The CSIRO is to cut 350 research jobs amid a new, more strategic, focus that takes in critical minerals and iron and steel production. The move has been condemned by the staff union and defended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese […]
Separating couples are too broke up and are remaining together amid housing and cost-of-living pressures. The finding was contained in a new rapid review from Relationships Australia NSW which shows housing and cost-of-living pressures are reshaping separation. The organisation says their practitioners
Rail crossings in South Australia will be made safer after the state received another $654,000 in federal funding. The money has come from a federal $160 million four-year fund for railway crossing upgrades. Federal Transport Minister Catherine King says 11
Rumour has become real for Kiwi ranger Jen Schori … a pink grasshopper basking in sunlight among rocks near Lake Tekapo in New Zealand’s South Island. Spotted by a team that was surveying grasshopper numbers was a deep pink female
World Rugby’s inaugural two-tier global competition kicks off Down Under next July with the Wallabies playing host to Ireland, France and Italy next July. London is to host the elite finals of the north vs south Nations Championship with a
Moreton Bay council has gone into bat for Redcliffe baseball with a new long-term peppercorn lease for the Peninsula Padres. The 10-year $1 per annum lease is for an area of Talobilla Park, Kippa-Ring, where a new softball clubhouse is
More than 1100 new weekly bus services are rolling across Ipswich with four new routes and upgrades to three other routes. The new services are part of a state $70 million Ipswich-Logan bus improvement package. Transit Systems won the contract
More than 130 years ago, the Crankies Plain Bridge was built to cross the Coolumbooka River near Bombala, in southern NSW. Now, it is in line for a rebuild that will take four years and enable heavy and other road
The ancient ruins of Pompeii free of tourists is the subject of a new photographic exhibition in Melbourne organised by the European Union. Inside Pompeii: Origins of a European Way of Life features photographs taken by Luigi Spina and runs until
A new $19 million retail beach pavilion will start to take shape at Redcliffe next year after Moreton Bay council decided on a builder. The pavilion will be built amid a spike in high-rise development buildings being built along the
