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Rural and regionals council now qualify for NSW worker support from government. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI.

NSW metro council workers getting govt support to go bush

NSW metro council workers can now get state help to move to the bush or coast to fill essential jobs such as road maintenance, town planning, engineering and childcare. Their Welcome Experience program is expanding to include local government jobs […]
Bowel cancer rates are rising faster in younger people, especially women, the BCA says. Photo: DC Studio on Magnific

Bowel cancer cases rising in younger Aussies despite healthier lifestyles

Bowel cancer cases are rising in younger Australians according to new data and oncologists are not sure why. Bowel Cancer Australia (BCA) says new research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute predicts a doubling of early-onset (diagnosed […]
The Mamre Road Data Centre proposed for this Western Sydney site would be the biggest in Australia if approved. Photo: Toby Davidson/Greenpeace.

New data centres will derail switch to renewable energy, Greenpeace warns

New data centres rolling out across the country will derail the country’s switch to renewable energy, a new report says. And Greenpeace wants a national moratorium on centre approvals until safeguards can be put in place. The report from Greenpeace […]
The Kiribati officers undergo training at Tahiti from French and Australian officers. Photo: supplied by AFP

Kiribati police divers learn to find drugs underwater with AFP, French help

Australian and French divers are helping train police from the remote, central Pacific atoll nation of Kiribati to detect illegal drugs. Australian Federal Police (AFP) divers joined their French military counterparts in Tahiti to train 12 Kiribati officers to combat […]
Douglas Shire Council says the capability to service superyachts and other vessels at Port Douglas is being explored. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Douglas Shire Council is eyeing the marine industry after 2024 sugar mill closure

Douglas Shire officials are pinning new hopes on the marine industry boosted by new funding from the Queensland Government. The state is giving $300,000 to Douglas Shire Council to carry out a scoping study into a proposed marine precinct at […]
The British 1933 Brough Superior SS100 Spring Frame Model is now attracting six-figure bids. Photo: Donington Auction

British two-wheel rarity draws six-figure bids at auction out of Melbourne

WHO WAS LAWRENCE OF ARABIA? T.E. Lawrence (1888–1935) was a British archaeologist, military officer and writer who became famous for his role in the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I when he helped unite the Arab tribes. […]
The SA Government needs cross-party support to remove the gas fracking ban. Rendering by freepik

Gas fracking industry ‘has to’ modernise, academic says of SA move to lift ban

South Australia’s gas supply challenge will not be answered simply by lifting a fracking ban two years early, one Victorian academic warns. Professor Ranjith Gamage is Director of Monash University’s Deep Earth Energy Research Lab which studies sustainable resource extraction […]
The RoBird drone was tested at Shepparton, Victoria, from November 2025 to May 2026. Picture: AERIUM Analytics

RoBird takes to the skies to protect $100m strawberry crops from the real thing

RoBird is now flying around Moreton Bay skies to protect the city’s $100 million strawberry industry from the real deal. The drone is being tested by council in a deal with research and development corporation Hort Innovation and Canadian technology […]
The new Bitget campaign. Photo: Bitget

Crypto UEX Bitget is flipping the script on bitcoin doomsayers with the help of pizza

Digital cryptocurrency exchange Bitget is turning to pizza to poke fun at, and reject, constant predictions of death for bitcoin. The universal exchange (UEX) platform launched its global Bitcoin Pizza Day 2026 brand campaign, Flip the Slice, centered around a music […]
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