The NT Government is to allow pet ownership of crocodiles with stronger regulations. Photo: stock THE NT Government is to retore the right of residents to own a crocodile as a pet and strengthen its ownership permit system. The move overturns a Labor government decision in April 2024 to ban pet ownership of the predators.…
Photo: Qld Police/stock Not even a week after the Qld Government revealed the state’s fatal road toll had reached its highest level in a decade, four more deaths were recorded on the roads. The Qld Police’s Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal motorbike crash at Mossman on Saturday, December 28. Qld Police say that…
The Antipodes sails into Hobart. Photo: Salty Dingo 2024 Celebrations for 2024 Sydney-Hobart yacht race line winners LawConnect were muted after two deaths during the race’s first night on Boxing Day. South Australian Nick Smith, 65, and 55-year-old West Australian Roy Quaden were killed in separate incidents as their vessels sailed down the NSW South…
Families wanting pets should adopt a pet, don’t shop for one. Photo: stock Families wanting to welcome a new cat or dog into their household this festive season are urged to “adopt, don’t shop” and help pets in council pounds and rehoming facilities find homes. Adopting from a pound or rehoming facility rather than buying…
Hamilton Fire Brigade crews in the Grampians National Park. Photo: Hamilton FB/CFA Over 100 firefighters from NSW, ACT, Queensland and Tasmania have joined in efforts to fight bushfires burning across Victoria. The assistance comes with today’s fire danger rated the worst across Victoria since Black Summer in 2019-20. A total fire ban has been declared…
AN F-35 Lightning lands at RAAF Williamtown, one of nine final aircraft for the RAAF. Photo: LAC Kurt Lewis/Department of Defence Australia has taken delivery of its final F-35A Lightning II advanced combat aircraft at RAAF Base Williamtown, NSW. The 72-aircraft strong F-35A fleet, along with its EA-18 Growler and F/A-18 Super Hornets, are the…
SA’s CFS is completing a generational upgrade of its fire tankers fleet. Photo: QFES Ten new 4WD fire tanker trucks are rolling out to South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS) brigades as part of a generational upgrade of its vehicles. Each new 24P tanker truck, at $520,000 a vehicle, can carry up to 2000 litres…
Shipping in transit on their way through the Panama Canal. Photo: stock Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino has rejected calls by US President-elect Donald Trump to hand over the Panama Canal to US control. In a post on social media, Trump described fees charged to use the key shipping lane as a “complete ‘rip-off’ ”…
Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI MAJOR residential developers can now bypass local councils after the NSW Government’s Housing Delivery Authority (HDA) started operations on Friday (December 20). The Authority will speed up the assessments of major residential projects by bypassing council approval through a State Significant Development (SSD) pathway. The criteria by which Expressions of Interest (EOI)…
The new L4 trams yesterday. Photo: NSW Government Parramatta’s trams are now up and running with the inaugural service on the new L4 Westmead & Carlingford Line. From 5am on Friday (December 20), passengers were able to board trams at the Westmead, Carlingford and Parramatta Square stops. The L4 line will operate to a weekday…