JS Yahagi captain Commander Tamura Masayoshi with Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro. Photo: supplied/NT Government Japan’s decision to double its defence spending to US$70 billion by 2027 presents an economic opportunity for Northern Territory industry. Chief Minister and Minister for Defence Lia Finocchiaro made the comment during a visit by the Japanese frigate JS Yahagi to Darwin…
The ACT Brumbies are through to the 2025 semi-finals. Photo: Super Rugby Pacific The ACT Brumbies have again kept the Aussie flag flying in the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific competition. They scored a 35-28 elimination finals win over the Hurricanes in Canberra on Saturday to advance to the semi-finals. The game came 24 hours after…
Snowy Hydro will fund two new frog enclosures, the NSW EPA says. Image: stock/NSW Police Snowy Hydro has agreed to pay $400,000 to help protect the Northern Corroboree Frog in a deal with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA). The NSW EPA says the deal stems from a 2023 pollution incident involving nitrate contamination in surface…
NSW Police’s Operation Snow Safe was launched on Friday, June 6, and will run to Monday, October 6. Screen capture images: NSW Police Be smart and act responsibly to stay snow safe is the message from NSW Police with the 2025 ski season now under way. NSW Police’s Operation Snow Safe was launched on Friday,…
Dr Ruth Patterson with USV Monica, one of the SUN Fleet. Photo: supplied An Australian fleet of robot vessels is to sail the proverbial seven seas collecting data and filling in blanks about our oceans. And business in robotic surface vessels is taking off, according to those behind the project. In April, a proposal for…
The beer can regatta turns 51 years old in 2025. Photo: supplied by NT Govt What started as a clean-up event that has since morphed into a Northern Territory tourism icon returns to the waters this weekend. The Darwin Beer Can Regatta will be held on Sunday (June 8). Major Events and Tourism Minister Marie-Clare…
Exploring the wreck in the waters of Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, in 2019. Photo: ANMM After 25 years of study, the Australian National Maritime Museum says the HMS Bark Endeavour is definitely at the bottom of a Rhode Island harbour. The museum has just released a final report that back up a preliminary report in…
Front Valley, Perisher: The ski and ride season is returning to the NSW resort, the operators say. Photo supplied. An early-season snowstorm and snowmaking has allayed fears of a delayed start to the 2025 season for NSW and Victorian ski fields. The new season is set to start at the Perisher, Falls Creek and Hotham…
A ghost net in Grooyte Eylandt … so far, 72 such nets have been detected with the technology. Picture: SUPPLIED Rangers in the Northern Territory are using AI and drones to find and remove almost one ghost (discarded) fishing net every kilometre from the Gulf of Carpentaria. A project led by Charles Darwin University’s and…
E-scooters with a bike at the Teneriffe ferry terminal in Brisbane. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI E-scooter riders in Queensland as young as five are sustaining increasingly serious injuries prompting calls for a minimum-age restrictions. And there are calls for better safety regulations involving their use nationally. The call was made by medical officials after a two-year…