Global growth of CO2 emissions from fossil fuels reached a record high in 2024. Photo: CSIRO Global carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from fossil fuels hit a record high in 2024 even as total emissions from fossil fuel and land use changes over the last decade stabilised. This was the finding of the recently released Global…
Jordan Petaia is tackled by Auckland Blues defenders in a Super Rugby Pacific game. Photo: stock Former Qld Red and Wallaby Jordan Petaia has confirmed he will be chasing a career in the NFL (American football) next year. In an Instagram post, he announced his intention to join the NFL’s international pathway program. The program…
The Spirit of Tasmania IV undergoes sea trials at the Rauma shipyard in Finland. Photo: Spirit of Tasmania The Tasmanian Government has begun looking to charter its new Bass Strait ferry from its new, and temporary, ‘home’ in Scotland. The Spirit of Tasmania IV ferry sailed from the Rauma shipyard in Finland and arrived at…
The North Atlantic Council meets during the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels. Photo: NATO NATO foreign ministers have agreed to do more in the face of a Russian sabotage campaign against member states after a two-day meeting in Brussels which was also attended by King Abdullah II of Jordan. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says…
The flipped boat in Raglan waters before it was towed back to shore. Photo: Waikato Police A training exercise turned into a real emergency for Kiwi lifesavers in the New Zealand surfing haven of Raglan last Sunday. Sergeant Mark Harrison of Waikato Police Search and Rescue says the swift action of the lifesavers, and Coastguard…
A man was arrested at Melbourne Airport on November 29 after an international manhunt. Photo: AFP NSW, federal and Victorian police have arrested and charged a man with 55 drug and firearm offences after a manhunt across four countries. The 32-year-old man was arrested in Melbourne on Friday, November 29, after he was deported from…
A Brisbane commuter train pulls into Sandgate station. Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Queensland’s 50 cent rail, bus and ferry fares are to become permanent across the TransLink network, the state government says. The government said the lower fares, introduced by the previous government, saved commuters more than $110 million. The fares apply to South-East Queensland (SEQ)…
Aoraki/Mt Cook on New Zealand’s South Island. Picture: stock NZ Police remain hopeful they will be able to resume searches tomorrow for three men who remain missing on Aoraki/Mount Cook. US nationals Kurt Blair, Carlos Romero and a Canadian man were reported missing when they failed to arrive for their flight on Monday (December 2)…
Picture: stock THE Maritime Union of Australia has hit out at the federal government for funding the automation of Flinders Port Holding’s (FPH) Adelaide container terminal. The Federal Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is giving $70m to Flinders Port for electrification work across seven South Australian ports. CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth says the work will…
A night view of the South Korean capital, Seoul. Picture: stock South Korea was plunged into political chaos after President Yoon Suk Yeol tried and fail to declare martial law overnight. The president shocked the country by imposing martial law which led to soldiers and protests in the streets before a late night vote in…