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Mal Meninga shows Perth's new jersey during the unveiling ceremony in Perth. Photo: Perth Bears

Perth’s Bears show their colours with new home jersey unveiling

Perth’s new NRL team the Bears have unveiled their inaugural home jersey in a nod to the North Sydney 1908 rugby league foundation club. And jerseys went on sale online on Friday (August 7) and at the Melbourne Storm-Manly Sea […]
Parramatta North's historic buildings like the female factory and old gaol are not part of the rezoning work, the state MP says. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Parramatta a step closer to becoming a ‘Central River City’ after $124m given for northern rezoning

Parramatta’s transformation into a ‘Central River City’ takes a step closer to reality with the NSW government to spend $124.5 million on rezoning a northern precinct. The government is promising up to 10 hectares of landscaped space and heritage protection […]
travellers ... Singapore traffic was up 8.3% for the second quarter of this year, the airport says. Photo: Nigel Coghlan.

Travellers choose Asia over Middle East as gateway to Europe from Sydney

Travellers bypassing the Middle East for an Asian gateway to Europe have helped Sydney Airport to virtually shrug off disruptions of the US-Iran war. Almost 10 million passengers moved through the airport in April-June, down just 0.7% for the 2025 […]
NSW’s rental market is worsening as the gap between demand and supply worsens, the REINSW says. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Rental market in NSW worsens as Qld starts to loosen a little

Rental housing in NSW is worsening even as Queensland’s market is loosening, says the Real Estate Institute (REI). The NSW branch of the institute (REINSW) says the number of residential tenancy agreements fell by more than 25,000 over the 12 […]
The Victorian government says more train services are coming next year. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

More train services to run across, and out of, Melbourne by month’s end

More trains will be running across Melbourne by the end of the month, a new-look state government says. And an order is in for 25 more locally built trains to compliment ones that are starting to be delivered. The government […]
Qld ... Electric bikes now have a 25km/h speed limit without human pedalling. Photo: azerbaijan_stockers on Magnific

Qld police seize 249 e-ride devices, charge 24 with drunken riding

Qld police have seized more than 240 electric ride devices and issued almost 1000 fines in just one month. Since Operation Yankee Surety started on July 1, police say they targeted dangerous behaviour and illegal devices. So far, officers issued […]
Short naps can help new parent drivers but are used far less to combat fatigue, researchers say. Photo: magnific

New parents almost entirely tired behind the wheel, says accident research centre

New parents say they are almost always tired when behind the wheel, a new Monash University study’s survey shows. And the researchers want a better fatigue warning system in place for them. The university’s accident research centre surveyed 1660 drivers […]
Demand is up and planes in the air for longer, the flying doctors Qld branch says. Photo: RFDS

Flying doctors carrying more patients further across Qld as demand increases

Flying doctors in Queensland carried more patients and flew more with an average of 223 cases a day in the last 12 months. The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) Queensland says it recorded more than 81,000 cases statewide in the […]
Overhead baggage should weigh no more than 10kg after the gate scales disappear, the airline says. Photo: Jetstar

Jetstar to charge for overhead baggage, scrap gate weigh-ins in 2027

Jetstar is to start charging for overhead baggage and is doing away with gate check-ins from early next year. The airline to scrapping its current carry-on weight limit (7kg) as it shifts from a weight to size limit model. Prices […]
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