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What the Skynest pod will look like. Each bunk will be available to economy for an extra price with time limits. Photo: Air New Zealand.

Bunk beds for Kiwi carrier’s Auckland-New York service about to go on sale

Bunk beds in the sky means a distinctively Kiwi laid-back experience will be adopted onboard Air New Zealand’s Auckland-New York service later this year. The airline’s new Skynest pod features six lie-flat pods in a bunk layout catering to Economy […]
More trains and more services are planned for the Perth-Bunbury route. Photo: wirestock on Freekpik

New trains on Perth-Bunbury line to run more often with $45m boost from WA Govt

Tasmania is working on securing overseas fuel and fertiliser supply deals. Photo: jcomp on Freepik

Tasmania to build on-island fuel reserves, eyes empty 12 million litre tanks at Self’s Point

Tasmania is working towards an on-island fuel reserve and is talking to Singapore and Indonesia to secure supply deals. The state government says Tasmania has 85 days of petrol and 48 days of diesel in stock or on the way. […]
Woodford .... The 2025 Anzac Day street parade at Redcliffe featured marchers in WW1 uniforms. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI.

Woodford will be marching as Moreton Bay gears up for Anzac Day services

In his hometown of Woodford in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Private Alfred Jull’s ultimate sacrifice for king and country on the battlefields of France during World War I lives on. The former timbergetter is remembered under a commemorative tree in his […]
Gym lockers need to be safely secured at all times, Qld Police say. Photo: supplied.Photo: pressfoto on Freepik

Gym users urged to lock lockers after Brisbane teenager faces court over theft, break-ins across seven suburbs

Brisbane gym patrons have been urged to lock and secure all personal items, including car keys, when they are at the gym. The warning follows the court appearance on Monday (April 20) of a 17-year-old male charged with stealing keys […]
Wellington Port. New Zealand is one of four Pacific trading partners that Queensland is targeting. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI.

Queensland eyes greater, stable Pacific trade amid global oil shocks

Queensland is keen to boost its stable $3 billion trading ties with the Pacific amid ongoing global oil shocks from the Middle East. The state government has just released a three-year plan to boost trade, investment and political ties with […]
A Tweed Heads man has been denied bail over a cocaine haul onboard a catamaran. Photo: supplied/ABF

200kg cocaine haul found onboard catamaran with man denied bail

A 200kg cocaine haul found onboard a catamaran sailing from Queensland to NSW has resulted in a NSW man facing court. The Australian Border Face says a Tweed Heads man, 41, faced NSW Bail Division Court on Friday (April 17) […]
A city loop bus in Auckland. Almost 40 Kiwi drivers from NZ have been or will be lured to drive buses in Sydney. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI.

NSW signs up Kiwi bus drivers to serve on Sydney’s Northern Beaches routes

NSW is signing experienced Kiwi bus drivers from New Zealand to fill a shortage on its Northern Beaches routes in Sydney. The state government says three out of 10 bus service cancellations in Sydney are on Northern Beaches routes. It […]
The Census this year will be held on Tuesday, August 11, and the search is on for staff. Photo: awesomecontent on Freepik.

Search on to fill 16,000 Census jobs nationally including on Norfolk Island

The search is on for a ‘few’ good men and women to deliver the 2026 Census – 16,000 of them to serve as field officers, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) says. Held every five years, Census Night will be […]
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