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A map of the proposed sightseeing route showing possible future expansion. Graphic: SkyDrive

Sightseeing flights over Gold Coast could go electric and vertical in 2028

Sightseeing flights over the Gold Coast could enter the eVTOL age in 2028 under a tentative deal that has just been signed. Japan’s SkyDrive makes electric VTOL (Vertical Take-Off Landing) aircraft and signed a letter of intent to supply five […]
diesel ... The Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant in June 2023 during a visit by IAEA executives. Photo: Fredrik Dahl / IAEA

Diesel generators used to power Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Ukraine

Diesel generators have had to power Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, located in the Ukraine, three times in a week even as fuel supplies dwindle, the United Nations says. The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) briefly had to rely on […]
El Nino ... NEW ROLLOUT: Wingham Fire Station on the NSW Mid North Coast has just taken delivery of a new $593,000 compressed air foam pumper. The truck can fight building, chemical, petrol and grass fires using five times less water. It is suited to urban and regional fires. Photo/source: Fire and Rescue NSW

EL Nino heat sparks NSW-wide efforts to prepare for new fire season

El Nino is turning up the heat for the new bushfire season in NSW as widespread efforts to prepare gather pace in the face of overseas duty. More than 100 specialists from agencies, industry, academia and the public attended a […]
A RAAF Hercules displays its defensive flares at the 2014 Pacific Airshow on Surfers Paradise. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Airshow by the beach to stay at Gold Coast for two more years

The airshow at the beach is to stay on the Gold Coast after Queensland secured the event for two more years. The 2026 Pacific Airshow’s Gold Coast event returned last weekend after last year’s event was cancelled due to cyclone […]
Day two of the 2026 Shitbox Rally around Parachilna-William Creek in South Australia. Photos courtesy Box Rallies

2026 Shitbox Rally day two … northern South Australia

2026 Shitbox Rally day two around the Parachilna-William Creek in northern South Australia. The rally started from Adelaide on Saturday, August 15, and will finish in Darwin this Friday, August 22. All photos are courtesy of Box Rallies. Click here […]
Photos from day two (August 16) of 2026 Shitbox Rally around William Creek in South Australia. Photo courtesy Box Rallies

Shitbox Rally teams crossing the outback for cancer research and having some fun in the process

Shitbox Rally drivers are crossing the outback to raise money for a worthy cause (cancer research), personal challenges (breakdowns) and make new friends. More than 240 teams in the seven-day 3700-kilometre rally left Adelaide on Saturday (August 15) bound for […]
Peak ... Translink trains arrive at Kippa Ring rail station on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Peak hour services to be partly restored across SE Qld rail network

Peak hour services will be only partly restored across Brisbane and Gold Coast as of Monday (August 17), Queensland Rail says. The return of some services comes after some striking staff returned to work to clear a  maintenance backlog caused […]
Bety the steam engine at Roma Street station last year. This year, Bety carried passengers to the Ekka show during the city holiday on Wednesday, August 12, with eight services on the day. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Ekka show’s future ‘secure’ with $287m transformation due to start in September

The Ekka Show in Brisbane will stay put at the RNA Showgrounds up to and beyond the 2032 Olympic Games, the Queensland Government says. But it is funding a $287.5 million transformation of the showgrounds and precinct that involves an […]
roads ... SA Premier Peter Malinauskas addresses media after a tour of new building works at the Osborne Naval Shipyard last month. The press conference was to announce an extra $4.6bn will be spent on the AUKUS nuclear submarine yard. It will grow 10 times in size to around 600,000 square metres of floor space and more than 50 new structures. Photo: Department of Defence

Roads leading to AUKUS nuclear submarine yard in Adelaide starts to take shape

New roads needed to start construction of a new nuclear submarine yard are starting to take shape at Osborne in Adelaide, South Australia. The road works will prepare the Lefevre Peninsula to become the home of the country’s AUKUS nuclear-powered […]
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