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…
The new airline will operate four times a week with a seasonal bump to daily flights during the Lunar New Year period. Photo: Sydney Airport. A new Shanghai-Sydney service that first touched down on Tuesday may have turned the airport into Australia’s major gateway to China. Juneyao Air’s inaugural service lifted the airport’s seat capacity…
The US Congress building in Washington DC. Photo: stock The White House has criticised Republican politicians and president-elect Donald Trump as they push to shut down the US government this weekend. White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre says the Republican party needs “to stop playing politics” with a bipartisan bill to fund government to March 2025.…
NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro (centre) with (L to R) Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, MP for Braitling Joshua Burgoyne, MP for Namatjira Bill Yan, Acting Police Commissioner Martin Dole and Assistant Commissioner Peter Kennon during her recent visit to Alice Springs. Photo: NT Government. Alice Springs police have been given the go-ahead to use drones…
Picture: stock The federal mid-year budget fails to address the housing crisis with a great deal of work still needed, says Homelessness Australia (HA). HA says the latest official data shows that 109,557 people had sought help to find long-term housing in 2023-24 with just 4937 finding a home. There has been a 15.7 per…
Disaster response team members board a C-17 at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland, yesterday. Picture: Department of Defence Australia has sent a 64-person disaster response team to Port Vila as Vanuatu starts to recover from Tuesday’s deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake. The federal government says there has been extensive damage to buildings in, and around, the capital, Port…
Ukrainian crews training on Leopard 2 tanks in Zagan, Poland. Photo: NATO EUROPE needs to adopt a wartime mindset — again, NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte says. He was speaking at a conference organised by the Carnegie Europe think-tank in Brussels, home to NATO last week (Thursday local time). “The security situation does not look good. It’s…
The AFP’s Specialist Protective Command guards MPs in places like Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: AFP Reported threats to Australian federal MPs increased 42 percent in the past financial year, according to police figures. The Australian Federal Police says that in 2023-24, there were 1009 threats reported compared to 709 matters the year before (2022-23).…