Increases in male self-abuse have been linked to natural disasters. Picture: stock DOMESTIC violence and male self-abuse are increasing in the wake of natural disasters, emergency management services and first responders heard. They had gathered in Sydney for AFAC24, Australasia’s biggest emergency management conference and exhibition, which ran from September 3-6. Among the speakers were…
POLICE and protestors have clashed heatedly with protestors outside a defence expo in Melbourne today (September 11). The three-day Land Forces expo brings defence experts from around the world and displays military equipment, heavy-duty trucks, semi-automatic guns and other weapons. The protests come at a time when heightened tensions sparked by global conflicts have deepened…
Whoever wins the White House in November is likely to preside over a diminished US, say some. Picture: Wikipedia Commons Regardless of who wins November’s US presidential elections, the world will have to deal with a reduced American influence. That was the assessment of two LaTrobe University academics sent to News Cop ahead of the…
THE Socceroo’s AFC World Cup qualifying campaign suffered another setback with a goal-less draw against hosts Indonesia on Tuesday, September 10. In the second match of round three in their FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying campaign, Australia dominated their hosts in possession, shots, touches in the opposition box, and corners. That dominance, from a side…
A Van RV-10 home-build aircraft … the type that was involved in Friday’s drama. Picture: Wikipedia A door that fell off a small four-seat aircraft just missed hitting a fisherman at South Broulee Beach on the NSW Far South Coast last week. Surfer Murphy Shaw told ABC News that he was having a morning surf…
A computer rendering of what the new hanger will look like. Image: SA Government THE Australian Defence Force is building a new maintenance facility for RAAF surveillance aircraft to ensure work is done in country. Construction has begun on a $200m four-bay hangar in northern Adelaide adjacent to Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Edinburgh…
A Beam e-scooter parked on a Mackay street, Queensland. Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI THE ACT Government has joined other cities as it bans Beam e-scooters from Canberra streets over concerns staff had manipulated data. All Beam e-scooters in Canberra were to be deactivated by midnight on Sunday, September 8, and removed from public areas by 4pm…
The qualifying finals will be followed by elimination games in this year’s NRL finals season. Picture: NRL THE 2024 NRL season enters finals mode this weekend with games scheduled from Melbourne to Townsville. The NRL confirmed week one of the finals schedule with Penrith kicking off the finals with a home game against the Roosters…
Harvey Island in the Whitsundays. Photo: Jumbo Aerial Photography/GBRMPA THE federal government is to invest another $100m into Townsville’s Great Barrier Reef Aquarium (Reef HQ), creating more than 1000 jobs in the process. The money raises total funding for Reef HQ to $180 million and means work can begin on rebuilding the living coral reef…
The Ramses exhibition gave the NSW economy a $57m boost. Pictured: Tim Levy/Australian Museum THE exhibition theme was of ancient Egyptian glory but the economic touch it brought to NSW was similar to that of an ancient mythic figure from another culture – Midas. The Australian Museum’s recent blockbuster exhibition Ramses and the Gold of…