The Business Council of Australia says government policy needs to become more pro-business. Photo: stock Australia is poised to lose out under the new US Trump administration unless it adopts more business friendly policies. The was the call from the Business Council of Australia after a team, led by chief executive Bran Black, returned from…
Kuiku Mabaig representative Ishmael Gibuma with ranger Nelson Gibuma and Laurie Elisala (both former passengers) as the wreckage is removed. Photo: TSRA The removal of a wrecked former charter vessel has ended a project to remove 13 shipping wrecks from Far North Queensland. Maritime Safety Queensland (MSQ) says a $2.7 million contract to remove wrecks…
A diver floats over the HMNZS Manawanui off the coast of Apia, Samoa. Image: NZ Defence Force The New Zealand navy has begun recovering fuel and oil from its sunken hydrological ship, the HMNZS Manawanui, off the coast of Apia, Samoa. And a court of inquiry into the ship’s sinking found that the crew failed…
A Qantas aircraft lands at Mackay Airport. Photo: FILE / ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Virgin Australia is to nearly double passenger capacity on its Brisbane-Mackay route from February by replacing its smaller, older Fokker 100 aircraft with larger Boeing 737s. Mackay Airport says the switch of aircraft type will increase capacity on the route by close to…
Horses were involved in 222 deaths from 2001-2021 according to recently updated coronial data. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI One animal has been identified as the deadliest to humans – and it’s not spiders, crocodiles, sharks or jellyfish. It’s horses, according to updated figures released by the National Coronial Information System (NCIS), a database of deaths reported…
Jimmy Carter speaks during a change of command ceremony for the USS Jimmy Carter nuclear submarine in 2015. Photo: Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Kenneth G. Takada A national day of mourning and a state funeral for former US President Jimmy Carter is to be held as flags fly at half-mast for 30 days. Carter…
A Finnish patrol vessel. The coast guard has seized an oil tanker and is interviewing the crew. Photo: Finnish Border Guard NATO is to boost its military presence in the Baltic Sea to protect undersea cables after Finland seized a ship suspected of damaging cables linking Finland and Estonia on December 25. A NATO statement…
The NT Government is to allow pet ownership of crocodiles with stronger regulations. Photo: stock THE NT Government is to retore the right of residents to own a crocodile as a pet and strengthen its ownership permit system. The move overturns a Labor government decision in April 2024 to ban pet ownership of the predators.…
Photo: Qld Police/stock Not even a week after the Qld Government revealed the state’s fatal road toll had reached its highest level in a decade, four more deaths were recorded on the roads. The Qld Police’s Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal motorbike crash at Mossman on Saturday, December 28. Qld Police say that…
The Antipodes sails into Hobart. Photo: Salty Dingo 2024 Celebrations for 2024 Sydney-Hobart yacht race line winners LawConnect were muted after two deaths during the race’s first night on Boxing Day. South Australian Nick Smith, 65, and 55-year-old West Australian Roy Quaden were killed in separate incidents as their vessels sailed down the NSW South…