Martin Scuffins from the Leigh Valley Hawk and Owl Sanctuary and RMIT’s Dr Abdulghani Mohamed fit sensors to the kestrel in RMIT’s wind tunnel facility. Picture: supplied by RMIT A new joint study between the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and the University of Bristol in the UK is revealing the secrets of the…
Former CMFEU officials have filed a challenge to the High Court against the “undemocratic” laws forcing the union into administration. Image source: Kgbo, via Wikimedia Commons. Former CFMEU president Jade Ingham has launched a High Court challenge against the Labor government’s law forcing the union into administration over alleged corruption. Ingham said the dispute against…
An artistic impression of what the new city’s Central Park would look like. Image: © State of New South Wales Bradfield Development Authority THE NSW Government has taken another step towards adding Australia’s first city in 100 years in Sydney with the formal adoption of the Bradfield City Centre Master Plan. The new city will…
A computer rendered image of the new aeromedical hub. Image: Brisbane Airport Construction work on a $217m Queensland aeromedical precinct at Brisbane Airport is taking off amid growing demand for the service. Located between the airport’s parallel runways for quick road ambulance access, the multi-tenanted precinct will become home to the Royal Flying Doctor Service…
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. Source NASA via Flickr The Boeing Starliner, initially expected to return to Earth with astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, is now scheduled to return on 6 September without them. The two astronauts, both members of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), are now set to…
The Brisbane Council has decided to put a ban on the e-scooter operator, Beam Mobility. Source: Michael Coghlan via Flickr The Brisbane Council has decided to put a ban on the e-scooter operator Beam Mobility due to alleged breaches of its operational capacity. The Brisbane Council found that Beam exceeded its capacity by placing approximately…
Israeli demonstrations in Tel Aviv on Monday night. Source: lirishavit via X. Massive protests have broken out in Israel on Sunday night after the bodies of six more hostages were found dead in Gaza. The bodies of hostages Carmel Gat, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi and Ori Danino were recovered from a…
Brazil takes steps to ban X after Musk disregards court orders to suspend certain accounts. Source: Bret Hartman via Flickr. Social media giant X, formerly known as Twitter, have shut down operations in Brazil after the Supreme Court blocked the social network for refusing to comply with court orders to suspend specific accounts. Elon Musk…
Around 640,000 Palestinian children will be vaccinated against polio during temporary humanitarian pauses in Gaza. Source: Kashfi Halford via Flickr. Israel has agreed to three-day temporary “humanitarian” pauses in the Gaza Strip to allow the distribution of polio vaccinations of around 640,000 children, said a World Health Organization (WHO) official on Thursday. Beginning today, the…
Education Minister Jason Clare announced new international student enrolments will be capped at 270,000 across universities and vocational institutions for 2025. Image source: Knowledgeispower3, via Wikimedia Commons. The federal government has announced it will introduce a cap limiting the enrolment number of new international students in an effort to curb migration. Education Minister Jason Clare…