Applications for this year’s Sydney Marathon have come in from an extra 55 countries, the NSW Government says. Photo: stock The Sydney Marathon’s elevation to World Marathon Major status has attracted an eight-fold increase in applications from overseas runners for this year’s event. The NSW Government says a first-ever ballot for the August 31 marathon…
Australia is one of the world’s largest producers of bauxite. Photo: Australian Aluminium Council The federal government’s announcement of a $2 billion Green Aluminium Production Credit has been welcomed by smelters and climate groups. On a visit to the Tomago Aluminium Smelter in the Hunter, NSW, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that such a scheme…
The couple’s garden in Kilsyth after the works were completed. Picture: Mining Remediation Authority (UK). An elderly Scottish couple’s garden was saved from sinking as a historic coal mine shaft collapsed about 120 metres beneath it. The UK’s Mining Remediation Authority (MRA) says the garden started to sink in the elderly couple’s yard of their…
Singapore Alines is boosting its services to Brisbane with four flights a day. Photo: Brisbane Airport Singapore Airlines is to fly four times a day between Changi and Brisbane airports in a return to pre-pandemic levels. From June 16, the airline’s number of weekly services will rise from 25 to 28 a week, says Brisbane Airport…
Northern Beaches Council in Sydney has been re-opening its beaches after the debris balls were collected. Photo: Northern Beaches Council The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is expanding its investigation into the origin of debris balls found on NSW beaches after more were found early last week. EPA Director of Operations, Adam Gilligan says technical…
A house at Mudgee, central-west NSW, after a live power pole fell onto it during last week’s storms. Fire crews prevented it from spreading but couldn’t save the building, according to Fire and Rescue NSW. Photo: FRNSW. Power has now been restored to about 300,000 homes, businesses and other properties in NSW which blacked out…
E-scooter riders must wear helmets, police say. Photo: stock Too many e-scooter and bike crashes are resulting in serious injuries like concussions and lacerations, say Brisbane Police. And a Brisbane man was fined twice within 15 minutes for not wearing a helmet last Monday as part of a police crackdown in the inner city. Brisbane…
35 of Tasmania’s bridges are to be strengthened under a $100m program. Photo: stock Strengthening work is under way or is planned for 21 bridges in Tasmania as part of a $100 million upgrade of the island’s road freight routes. The projects are funded by the Australian and Tasmanian governments under a five-year freight capacity…
This 1940s tram is one of three former Melbourne trams serving as ‘workhorses’ in MOTAT’s fleet. Photos: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Here’s a confession that may surprise all those who call New Zealand home but live outside Auckland – I really like ‘Auks’. Auckland (KA the City of Sails) remains ‘captive’ to geography. It has three harbours,…
Photo: Marine Rescue NSW Demand for Marine Rescue NSW services last year fell from 2023 but better boat maintenance could have reduced it further, the agency says. In its summary of 2024, the agency says volunteers in greater Sydney and the Illawarra returned 10,500 people safely to shore last year. Demand was just below the…