Queensland is to spend more than $14 million on buying 14,000 hand guns from Austria in a statewide upgrade. The state government says the Glock 45 Generation 6 pistol will be issued to officers by the end of the year. […]
Canberra says it will not extend the fuel tax and road user charge relief despite trucking operators calling for an extra month. Heavy vehicle fuel tax and road user charge relief will end on Monday (August 3) but the Australian
A nuclear submarine shipyard earmarked for Osborne, South Australia, is to get an extra $4.6 billion tipped into it. With $3.9bn already allocated to the Adelaide-based yard in February, total public spending on it now stands at $8.5bn. The Australian
Rabobank is again offering $10,000 grants to 10 rural towns for the restoration or upgrade of their halls or other meeting hubs. The agribusiness’s $100,000 Rural Community Hub Program gives 10 rural recipients $10,000 each to carry much-needed work. Rabobank
Inner Melbourne is a tram bell ring closer to 35,000 more homes after Victoria locked in planning controls for the city’s final two rail zones. The new zones will result in 35,000 new homes across the Melbourne and Yarra council
The federal police has confiscated more than $700,000 cash seized from a Victorian family at the Gold Coast Airport two years ago. The confiscation is part of ongoing money laundering investigations, police say. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) says $712,850
A new Fokker aircraft tail now sits at the heart of Brisbane Airport’s new plane spotting precinct. Opened last weekend (July 19), Fellowship Place now gives visitors a closer, less obstructed view of aircraft taxying and flying past. It is
Serial snacking whale sharks at feeding at all ocean depths as new feeding behaviour is revealed in new maritime research. The research was led by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and Murdoch University, and partly funded by mining
A Pan Am aircraft that crashed at sea 74 years ago and lead to safety evacuation briefs on airliners has been found. The wreckage of flight 526A has now been found 600 metres down on the Atlantic Ocean floor, off
A new AusAlert system to be tested nationally across all mobile devices will be needed as the impact of climate change hits harder. Former state and territory emergency leaders say a new alert system will be vital for saving lives
