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Mars is a hellish sight. Step onto this planet without a protective spacesuit and your eyes will pop out of their sockets as your veins burst and your whole body convulses. At least, that’s the premise of one of the most successful sci-fi films to ever set foot on the red planet. Fortunately, the colony of Mars in Remember Total ‘s imagined future don’t go out too much, stay in a big dome filled with breathable air. But this dome is a different kind of hell. For many people, the conditions are terrible. People are being charged for essential resources and poor radiation shielding has caused genetic mutations. There’s a lot of sci-fi wild and escapism in Remember Total. A talking taxi, a three-breasted woman, a flashing memory implantation machine, a is-it-all-dream? ends, and a psychic rebel leader joins the underbelly of his brother George. But director Paul Verhoven’s Arnold Schwarzennager vehicle also forces us to consider the harsh realities of life on Mars — and how those

Now the bank faces what is shaping up to be the biggest overhaul of the country’s economic policy in decades, with the RBA’s formal review. The release of the terms of reference for the review by Treasurer Jim Chalmers is imminent. This will mark the bank’s first review since the 1981 Campbell report – when Australians used Bank Cards, people kept $1 and $2 notes in their wallets and mortgage interest rates were capped by the government at the time. Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has maintained an upbeat economic assessment throughout his tenure. The review was prompted by concerns about the bank’s handling of monetary policy prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. A series of articles in this masthead in April last year, outlining criticism among the bank’s economics, handling of its policies and governance structure, provided a staging ground for the demand for review. Both political parties went to the election promising a review. Chalmers describes his review of “RBA goals and objectiv

A former Qantas baggage handler has exposed the chaos behind the scenes as the airline struggles to save its sinking reputation with travelers experiencing long delays and flight cancellations. The man who chose not to be named claimed that after 1,800 baggage handlers were laid off during the Covid-19 period and work was outsourced to third-party contractors, baggage was left in rooms for weeks and even planes broke down. “Yeah, when the pandemic hit, we got JobKeeper for a while and were given enforced redundancy,” he told Nine’s Today Show. ‘Many men don’t want to go. Many older men with more than 35, 30 years experience, they don’t know how to apply for jobs online. So it affects older people. An unnamed former Qantas baggage handler said the airline had suffered since it fired its experienced ground crew and replaced them with inexperienced contract workers. The former Qantas employee said morale plummeted after experienced baggage handlers were let go and performanc

A young woman who struggles with months of excruciating stomach pain that is considered “food poisoning” discovers that she actually has stage four colon cancer. Jessica Thompson, from New Zealand, was looking “very healthy” when she started experiencing severe cramps, diarrhea and vomiting. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Jessica’s cancer journey For more Health & Wellness related news and videos, check out Health & Wellness >> But every time she sees a doctor, the 26-year-old claims her symptoms are caused by “food poisoning” or “gastro ticks”. However, the sales associate knew something was wrong when the cramps became unbearable, forcing him to call an ambulance for fear he would lose consciousness from the pain. By the time he was diagnosed with the rare condition in March, doctors found a 2cm cancerous tumor blocking half of his large intestine. Jessica Thompson’s symptoms were dismissed as food poisoning. Credit: Jessica Thompson “I clearly remember hearing the C-word