Rising construction costs will rein in Victoria housing plans if nothing is done about it, says a heavy construction materials industry body. The Cement Concrete & Aggregates Australia (CCAA) made the warning even as it welcomes news of plans for […]
Five stray dogs a day are being collected across Townsville City and the problem is growing, says council. The city council says that in 12 months, they have housed almost 1800 stray dogs amid reports of them roaming streets, parks
The shortlist of very fast train manufacturers for the Newcastle to Sydney High Speed Rail project have been named. And the federal government says the victorious bidder will have to build an automated manufacturing factory as part of the contract.
Frozen in rock has been a scene that could have been rejected by Jurassic Park script writers as ‘too much’. The fossils of a prehistoric sea reptile eating a flying dinosaur that was itself eaten by a giant predator were
ALMOST half of all Australian adults lack basic financial literacy with 8.5 million people struggling with saving, burrowing and risk management decisions. And the ease of digital payments may be making it harder to track spending, says Professor Isabella Dobrescu,
Ants, bees and birds may help create an AI model that can identify and track blockchain money laundering, according to new Australian research. The AI model is being researched by Charles Darwin University (CDU) as a way of better identifying
A new 8.5% wage rise over three years for Queensland train controllers has fallen common ground. But the deal between Qld Rail and unions will not allow rail services to return to normal weekday services across its south-east network. The
Fiji’s new 5% tourism services tax will hurt tourism operators and ultimately visitors, the Australian Travel Industry Association (ATIA) says. And it is meeting with Fiji government representatives to discuss the temporary tax. The Fijian government announced that for 12
Cash is making something of a post-pandemic comeback in Europe even as mobile banking surges, says new central banking data. And privacy concerns are driving the revival across the eurozone, a new European Central Bank (ECB) survey shows. It says
The Lioness and The Lion are returning from Victoria to their new home at a steam museum at Westbury, west of Launceston. The names are for two steam engines that were built in 1926 by John Fowler & Co in
