Trans-Tasman air travel is set to soar as Jetstar, Qantas and Air New Zealand boost seating capacity for summer and beyond. Jetstar expects to add almost 500,000 more seats on its trans-Tasman routes, including adding another aircraft to its NZ […]
Shorebirds from Siberia, Alaska and China are poised to start calling Moreton Bay home in the next few weeks on their annual migration. And Moreton Bay City Council wants residents to leave them alone and leash their dogs while near
One person has died on Queensland roads every 29 hours this year with the road toll for 2025 at 200 – so far. The toll was disclosed by RACQ (Royal Automobile Club of Queensland) on August 31. Twenty-four hours later,
Commuters need to take greater care to be safer at train stations, Queensland Rail says. The call was made as Qld Rail released footage of near misses, falls and customers rushing for the train as train doors close. VIDEO: watch
Hunter mines have been put on notice from the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to keep an eye on air quality. And to help them comply, penalties have been strengthened, the agency says. The reminder comes with the EPA’s sixth
More flights and more regional visitors are among five pillars that will hold up a new visitor spending plan, the NSW government says. The government has just launched its Visitor Economy Strategy 2035 which calls for an annual visitor spending
Trams are out and buses are in as the Queensland Government rules out a fourth stage expansion of the light rail network on the Gold Coast. The government says nearly two-thirds of 5600 submissions made during public consultations opposed the
Dreamworld’s plans to grow its theme parks and move into nature tourism and housing looks set to be fast-tracked by the Queensland Government. The state government says it is chasing a call-in notice for a development application from the park
Remote NSW air services will continue after their subsidies will be extended for another 12 months, the state government says. The $2m in subsidies from the state’s Regional Development Trust will connect Dubbo with Bourke, Walgett and Lightning Ridge (by
The sea ice cover in the Antarctica is shrinking much faster than in the north with “abrupt changes” now happening. That was the finding of Australian research published in the prestigious journal Nature recently by a team led by Professor Nerilie
