Photo: stock Private hospital operator Healthscope will extend maternity services in Darwin to June 6 while Canberra gave Tasmania $6m to cope with the company’s Hobart service closure in August. Health Minister Steve Edgington said 45 of 114 expectant families affected by the original closing date of April 17 can now have their birth at…
The venue for Sunday’s games … Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Photo: supplied The NRL kicks off its 2025 season in Las Vegas this Sunday morning (Australian time) with a women’s international, an English Super League clash and some drama. The Raiders take on the Warriors at Allegiant Stadium from 10am Sunday followed by the…
An artistic impression of what the new Sunshine Station will look like. Image: Victoria’s Big Build The Federal Government is throwing another $2 billion to revive Melbourne Airport’s rail link as part of a joint spending blitz on Victorian roads and rail. Yesterday (February 26), Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced more than $3.3 billion will…
Kiwi naval ship Aotearoa resupplies the Te Kaha as they continue to monitor the Chinese ships off Tasmania. Photo: NZDF A Chinese naval task group is moving into the Great Australian Bight west of Tasmania as a political row over the warning of live-fire drills continues. And the row is dragging in New Zealand even…
The Harman River rainforest with its large, old Huon pines remains intact. Photo: Tasmania Government A 3000-year-old Huon pine and other ancient trees have escaped damaged from recent bushfires on Tasmania’s west coast. Tasmania’s Parks Minister Nick Duigan says a team from the Department of Natural Resources (NRE) and Environment Tasmania conducted a low-level helicopter…
A view of the fire at the St Marys plant in western Sydney which used a ‘sniffer’ drone. Image: FRNSW Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) is now using a drone that can ‘sniff’ out airborne threats like dangerous gas. The smelling drone was successfully used at a major chemical fire at a waste recycling plant…
The Royal Danish Navy frigate Triton passes an iceberg around Greenland in 2023. Photo: NATO NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says Europe’s defence industry is playing catch-up to Russia in a dangerous new age of global competition. His concerns were spelt out during a recent visit to Slovakia to meet with President Peter Pellegrini, talk to…
A Norwegian Leopard tank takes part in a gunnery training competition in Latvia last year. Photo: NATO NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is a man on a mission – get Europe to spend more on defence. A great deal more. And he believes the new hawkish US government is giving him the ammunition he needs to…
Photo: stock The Australian Federal Police has set up a joint operation to oversee the safety of politicians and candidates for the upcoming federal election. AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw made the comment in an address to the Federal Senate estimates committee hearing yesterday (February 25). “The AFP established Operation AUSTRALIS25 to ensure the safety, security…
Trucks parked at the Partridge VC heavy vehicle rest area at Menangle, south of Sydney. Photo: NSW Govt Truck drivers in western Sydney will soon get their first dedicated heavy vehicle rest area with a 6ha site identified at Eastern Creek. The federal and NSW government will each spend $40 million on turning the greenfield…