The festival’s high-powered racing starts this week at Willowbank with a warm-up event. File photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The power of hooves (mechanical and not) will drown out the cheers of fans as Ipswich gears up for its Festival of Horsepower. The festival ‘starts’ this Saturday at Willowbank Speedway with a warm-up for the Winternationals proper…
The flooded property about 10km outside Kempsey, NSW. Photo: Fire and Rescue NSW A drone showed the way to safety for a rescue crew, farming couple and six dogs through 2km of flooded bush at night near Kempsey, NSW. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) says the drama began on Friday afternoon when Strike Team Charlie…
The iconic Dapto Dogs race meeting in NSW will end next June. Photo: stock After almost 90 years, greyhound racing at Dapto, NSW, (Dapto Dogs) will come to an end in 2026. The decision was made by the owners of Dapto Showground, the Dapto Agricultural & Horticultural Society. They alerted Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) on…
Queensland conceded a vital top four spot with their loss to the Hurricanes. Photo: Super Rugby Pacific NSW kept their Super Rugby Pacific finals hopes alive with an extra-time 22-17 win over the Western Force in Perth on Saturday. A third try to winger Darby Lancaster in the 91st minute sets up the Waratahs for…
A drawing of the newly-discovered frog species which lived near the time Australia was joined to South America. Image: Samantha Yabsley. The fossils of a prehistoric Australian tree frog may yield clues to help modern ‘descendents’ survive another climate crisis, palaeontologists believe. A UNSW palaeontology team says the fossils of an unknown tree frog species…
The airmen’s caskets ready for lowering at Bomana War Cemetery, Port Moresby, on Monday. Photo: Department of Defence They served their country and made the ultimate sacrifice more than 80 years ago. Now they have finally been laid to rest. The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has just held a committal service for two of…
Woody Point jetty looking south across Moreton Bay towards Brisbane City. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI An advocacy plan to lobby governments for funding has earned Moreton Bay City Council $800 million for road and other city projects. Peter Flannery, who is mayor of the south-east Queensland council, says the funding comes largely from state and federal…
The Gabba stadium in the Brisbane suburb of Woolloongabba. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The Qld Government is now gauging private sector interest in revamping Woolloongabba after the 2032 Olympic Games. The government is already looking long-term for the former GoPrint site and Gabba stadium even as it builds for the Games. On more than nine hectares…
This year’s Tattoo will be held at Edinburgh Castle in August. Photo: supplied Two more shows at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium have been added for the visit by The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in February 2026. A Saturday, February 14, show has pre-sold out so shows on Friday, February 13, and Sunday, February 15, have been…
A humpback calf with mother off the Kiama coast, NSW. Photo: Vanessa Risku Humpback whales are giving birth far from the tropics, in waters as far south as Tasmania and southern New Zealand, says a new study. The UNSW-led study took a look at more than 200 sightings of humpback calves filed by whale watchers,…