The recovery barge with attendant tugs at Samoa. Photo: NZDF Ammunition and weapons have been successfully recovered from the sunken NZ Navy hydrographic ship Manawanui at Samoa. In the latest media update, a NZ Defence Force spokesman for the recovery operation, Commodore Andrew Brown, says the work follows earlier recovery of fuel and other pollutants.…
Domestic visitors to NSW spent a record $41.2bn in 2024, $15.9bn of it in Sydney, new tourism research data reveals. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI 2024 has proven to be NSW’s best-ever year for visitor revenue with $53.2 billion spent by domestic and international travellers. The figure was 3.6 per cent higher year-on-year according to new data…
A new online ad campaign partly aimed at international students. Image: AFP Criminals are advertising ‘side-hustle’ jobs to trick local and international university students into doing their dirty work, police say. The Australian Federal Police says criminal networks will use the start of the new university year to target students through online job ads which…