Species like the iconic Baw Baw frog could be extinct in 20 years if no government conservation action is taken, according to a research team. Source: Melbourne Museum Over 40 species of Australian animals currently listed as being the “highest risk of extinction” in the next 20 years could be completely prevented with minimal extra…
Above is an illustration of Voyager 1, which is about 20 light hours away from Earth. Source: NASA. It’s been travelling deep space since the 70s but engineers say there is a fault that is affecting system data. According to the team at NASA, experts have come across an issue with the probe’s attitude articulation…
Outgoing Minster for Defence Peter Dutton has been at almost unbackable odds to be named Liberal Party leader this week, but had to first survive an electoral scare against Labor candidate Ali France, who very nearly toppled the cabinet minister. Source: Jane Dempster They say a week is a long time in politics. Former Minister…
From left to right: Anthony Albanese, Joe Biden, Fumio Kishida, Narendra Modi. Source: QUAD Leaders’ Meeting Tokyo 2022. Australia’s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has attended the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) meeting in Tokyo along with leaders from the US, Japan, and India. The conference was Albanese’s first order of business, which saw all four…
An 18-year-old gunman killed at least 21 people at a Texas elementary school before being shot dead by law enforcement. Source: Dario Lopez-Mills (AP) Nineteen students and two adults have been killed in a horrific Texas elementary school shooting. Robb Elementary School is located west of San Antonio and has around 600 students between the…
Residents transported the bodies of several gang members to hospital after the shooting, with many already dead by the time they got there. Source: Shutterstock. Multiple causalities have been reported after a military police raid on the Vila Cruzeiro favela in Rio de Janeiro where authorities and gang leaders clashed. Police conducted the raid in…
The Captain James Cook statue was erected in Cairns in 1972, and has been a visible reminder of the British explorer’s presence ever since. Source: Big Things Australia A controversial statue of British explorer Captain James Cook has stood nearly 10 metres tall in Far North Queensland for the best part of 50 years, until…
The percentage of spyware installed on business computers to track productivity has increased by around 90 per cent in Australia. Source: Health Essentials It became somewhat of the norm when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the bulk of Australian businesses to make their employees work from home. People operating away from their workplace are more than…
Relief depiction of the tomb’s owner on the tomb façade. Source: Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. Archaeologists made the discovery in the ancient city of Saqqara with this latest find revealing more about the lives of ancient Egyptians. In 2021, researchers from the University of Warsaw were working on the excavation of…
According to the Australian government every year in Australia approximately 130,000 tonnes of plastic leaks into the marine environment. Source: Freepik. The move will see NSW be the latest and last Australian state to prohibit lightweight plastic bags with the ban to come into effect June 1. According to the state government, 60 per cent…