“Today we handed back 362,000 hectares of land at Cape York Peninsula to its traditional owners,” said the Premier. Source: Queensland Premier, Twitter. The Queensland government has given back more than 360,000 hectares of land to the traditional owners of the Cape York Peninsula. Members from the Gudang/Yadhaykenu, Atambaya and Angkamuthi communities were given the…
The discovery has “major implications for our understanding of the history of medicine,” said Dr Tim Maloney of Griffith University. Source: Tim Maloney/Griffith University. Indonesian and Australian archaeologists have discovered the earliest known evidence of a surgical amputation in Borneo. The excavation found the remains of a young hunter-gatherer whose left leg was amputated 31,000…
“The former Government did not take this action in response to previous overseas outbreaks, but after considering the evidence, we are not prepared to accept this risk,” said Minister Watt. The Australian government has banned the importation of meat products for personal use amid the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in Indonesia. Minister for…
Charles is set to inherit a $38 billion fortune according to Yahoo Finance. Source: Shutterstock. With the death of his mother Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, a new era is being ushered in for the Royal Family with King Charles III now reigning monarch. At age 73, King Charles III – previously the Prince of…
The title was once an unsure outcome for Camilla due to her public perception after her affair with Charles. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Camilla will now become Queen Consort alongside King Charles III after the death of Queen Elizabeth II at age 96. The title was once an unsure outcome for Camilla due to her public…
Earlier in the year, The Queen celebrated her Platinum Jubilee marking 70 years on the throne. Source: Wikimedia Commons. The Royal Family has confirmed that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully at her Balmoral residence Thursday afternoon. It comes after Buckingham Palace released a statement yesterday morning detailing that doctors were concerned for her…
“We never expected to find such a complete and well-preserved dinosaur skeleton,” said Christopher Griffin, one of the excavation members. Source: Murphy Allen/Virginia Tech. An international team of palaeontologists have discovered and named Africa’s oldest known dinosaur that was found in Zimbabwe. The skeleton of the oldest dinosaur ever discovered in Africa, named Mbiresaurus raathi,…
“An attempt to limit prices by administrative means is just ravings, it’s sheer nonsense,” Vladimir Putin said. Source: Wikimedia Commons. The European Union’s executive body has proposed a cap to the price of Russian gas, as Vladimir Putin threatens to halt supplies completely. “We must cut Russia’s revenues which Putin uses to finance this atrocious…
“I would love to be on the podium in the next two years in Budapest and Paris (Olympic Games) – they are my goals for the next two years,” she said. Source: Chiara Montesano, Diamond League, Twitter. The Commonwealth Games gold medallist has added another title to her belt after becoming the Diamond League Women’s…
“He captures every wrinkle on your face, every crease in your shirt. You’ll note that he refused to hide any of my gray hairs, refused my request to make my ears smaller. He also talked me out of wearing a tan suit, by the way,” said Obama of McCurdy. Source: The White House. The official…