Australia is one of the world’s largest producers of bauxite. Photo: Australian Aluminium Council The federal government’s announcement of a $2 billion Green Aluminium Production Credit has been welcomed by smelters and climate groups. On a visit to the Tomago Aluminium Smelter in the Hunter, NSW, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that such a scheme…
The couple’s garden in Kilsyth after the works were completed. Picture: Mining Remediation Authority (UK). An elderly Scottish couple’s garden was saved from sinking as a historic coal mine shaft collapsed about 120 metres beneath it. The UK’s Mining Remediation Authority (MRA) says the garden started to sink in the elderly couple’s yard of their…
Singapore Alines is boosting its services to Brisbane with four flights a day. Photo: Brisbane Airport Singapore Airlines is to fly four times a day between Changi and Brisbane airports in a return to pre-pandemic levels. From June 16, the airline’s number of weekly services will rise from 25 to 28 a week, says Brisbane Airport…
Northern Beaches Council in Sydney has been re-opening its beaches after the debris balls were collected. Photo: Northern Beaches Council The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is expanding its investigation into the origin of debris balls found on NSW beaches after more were found early last week. EPA Director of Operations, Adam Gilligan says technical…
A house at Mudgee, central-west NSW, after a live power pole fell onto it during last week’s storms. Fire crews prevented it from spreading but couldn’t save the building, according to Fire and Rescue NSW. Photo: FRNSW. Power has now been restored to about 300,000 homes, businesses and other properties in NSW which blacked out…
E-scooter riders must wear helmets, police say. Photo: stock Too many e-scooter and bike crashes are resulting in serious injuries like concussions and lacerations, say Brisbane Police. And a Brisbane man was fined twice within 15 minutes for not wearing a helmet last Monday as part of a police crackdown in the inner city. Brisbane…
This 1940s tram is one of three former Melbourne trams serving as ‘workhorses’ in MOTAT’s fleet. Photos: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Here’s a confession that may surprise all those who call New Zealand home but live outside Auckland – I really like ‘Auks’. Auckland (KA the City of Sails) remains ‘captive’ to geography. It has three harbours,…
A caveman ghost meets the living in a scene from the UK Ghosts series. Image: BBC The premise of this TV show is simple – a group of spirits are bound to their place of death but become visible to a living person. The show is Ghosts and its international popularity is spreading. Now an…
The snakes are returned to the wilderness by rangers. Photo: Qld Government Eight rare snakes taken from their habitat have been returned to the wild in Far North Queensland. On December 31, 2024, the Qld Environment Department said, it was tipped off that snakes were taken from the Lockhart River area on Cape York Peninsula.…
Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro and Infrastructure Minister Bill Yan at Anzac Oval in Alice Springs. Photo: NT Government The footy posts are returning to Anzac Oval in Alice Springs – but feature the singular cap ‘H’ design of rugby (both codes) posts. Territory construction company BluePrint (NT) helping to restore Anzac Oval as the town’s…