Photo: stock A cutter built nearly 130 years ago and lovingly restored will be at the heart of the 2025 Australian Wooden Boat Festival in Tasmania. The state’s Events Minister, Nick Duigan says the festival at Hobart’s waterfront will run from February 7-10 with the theme already decided. “The 2025 festival theme is ‘The Pacific’…
A soldier of Ukraine’s 66th Mechanised Brigade seen with a drone. Photo: Ukraine Ministry of Defence Russian President Vladimir Putin has stepped up threats of a nuclear response after Ukraine attacked a military base with US-made long-range missiles. According to US media outlet Bloomberg, Donald Trump’s impending return to the White House in January is…
Flashback … the NSW Waratahs take on their Fijian rivals during the 2022 SRW grand final in Melbourne. Photo: Sarah Friend/DFAT A historic trans-Tasman clash will round out the 2025 Super Rugby Women’s (SRW) season after the draw was released today. The winner of the SRW competition will be crowned on April 12 at North…
This 2015 picture shows one of the cables being laid to the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Picture: stock European officials are blaming Russia after two submarine internet cables in the Baltic Sea were suddenly disrupted in what is seen as apparent sabotage. The action follows a recent US warning that Moscow was likely to target critical…
Sydney is facing a citywide rail shutdown from Friday. Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Sydney residents will be without rail services for more than two days as of Friday due to industrial action by the Rail Tram and Bus Union. NSW Transport Minister Jo Heylan confirmed to media on Tuesday that there would be no train services.…
Tickets for 2025 Origin 2 at Optus Stadium in Perth go on sale this Friday. Picture: WA Government. State of Origin will be returning to Perth next year after the NRL announced the full men’s and women’s fixtures on Monday. In the men’s games, Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium hosts Origin 1 on Wednesday, May 28, Origin…