Construction is under way on a $21 million flying doctor base at Launceston as Westpac agrees to keep sponsoring Tasmania’s rescue helicopter service. The Tasmanian government says the first soil was turned on the new base that will enable the […]

Emperor penguins are on a slow march to extinction after their status was downgraded from ‘near threatened’ to ‘endangered’ as their numbers collapse. The warning came from the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) who say the population could collapse by half over […]

An RAAF Wedgetail airborne warning aircraft keeping an eye on the United Arab Emirates airspace will stay on in the Middle East. Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed the decision in an interview with ABC’s 7.30pm program earlier this week, A […]

Aussies are watching their superannuation (Super) funds more closely and taking a more hands-on approach on its investment. That was the finding of a Money Magazine survey conducted across January and February which drew 642 responses; it was run to […]

Plans for a new Brisbane Metro bus service to the airport for the 2032 Summers Olympics have been earmarked for greater funding urgency. Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner told the most recent meeting of city council that the project has […]

Three federal agencies have sent officers to 18 vineyards across South Australia in surprise visits to check on work law compliance. Officers from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) and Australian Border Force (ABF) visited vineyards in […]

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 […]