Australia

The management of the Single Social Security Entity (EFKA) on Thursday announced an extension to the deadline for the payment of January contributions and the submission of employment records until March 31 for all workers.

EFKA has also extended the period for the payment of February contributions to April 13.

In its recent publication, the Geological Society of America (GSA) has said that although New Zealand is considered asAustralia's smaller neighbour, the country is sitting on a massive new continent, named "Zealandia".

Kylie Minogue has revealed her debut glasses ranch which are set to go on sale at Specsavers on Valentine’s Day.
The Australian pop princess has posed up in a variety of the styles which she exclusively designed for the opticians brand. The 48-year-old singer, who recently broke with Joshua Sasse, lies back on a white bed wearing a simple, silk slip dress.

The searches in the Indian Ocean for the Malaysian Airlines MH370 flight have been officially called off after three years.

According to an announcement made by China, Australia and Malaysia, although the most advanced technological equipment were used, the airplane was not located.

The deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ended on Jan. 17, without any trace being found of the plane that vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board, the three countries involved in the search said. 

Most self-employed professionals will have to pay higher social security contributions from next month, as will many shareholders, as changes planned by the government were sealed with the issue of two circulars by the Labor Ministry in the last few hours of 2016.

Australian star Nicole Kidman says her experience as the mother of adopted children meant she closely related to her character in the movie "Lion," tipped as an Oscar favorite.

A French man whose wife and two of his three children were on a Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared in 2014 says he is still trying to find out what happened to the aircraft partly as a way of dealing with the emotional pain of his loss.

Thousands of people have taken part in Walk Together rallies across Australia in a gesture to welcome refugees and immigrants to the country. The rallies, organised by Welcome to Australia, took place in more than 25 cities and towns and aimed to celebrate cultural diversity while promoting compassion and unity.

Greece’s lenders request the EKAS allowance to be abolished earlier than it was first scheduled or change the income criteria for this year, so as more pensioners will not qualify for EKAS, in order to cover the gap of 100 million euros created after deciding the low pensioners will not be asked to return it retrospectively.