Shipping in transit on their way through the Panama Canal. Photo: stock Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino has rejected calls by US President-elect Donald Trump to hand over the Panama Canal to US control. In a post on social media, Trump described fees charged to use the key shipping lane as a “complete ‘rip-off’ ”…
Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI MAJOR residential developers can now bypass local councils after the NSW Government’s Housing Delivery Authority (HDA) started operations on Friday (December 20). The Authority will speed up the assessments of major residential projects by bypassing council approval through a State Significant Development (SSD) pathway. The criteria by which Expressions of Interest (EOI)…
The new L4 trams yesterday. Photo: NSW Government Parramatta’s trams are now up and running with the inaugural service on the new L4 Westmead & Carlingford Line. From 5am on Friday (December 20), passengers were able to board trams at the Westmead, Carlingford and Parramatta Square stops. The L4 line will operate to a weekday…
Years of high rainfall have help preserve Victoria’s drinking water supplies. Photo: stock Victoria’s water storage supplies have been able to weather a very dry winter and demand thanks to years of high rainfall. Victoria’s Water Minister Harriet Shing released the annual water outlook earlier this week outlining the latest conditions of every supply system…
Whyalla Airport’s runway will be upgraded to handle larger aircraft. Photo: stock Canberra is to spend $16.2 million on upgrading Whyalla Airport in South Australia as Qantas phases out its smaller aircraft from its regional fleet. The airport provides critical access to health services for the town and helps bring in tourists to the Eyre…
Picture: stock Israeli air strikes on Yemen’s rebel-held capital and a port city on Thursday (local time) reportedly killed at least nine people after a Houthi missile was fired at central Israel. The strikes risk further escalating Israel’s conflict with the Iranian-backed Houthis, whose attacks on the Red Sea corridor drastically affected global shipping. UN…
Solomon Islands PM Jeremiah Manele (front, centre) during a visit to Brisbane in June. Photo: Reginald Ramos/DFAT. Australia has agreed to a $190m four-year deal to boost Solomon Islands Police to reduce the Pacific Island nation’s dependency on China. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the deal includes a new police training centre in Honiara as…
Brisbane port’s container notification fees were the second highest at the start of this year, the ACCC says. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The federal government needs to consider policy action to help reduce stevedoring and container costs in the overseas and domestic freight supply chain. That was the major finding of the Australian Competition and Consumer…
Jana McKinnon (who plays Zoe Jacobs) and the Glass House mountains in the new season two of Black Snow. Photos: Stan The Glass House Mountains will serve as the backdrop to the second season of Black Snow after filming wrapped up on the Sunshine Coast. The second six-part season of the Stan detective drama premieres on…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (right) with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda in Brussels. Lithuania is to spend up to 3.5 percent of its GDP on defence and also agreed to build an artillery shell manufacturing factory. Photo: NATO EUROPE needs to spend a lot more than 2 per cent of its GDP on defence, NATO…