People push a car stuck in the snow near St. Louis, Missouri. Photo: AccuWeather A northern polar winter storm with heavy snow, ice and severe weather descended on more than a dozen US states over the weekend with flights grounded and chaos on the highways. US commercial weather forecaster AccWeather says a three-pronged storm with…
The highway south of Mackay has been rated at one-star in terms of safety. Image: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The federal government is to spend another $7.2 billion on repairing and upgrading the Bruce Highway in Queensland. The extra money will bring the total spend for the 1673-km highway to more than $17 billion, according to government.…
Engineered stone benchtops, panels and slabs can no longer be imported as of January 1, 2025. Photo: stock Engineered stone benchtops, panels and slabs can no longer be imported after a ban took effect on New Year’s Day (January 1, 2025). According to the Australian Border Force (ABF), stone items containing more than 1 per…
Forty SA Police officers will be deployed to Alice Springs until the end of February. Photo: stock Forty South Australian police officers are to be deployed to Alice Springs at the request of the Northern Territory (NT) Government. The first eight-day interstate deployment of 10 officers started today (January 6). The deployments will run until…
The Ingenuity Helicopter, right, stands near the apex of a sand ripple on Mars in an image taken on February 24, 2024. A part of one of Ingenuity’s rotor blades lies about 15 meters west of the helicopter. Photo: NASA NASA is due to release the findings of a first-ever interplanetary aerial crash investigation into…
The Business Council of Australia says government policy needs to become more pro-business. Photo: stock Australia is poised to lose out under the new US Trump administration unless it adopts more business friendly policies. The was the call from the Business Council of Australia after a team, led by chief executive Bran Black, returned from…
Kuiku Mabaig representative Ishmael Gibuma with ranger Nelson Gibuma and Laurie Elisala (both former passengers) as the wreckage is removed. Photo: TSRA The removal of a wrecked former charter vessel has ended a project to remove 13 shipping wrecks from Far North Queensland. Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ) says a $2.7 million contract to remove wrecks…
A diver floats over the HMNZS Manawanui off the coast of Apia, Samoa. Image: NZ Defence Force The New Zealand navy has begun recovering fuel and oil from its sunken hydrological ship, the HMNZS Manawanui, off the coast of Apia, Samoa. And a court of inquiry into the ship’s sinking found that the crew failed…
A Qantas aircraft lands at Mackay Airport. Photo: FILE / ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Virgin Australia is to nearly double passenger capacity on its Brisbane-Mackay route from February by replacing its smaller, older Fokker 100 aircraft with larger Boeing 737s. Mackay Airport says the switch of aircraft type will increase capacity on the route by close to…
Horses were involved in 222 deaths from 2001-2021 according to recently updated coronial data. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI One animal has been identified as the deadliest to humans – and it’s not spiders, crocodiles, sharks or jellyfish. It’s horses, according to updated figures released by the National Coronial Information System (NCIS), a database of deaths reported…