High fuel loads on the ground have NSW firefighters bracing for a hot bushfire season. Picture: stock NSW fire authorities are expecting a hot summer with high fuel loads on the ground – and residents are being reminded to plan accordingly. The NSW bushfire season began on Monday (October 1) and runs until March 31,…
Tiny accelerometers enabled researcher to study the hatchlings emerging from their nests. Picture: Davey Dor/supplied Green turtle hatchlings are swimming, not climbing, their way to the surface as they emerge from their nests, new research found. And in a UNSW statement, scientists say they used tiny ‘backpacks’ to learn more about this largely unknown stage…
A Qantas A380, which is now operating on the Sydney-Johannesburg route. Picture: supplied Qantas is boosting its South African service with an A380 Superjumbo service from Sydney to Johannesburg. Last Monday’s inaugural flight marks the start of a six-weekly A380 service with nearly double the passenger capacity that will add an extra 130,000 seats on…
Picture: stock The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is reminding taxpayers that the deadline for individual tax returns is approaching. The deadline is October 31. As of September 22, the ATO said it had received over 7.9 million income tax returns from individuals for the 2024 financial year. Over four million individuals self-lodged their income tax return while…
Picture: DFAT AUSTRALIAN PM Anthony Albanese has joined global condemnation of Iran’s missile strikes on Israel. Albanese made the comment in a radio interview in Melbourne today (Wednesday). “It’s an escalation of the conflict that we keep see occurring. We condemn Iran’s actions in lobbing missiles into Israel,” he says. “This is a human tragedy.…
Picture: stock Fishos have taken the bait for season 10 of Australia’s richest fishing competition, the Million Dollar Fish. According to the Northern Territory (NT) Government, 10 million-dollar tags have been activated; one for a newly tagged fish for season 10 while nine fish from season 9 will be reactivated. The million-dollar tagged barramundi will…
The finished seawall at the new Lumsden Point hub. Picture: Pilbara Ports Dredging work at Port Hedland’s new logistics and multi-user hub has begun with about one million cubic metres of material to be removed over eight weeks. The dredging will create a deeper access channel, swing basin and berth pockets for vessels at the…
Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The Queensland Government has allocated more than $500 million on almost 600 local infrastructure projects. The announcement follows Premier Steven Miles’s decision on Monday to call a state election for October 26. Using three local government programs, the government will fund more than 570 projects across the state. Local Government Minister Meaghan…
The Carnival Spirit docked at Circular Quay. Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI NSW is charging up efforts to make the cruise industry cleaner with a $20 million project to enable all visiting ships to charge from land in Sydney. The Shore Power project at the White Bay Cruise Terminal, Balmain, will build charging infrastructure so that ships…
Russia intends to increase its defence spending by 25 percent next year, according to a draft state budget released on Monday. Russia’s military spending in rubles has already more than tripled since President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine in 2022 and will reach 13.5 trillion rubles next year, a figure not seen since the…