A new 8.5% wage rise over three years for Queensland train controllers has fallen common ground. But the deal between Qld Rail and unions will not allow rail services to return to normal weekday services across its south-east network. The […]

Fiji’s new 5% tourism services tax will hurt tourism operators and ultimately visitors, the Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA) says. And it is meeting with Fiji government representatives to discuss the temporary tax. The Fijian government announced that for 12 […]

Cash is making something of a post-pandemic comeback in Europe even as mobile banking surges, says new central banking data. And privacy concerns are driving the revival across the eurozone, a new European Central Bank (ECB) survey shows. It says […]

The Lioness and The Lion are returning from Victoria to their new home at a steam museum at Westbury, west of Launceston. The names are for two steam engines that were built in 1926 by John Fowler & Co in […]

The Victoria Pass rebuild project on the Great Western Highway in NSW will include an extra lane after Canberra threw in an extra $100 million for the project. NSW is spending $100m on the two-lane causeway in the pass with […]

Former NSW Waratahs coach Michael Cheika is back in his old job for 2027  after stints overseas and in rugby league. The 59-year-old remains NSW’s only Super Rugby title winning coach (2014) and replaces Dan McKellar. He returns to the […]

Surfing’s first professional domestic league is to hit the waves in 2028 with a fit-for-TV Surfing Super League and surfers paid a salary. The league (or SSL) was launched in Sydney today (August 19) and organisers say the eight-team competition […]

Jail sentences have tripled for anyone convicted of damaging war memorials in Tasmania in the wake of damage done to a memorial earlier this year. A MP’s private bill was amended in the Upper House to lower the jail term […]