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…
The annual Tamworth Country Music Festival is on from January 17-26. Photo: stock NSW Police want fans to plan ahead and travel safely as all roads lead to Tamworth this weekend for the annual Country Music Festival. The festival starts this Friday and runs to Sunday, January 26. Police will be out in force for…
Qantas is a partner airline in this year’s program. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The WA Government’s Affordable Airfares Program is back for its seventh year to make flights between Perth and Broome, Exmouth and Kununurra cheaper. In a change this year, the government will subsidise airfares by Airnorth, Nexus Airlines, Qantas and Virgin Australia as well…
The NSW Government is to supply 67 jet-skis over a four-year period with 14 going to beaches. Photo: supplied More emergency response beacons (ERBs) are to be installed at unpatrolled beaches along the NSW coast. The move comes after the NSW Government reports that more than four million people headed to the surf since December…
A California Air National Guard rescue crew prepares their Pave Hawk helicopter to join in the battle against the Palisades Fire. Photo: Army Master Sgt. Ray Aquino, National Guard/ US DoD THE US military is joining the firefighting effort in Los Angeles as Australia stands by to help if needed. According to the US Department…