October 2026

A Tuvaluan dance group at a previous Pasifika Vibes festival. Photo: Moreton Bay City Council

Pasifika Vibes is coming to Pine Rivers this long Queensland weekend

All things Pasifika will be celebrated this Kings Birthday holiday weekend at the Pine Rivers Showgrounds in Moreton Bay. The Pasifika Vibes festival will run this Sunday and Monday (October 4-5) and has been attracting more than 20,000 people. Moreton

Australia, Featured, Festivals, Moreton Bay City, People, States

2 October 2026

Eight … File … The government wants the rural service to control its firefighting fleet. Photo: Ben Shepherd/NSW RFS

Eight new maintenance centres in the pipeline for NSW Rural Fire Service

Eight new regional NSW Rural Fire Service maintenance hubs will be created across the state in the next two years. The NSW Government will spend $29 million on the hubs as it upgrades the service’s 6000-strong firefighting fleet amid a

Australia, Featured, Fires, Government, States

1 October 2026