Hamilton Fire Brigade crews in the Grampians National Park. Photo: Hamilton FB/CFA Over 100 firefighters from NSW, ACT, Queensland and Tasmania have joined in efforts to fight bushfires burning across Victoria. The assistance comes with today’s fire danger rated the worst across Victoria since Black Summer in 2019-20. A total fire ban has been declared…
AN F-35 Lightning lands at RAAF Williamtown, one of nine final aircraft for the RAAF. Photo: LAC Kurt Lewis/Department of Defence Australia has taken delivery of its final F-35A Lightning II advanced combat aircraft at RAAF Base Williamtown, NSW. The 72-aircraft strong F-35A fleet, along with its EA-18 Growler and F/A-18 Super Hornets, are the…
SA’s CFS is completing a generational upgrade of its fire tankers fleet. Photo: QFES Ten new 4WD fire tanker trucks are rolling out to South Australian Country Fire Service (CFS) brigades as part of a generational upgrade of its vehicles. Each new 24P tanker truck, at $520,000 a vehicle, can carry up to 2000 litres…
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…