An artistic impression of what Hobart Airport’s upgrade, and larger, terminal will look like. Photo: www.hobartairport.com.au The Tasmanian government has launched a $5 million Aviation Attraction Fund to boost domestic and international flights to the island state. Other state governments, like NSW and Queensland, have established such funds to attract international airlines back to Australia…
The annual Tamworth Country Music Festival is on from January 17-26. Photo: stock NSW Police want fans to plan ahead and travel safely as all roads lead to Tamworth this weekend for the annual Country Music Festival. The festival starts this Friday and runs to Sunday, January 26. Police will be out in force for…
Qantas is a partner airline in this year’s program. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The WA Government’s Affordable Airfares Program is back for its seventh year to make flights between Perth and Broome, Exmouth and Kununurra cheaper. In a change this year, the government will subsidise airfares by Airnorth, Nexus Airlines, Qantas and Virgin Australia as well…
The NSW Government is to supply 67 jet-skis over a four-year period with 14 going to beaches. Photo: supplied More emergency response beacons (ERBs) are to be installed at unpatrolled beaches along the NSW coast. The move comes after the NSW Government reports that more than four million people headed to the surf since December…
A California Air National Guard rescue crew prepares their Pave Hawk helicopter to join in the battle against the Palisades Fire. Photo: Army Master Sgt. Ray Aquino, National Guard/ US DoD THE US military is joining the firefighting effort in Los Angeles as Australia stands by to help if needed. According to the US Department…
Photo: stock THE NT Government is vowing to crack down after police officers were attacked three times in as many days in a small town south-west of Darwin. NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy says the recent attacks on police at Wadeye, about 230km south-west of Darwin, is “disgraceful”. “This is the third attack on our…
Airline and NT government officials celebrate the announcement of the service. Photo: AirAsia AirAsia will be returning to the Northern Territory this year with the resumption of Darwin-Bali services in March. The airline is to operate three-weekly direct flights from March 22 and is expected to deliver over 1000 visitors weekly, the NT government says.…
The new LST100 heavy landing craft that is to be built for the army. Photo: supplied The federal government is to spend $159 billion over 10 years and build 55 new vessels under plans to revitalise naval shipbuilding. Its 2024 Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Plan details a 30-year construction timetable for projects, largely across South Australia and…
This car is about to turn around from a flooded street in Ingham, Far North Qld. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Relentless global warming is fuelling worsening water disasters, says a consortium of public and private water organisations. The Global Water Monitor recently released its 2024 summary report which contained the warning. ANU water science professor Albert…
New electric vehicle (EV) sales in Australia reached a record high in 2024, according to the Electric Vehicle Council. Photo: stock New electric vehicle (EV) sales in Australia reached a record high in 2024, according to the Electric Vehicle Council. The council says its own data and public sources reveal that about 114,000 new electric…