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Wallaby and Queensland rugby is adding Townsville to the list of their regular Test fixtures

Wallaby, Queensland rugby add Townsville to regular fixtures list

Wallaby and Queensland rugby have added Townsville to the list of their regular Test fixtures in a new deal. The Queensland Government has signed a three-Test deal to play in Townsville up to 2030 as well as a six-season deal […]
Bird flu vaccines have arrived for Little penguins (pictured here on Phillip Island), the state government says. Photo: Philip Island Nature Parks.

Bird flu vaccines arrive for Victoria’s Little penguins as NSW confirms more wild cases

Bird flu vaccines for Phillip Island and St Kilda’s 5000-strong Little penguin population have arrived, the Victorian government says. Doses have arrived at the island and are ready to be administered early next week if given regulatory clearance, the state […]
New data centre projects are driving construction jobs growth, says SEEK. Photo: freestockcenter on Magnific

New data centres fuel construction job growth as AI influence grows: SEEK report

New data centre projects are fuelling more construction job ads even as reference to AI skills in job ads have started falling, says online provider SEEK. SEEK’s latest national jobs report for July was released yesterday (August 12). It says […]
Mayor Peter Flannery (left) and Cr Karl Winchester at the beach pavilion site. Photo: Moreton Bay City council

Beach pavilion foundation poured as $19 million Redcliffe project heads to 2027 completion

A beach pavilion costing $19 million continues to take shape at Redcliffe in northern Brisbane as the concrete foundation is poured. Construction workers began pouring 160 cubic metres of concrete into slabs for the ground floor of the main building […]
stay ... Commuters and families returning from the EKKA Show had to disembark from this stranded train at Bindha Station, Brisbane, on Monday (August 10). One male passenger sat on the edge of the station platform with another train minutes away before a rail staff member quickly moved him on safely. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Stay alert, stay safe, says Qld Rail, after the closest possible call for dog and owner

Stay alert and stay safe is the message Queensland Rail wants commuters to heed after releasing new video of close calls and falls at its train stations. Queensland Rail has released new footage of risky behaviour as part of TrackSafe […]
plan ... An artistic impression of the new square at twilight. Image: City of Sydney/JPW/ASPECT Studios

Plan for a $150m town hall square in Sydney given a public unveiling

A plan for Sydney City’s new $150 million town hall square featuring illuminated native trees have been made public. And residents will be able to have their say on the final design with the development application yet to be lodged. […]
eight ... G:link trams helped bring the crowds to Surfers Paradise for the Pacific Airshow. Tram capacity will be put to the test when Surfers Paradise hosts the Pacific Airshow again from August 14-16. The three-day event will feature a flypast of modern and historic aircraft, civilian and military, and other performances. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Eight tram stations, 6.7km of line have joined Gold Coast’s G:link network

Eight tram stations and another 6.7km of rail line have officially joined the Gold Coast light rail (G:link) network. At 6am on Sunday (August 9), the first passengers boarded a G:link tram from Burleigh Heads bound for Miami, Nobby Beach […]
fresh ... A wildland firefighter cools the edge of a prescribed burn during a night shift. Photo: FILE/ Rebecca Paterson/DOI-USWFS

Fresh group of WA, NZ firefighters off to reinforce fight against North American bushfires

A fresh group of more than 100 firefighters from WA and New Zealand are off to the US to reinforce an Australian-Kiwi presence already there. The WA Government says a 46-strong team left Perth today (August 10) for a briefing […]
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 […]
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