The newly-named Atrax christenseni funnel-web (or ‘Big Boy) which can be found in Newcastle. Photo: supplied/Kane Christensen. Sydney’s famous funnel-web spider has long been thought of as a single species but there may actually be three, new research has found. An international team has revised the classification of the spider in research published in the…
Disaster response teams after touching down in Port Vila just after the earthquake. Photo: Department of Defence Australia is to give another $10m in aid to Vanuatu after that country’s recent earthquake which killed 14 and affected 80,000 people. The $10m package will focus on education, health and transport and delivered through local partners, the…
Patients may seek care from elsewhere if the crisis is not solved quickly, says RANZCP. Photo: stock More than 200 senior psychiatrists are to quit NSW public service, reportedly by January 21 over staffing and pay levels, prompting calls for urgent talks. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (or RANZCP) is imploring…
This fishing boat was intercepted off Cobourg Peninsula on January 4. Photo: ABF The Australian Border Force (ABF) have seized six tonnes of sea cucumber and intercepted 12 fishing poaching boats in Northern Territory waters in just a month. ABF acting Commander Tracie Griffin says the results show their Operation Lunar is having an immediate impact…
FLASHBACK … UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (left) meets with Joseph Aoun in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe. New Lebanese leader Joseph Aoun has been congratulated by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on his election to the presidency. The army commander’s election ends a two-year absence in the presidency of a country…
An artistic impression of what Hobart Airport’s upgrade, and larger, terminal will look like. Photo: www.hobartairport.com.au The Tasmanian government has launched a $5 million Aviation Attraction Fund to boost domestic and international flights to the island state. Other state governments, like NSW and Queensland, have established such funds to attract international airlines back to Australia…