Redcliffe: once home to the Gibbs brothers (Bee Gees) before they became famous. Photo courtesy ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Love your craft and you live around or near Redcliffe in northern Brisbane? Redcliffe Library will play host to a Craftival (a one-day event) on Saturday, May 31, catering for the seasoned and novice artisan – and the…
Tattoo pipe major Alisdar McLaren (WA), Connor Ferguson (Adelaide) and Chevii Jay Clarke, in Brisbane to help announce the shows. Photo: Josh Woning The sights, AND the sounds, of the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is returning Down Under — to Brisbane this time. Suncorp Stadium is to host the Tattoo on February 12 and 14,…
England’s Maro Itoje is unveiled as Lions captain at the squad’s naming ceremony. Photo: www.lionsrugby.com Australians, Kiwis and South Africans have been named in the 38-man strong British and Irish Lion rugby squad to tour Australia next month. Overnight, Ireland and Lions coach Andy Farrell named 21 forwards and 17 backs in his squad for…
NRL chief executive officer Andrew Abdo (left) and ARLC chairman Peter V’landys. Photo: NRL.com.au Perth is to get an NRL team after the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) and the WA Government signed off on it. The WA/Perth Bears will join the NRL premiership in 2027 for five years, says ARLC Chairman Peter V’landys. “……
SA Principal Maritime Heritage Officer Mark Polzer probes the seabed with a metal detector. Photo: RUUD STELTEN The site of a Dutch merchant sailing ship lost for almost 170 years in South Australian waters may have been found. The Koning Willem de Tweede was an 800-tonne Dutch merchant sailing ship that was lost in Guichen…
Tasmanian Police are to get greater powers to search for, seize and dispose of explosive materials. Photo by Aviz Media/www.pexels.com The Tasmanian Government is cracking down on the use of explosive devices with a new Bill that increases police powers and penalties. It has introduced a Bill to state parliament to change the Criminal Code…
A Labor caucus meeting is reportedly planned for Friday to finalise the new federal cabinet. Photo: Unsplash A federal Environment Protection Agency and more housing – those are the top two priorities for re-elected PM Anthony Albanese. Speaking to journalists in Canberra on Monday, he was clear on the priorities for Labor during its second…
Kennaook/Cape Grim in Tasmania is ideally located to measure changes in greenhouse gas emissions. Photo: CSIRO A CSIRO team has sailed south to test the air in remote Tasmania, said to be among the cleanest in the world. Scientists onboard the CSIRO research vessel (RV) Investigator are on a three-week mission to learn more about the increasing…
One of the Interislander ferries sails from Picton on its way to Wellington. File photo courtesy ANDREW KACIMAIWAI New Zealand’s inter-island ferry fleet will be reduced to just two vessels for the next four years with major works planned at the South Island port of Picton. The 183.69-metre long Aratere is to retire this year…
An Airbus A330 that can carry 251 business and economy passengers. Photo: Qantas Qantas will fly from Perth to Auckland and Johannesburg this summer amid a raft of fleet and schedule changes to its international schedules. And the WA Government says the Auckland service, which will serve as a gateway to New York, will open…