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The Lismore waste sorting landfill facility after the 2021-22 floods. Photo: Nick Ryan/EPA

$5.9m to help regional NSW councils close or upgrade landfill sites as Sydney runs out of room

Thirty-five landfill sites across regional NSW will be closed or upgraded under a $5.9 million funding package for local councils. The NSW Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says the move is necessary with Greater Sydney expected to run out of landfill […]
Housing at Morayfield and Caboolture. Photo: MBCC

Building upwards is the future of housing at Morayfield, says council

Greater housing density in Morayfield and South Caboolture is to form part of a new blueprint for planning and managing future growth. The move is seen as part of a planning blueprint for tackling future housing demand and was endorsed […]
The Wallabies will play at Johannesburg which sits at almost 1800 metres above sea level. Photo: Gia Conte-Pate/Pixabay

Wallabies choose O’Connor to face Springboks at altitude as coach Joe Schmidt opts for a bomb squad on the bench

Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt has recalled evergreen James O’Connor to the Wallabies after the side to take on South Africa at Johannesburg was named overnight. O’Connor replaces the injured Tom Lynagh as a bomb squad (a 6-2 forward split) was […]
A Norwegian's diver's Seabob scooter is retrieved from a pylon in the Hunter River. Photo: AFP

Norwegian diver given nearly 10 years in jail over $26m of cocaine attached to bulk carrier’s hull

A Norwegian diver will spend nearly five years in jail over a 2023 attempt to smuggle 80kg of cocaine into the country attached to the hull of a bulk carrier. The man, 53, was sentenced yesterday (Wed) to nine years 11 […]
The damaged yacht stranded at Margate Beach, Redcliffe, on Sunday, August 10, 2025. NB: Name blurred to protect privacy. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Margate beachgoers have to stay back from damaged yacht, says Moreton Bay council

Margate beachgoers need to keep their distance from a yacht that has been grounded on the beach, Moreton Bay City Council says. “Council strongly advises the public to keep a safe distance from the grounded vessel for their own safety” […]
A new algorithm will guarded against online deepfakes, says the CSIRO. Photo: Markus Winkler/www.pexels.com

CSIRO says it has the tool to shield online content from deepfakes, AI learning

The CSIRO says it has developed an algorithm to prevent deepfakes by shielding online images from artificial intelligence (AI) learning models. It says it has developed an algorithm that will ‘tweak’ images uploaded online so they are shielded from artificial […]
Electric powered scooters and bikes may be banned from NSW trains. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Electric scooters, bikes may be banned from NSW trains over battery fire risks

NSW is to join Victoria and Queensland in reviewing the use of electric scooters and bikes and is eyeing a temporary ban on allowing them on trains. The NSW government says the move has been prompted by safety worries over […]
An AIMS diver photographs bleached coral at the Rowley Shoals in April. Photo: AIMS/Anna Cresswell

Marine heatwave ‘is killing WA coral reefs unlike anything seen before’, scientists warn

Coral reefs off WA have been hit hard by a 2024-25 marine heatwave that was the longest, largest and most intense on record for the state, scientists and managers say. And temperature monitoring on site is revealing a hotter difference […]
The Spirit of V ferry on its first sea trial at the Finnish shipyard in April. Photo: Sprit of Tasmania

Spirit IV docks at Fremantle as construction of new Devonport berth continues

The new Spirit of Tasmania IV ferry has arrived at Western Australia after a six-week journey from Scotland. The 212-metre 48,000-tonne vessel departed Leith in Scotland on June 30 on its 14,857 nautical mile voyage to Hobart. Spirit IV sailed […]
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