Regional air carrier Rex is to be bought by US air services company Air T by the end of the year that will keep its turboprop aircraft fleet flying. The move was welcomed by the Australian Airports Association (AAA). The […]
Australian graphite company Graphinex will receive $1.3 billion in US funding to develop two graphite projects in North Queensland. The Queensland Government says the company secured a letter of intent (funding pledge) from the Export-Import Bank of the US for
Five men have been arrested in two countries over a failed bid to import 36kg of cocaine worth $11.6 million into Australia. In Chile earlier this month, the Policia de Investigaciones de Chile (PDI) took apart two pieces of mining equipment
Queensland Rail’s North Coast rail line across Far North, North and Central part of the state have reopened after track closures for repairs. Queensland Rail’s Head of Regional Scott Cornish says it is fantastic to see the upgrades completed during
The US and Australia have signed a $13 (US$8.5) billion deal for rare earth and critical minerals in a market nearly completely dominated by China. The deal signed overnight by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump in
Incendiary drones are helping Moreton Bay City Council step up its planned burns program ahead of the new bushfire season. And council is expanding its fleet to include surveillance of burn sites before, during and after. Contracted by council, the
New airlinks between Darwin and South-East Asia could prove a boon for the Northern Territory’s Thailand Grand Festival, organisers say. NT Thai Association President Tou Ruchkaew says the 10th Thailand festival in 2026 will continue to attract visitors from across
A three-wheeled British car less than 1.5 metres long has just set an Australian auction record in Sydney. The rare 1964 Peel P50 sold for $85,000 to a local collector, one of two microcars to sell. (The other was a
A lack of digital skills means one in four Australians face exclusion from society amid a continual shift of services online. And this divide is throwing up barriers to belonging and wellbeing for many, says Sydney sociologist Dr Ash Watson.
In a shipyard in Dundee, Scotland, in 1876, the SY Aurora began life seemingly destinated for a career as an Arctic whaler. It ended in mystery four decades later somewhere on the open waters in the South Pacific, only a
