Sydney City Council wants to talk housing as it eyes laneways, reclaimed industrial sites and main streets for more homes. Council has released a new discussion paper on housing for public debate and Lord Mayor Clover Moore says it asks […]

“Take the keys and go” …. That’s what Big4 Holidays Parks wants to tell the winner of a $250,000 road trip package so they can create travel content for them. And they are running a competition whose prize package includes […]

Track works across the Brisbane and Gold Coast rail network will continue until the end of April, Queensland Rail says. And it says work times have been extended due to strike action over the Easter weekend. Large queues formed at […]

Europe has drawn up a bloc-wide strategy to respond to the growing threat of wildfires (bushfires) which are getting larger, more frequent and more destructive. The European Commission (EC) says its new strategy has four goals: prevent, prepare, respond and […]

Three police officers were injured and an unmarked car stolen as nine teenagers faced court in Townsville yesterday (April 7). Queensland Police said three officers were injured in attacks on them and were taken to Townsville University Hospital for treatment. […]

Four astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft have set a distance record for humanity then set it again in ‘quick’ succession. As of Tuesday morning (AEST), they had travelled 406,771 kilometres from Earth at their most distant point to break the […]

Amateur astronomers in Victoria, NSW and Queensland have been busy – and they have been honoured by the Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) for their efforts. The astronomers were all awarded the Page Medal, named after amateur astronomer Berenice Page […]

Townsville Port’s new 14-hectare cargo laydown facility will allow it to handle heavy equipment for the critical minerals, renewable energy and advanced manufacturing industries. The state government says the port’s new cargo area means it can handle large project cargo […]