desperate need of some genuine good news when Rachel Reeves delivers Budget on Wednesday

Top Stories Tamfitronics Top Stories Tamfitronics It’s so unfareIT’S hard to think of anything more likely to hit hard-pressed, ordinary people than the plan to scrap the £2 bus fare cap…Unless it’s the suggestion of ending the vital fuel duty freeze.1Working people are in desperate need of some genuine good news on Wednesday when Rachel Reeves delivers her BudgetCredit: ReutersIt is “working people” who would be most badly affected by either.Do the Treasury nerds inside their cosy Westminster bubble not realise how ordinary people depend on buses to get around?The Prime Minister defined “working people” as those not able to write a cheque to get themselves out of difficulties.How about the difficulty in affording the bus to get to work?Read More on Sun SaysOf course, it could all be a sadistic bluff. Some of the...
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Western Cape working on plans to improve water resources
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Western Cape working on plans to improve water resources

Top Stories Tamfitronics CAPE TOWN - The Western Cape government is looking at expanding the Volvlei Dam in Gaouda, to ensure water security in the province.Western Cape dams are currently filled to capacity.READ: Western Cape dams filled to the brimBut, that's not going to last forever. Working with the National Department of Water and Sanitation, the plan is to build additional water infrastructure in the province.ENCA reporter Kevin Brandt caught up with the Water and Sanitation Department's official, Ntombizanele Bila-Mupariwa, and filed this report.
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What’s NASA working on?
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What’s NASA working on?

NASA Space Technology From sending astronauts attend to the moon to exploring water on faraway planets(List credit: Illustrated | Gettyimages)NASA has loads in the works, like taking astonishing photography of condominium and putting humans on the moon and Mars. Below, we grab a glance at a number of of the joy surrounding the condominium agency.Artemis missionNASA Space Technology Subscribe to The WeekBag away your echo chamber. Bag the facts in the attend of the guidelines, plus prognosis from multiple views.SUBSCRIBE & SAVENASA Space Technology Join The Week's Free NewslettersFrom our morning recordsdata briefing to a weekly Licensed News E-newsletter, fetch the ideal of The Week delivered genuine now to your inbox.From our morning recordsdata briefing to a weekly Licensed News E-newsletter, fetch the ideal of The Week delivered genuine now to your inbox. ...
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