An Airbus A380. More of the aircraft will return to service in 2025. Picture: Qantas Qantas is adding more aircraft, a new destination and schedule changes to meet growing demand in its Asia-Pacific and US markets. The airline says that from February 2025, it will start adding about 220,000 seats over 12 months due to…
Picture: supplied THE impact of deep-water marine heatwaves may be significantly underestimated, according to a new report. The research was conducted by the CSIRO and Chinese Academy of Sciences and published today in Nature, the prestigious scientific journal. A CSIRO statement says that while marine heatwaves (MHWs) at the sea surface have been studied for…
Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI AUSTRALIAN rugby league head coach Mal Meninga has named six debutants in his side to play Tonga in the Pacific Championships opening round in Brisbane tomorrow (October 18). The NRL.com.au website reports that Tom Dearden and Mitchell Moses are to debut as a new halves combination. The other debutants are wingers Zac…
A RFDS Pilatus aircraft. The new deal with SA is expected to halve response times. Picture: RFDS THE Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) has received a $509m funding boost from the South Australian government. The government says the 10-year $509.4m deal will enable the RFDS to increase flights out of Adelaide Airport. The service will…
An Army M1A1 Abrams fires its 120mm cannon during exercises at Puckapunyal, Victoria. Picture: Department of Defence AUSTRALIA will send 49 of its retiring Abrams tanks to Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles says. The M1A1 Abrams tank deal is worth about $245 million and brings Australia’s total military support for Ukraine…
The RSV Nuyina will now be based at Hobart for 30 years, which will including refuelling. Picture: Australian Antarctic Division A new $188m wharf will be built in Hobart to cater for Australia’s icebreaker in a big boost for the Australian Antarctic Program. The Federal Government has pledged $188 million over four years to build…
A rendering of what the proposed Wisk air taxi would look like. Image: supplied AIRSERVICES Australia is to help draft rules for an automated air taxi service that may be running in time for the Brisbane Olympic Games in 2032. California-based Wisk Aero has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airservices Australia to draft…
Picture: supplied Fruit and vegetable wholesalers from Epping Market staged a protest outside the Melbourne Market Authority today, angered by a recently-announced rent increase. The government authority plans to hit wholesalers with a 100 percent rent hike over the next 10 years, according to Fresh State, who represent the wholesalers. Speaking at the protest, Fresh State…
The Henderson shipyard which will turn into a defence precinct, housing nuclear submarines. Photo: Department of Defence Tens of billions of dollars are to be spent over 20 years on turning WA’s Henderson shipyards into a defence precinct and home to Australia’s new nuclear-powered submarines. The Federal and WA governments have signed a deal to…
Protective gear is put on at the site of the chemical spill. Photo: FRNSW A chemical spill and slightly higher radiation levels outside the Sydney Sports Aquatic Centre in Darlington on Tuesday (October 15) have been safely contained. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) said chemicals confiscated by them had been returned to the university for…