Kamala Harris’s campaign for the top office in the White House received a star-studded endorsement from Taylor Swift. Picture: Wikimedia Commons Taylor Swift’s immediate Instagram endorsement of US Vice President Kamala Harris for the White House after Tuesday’s presidential debate drove at least 337,826 users to visit the vote.gov website. The website is run by a…
The Ipswich CBD … unit prices rose the second highest in Queensland for the June quarter. Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI UNIT price rises in Logan and Ipswich continue to outshine other parts of Queensland. The Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) says quarterly median sales results for the June 2024 Quarter shows the state’s property resilience.…
Increases in male self-abuse have been linked to natural disasters. Picture: stock DOMESTIC violence and male self-abuse are increasing in the wake of natural disasters, emergency management services and first responders heard. They had gathered in Sydney for AFAC24, Australasia’s biggest emergency management conference and exhibition, which ran from September 3-6. Among the speakers were…
POLICE and protestors have clashed heatedly with protestors outside a defence expo in Melbourne today (September 11). The three-day Land Forces expo brings defence experts from around the world and displays military equipment, heavy-duty trucks, semi-automatic guns and other weapons. The protests come at a time when heightened tensions sparked by global conflicts have deepened…
Whoever wins the White House in November is likely to preside over a diminished US, say some. Picture: Wikipedia Commons Regardless of who wins November’s US presidential elections, the world will have to deal with a reduced American influence. That was the assessment of two LaTrobe University academics sent to News Cop ahead of the…
THE Socceroo’s AFC World Cup qualifying campaign suffered another setback with a goal-less draw against hosts Indonesia on Tuesday, September 10. In the second match of round three in their FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying campaign, Australia dominated their hosts in possession, shots, touches in the opposition box, and corners. That dominance, from a side…
A Van RV-10 home-build aircraft … the type that was involved in Friday’s drama. Picture: Wikipedia A door that fell off a small four-seat aircraft just missed hitting a fisherman at South Broulee Beach on the NSW Far South Coast last week. Surfer Murphy Shaw told ABC News that he was having a morning surf…
A computer rendering of what the new hanger will look like. Image: SA Government THE Australian Defence Force is building a new maintenance facility for RAAF surveillance aircraft to ensure work is done in country. Construction has begun on a $200m four-bay hangar in northern Adelaide adjacent to Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Edinburgh…
A Beam e-scooter parked on a Mackay street, Queensland. Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI THE ACT Government has joined other cities as it bans Beam e-scooters from Canberra streets over concerns staff had manipulated data. All Beam e-scooters in Canberra were to be deactivated by midnight on Sunday, September 8, and removed from public areas by 4pm…
The qualifying finals will be followed by elimination games in this year’s NRL finals season. Picture: NRL THE 2024 NRL season enters finals mode this weekend with games scheduled from Melbourne to Townsville. The NRL confirmed week one of the finals schedule with Penrith kicking off the finals with a home game against the Roosters…