Photo: Rugby Australia Fresh off a Super Rugby W grand final win over Queensland, NSW are off to meet New Zealand’s domestic Super Rugby champions, the Blues. The two teams will face off on Thursday in Auckland to determine the inaugural Super Rugby Champions winner. The game is seen as a first step towards a…
An F-35B Jet takes off from the UK carrier HMS Prince of Wales. Photo: UK Ministry of Defence The Royal Navy is coming Down Under – and it’s bringing some European friends as part of Operation Highmast. Highmast is a UK-led NATO carrier strike group that will spend eight months at sea and will come…
Jye Menzie celebrates at Adelaide Oval on Saturday, April 12. Picture: AFL Photos THERE was a surprise included in the AFL’s free agency bandings with Essendon’s Sam Draper qualifying as an unrestricted free agent. The AFL released its list of confirmed free agents for 2025, according to official website AFL.com.au; click here for details The website says…
Photo: KATRIN BOLOVTSOVA/pexels.com A Sydney man has been put on good behaviour bonds after he admitted to illegally importing nuclear material and radioactive substances. The man was sentenced in Downing Local Court on Friday, April 11, after he was summoned to court in March 2024 and pled guilty to two counts of moving and possessing…
PRE-MATCH FILE: The Reds were unable to deliver a victory at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday night. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI NSW put a miserable fortnight against NZ teams behind them with a rousing 21-14 upset win over the table-leading Chiefs in Sydney on Friday. The Waratahs were forced to defend with 14 men for 28 phases…
The former office of Ingham’s vanished newspaper in Far North Queensland where state premier David Crisafulli once worked. All photos by ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The slow death of print journalism across the country is silencing local storytelling as media diversity plunges, says new research. The Australia Institute is an independent, non-political, non-profit public policy think tank.…
Dr David Abrego taking notes on the Great Barrier Reef. Photo: supplied Plenty of sun, plenty of sand, plenty of sea — life on a remote island working to save the Great Barrier Reef may strike some as a great job. A really, really, great job. And for marine scientists Dr Emily Howells and Dr…
Qld officials are looking to identify those behind attempts to lure a large crocodile (not this one) in the Whitsundays. Photo: stock/Pixabay Queensland wildlife officials are calling for help to track those who lured a large crocodile to the Proserpine River boat ramp at Conway in the Whitsundays. The crocodile was caught in a baited trap…
A Fiji Airways Boeing 737 which is being used on the Cairns-Nadi service. Photo: Jeffery.S/Pexels A new Cairns-Nadi air service is expected to help add 52,000 extra visitors and help inject $160 million into the Far North Queensland economy. The Fiji Airways service will link Cairns via Nadi to its US ports of call: Los…
The broadcast rights for the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia are not covered under the new deal. Photo: supplied Rugby Australia has renewed its TV broadcast deal with Nine for five more years, worth $215 million. The new deal will cover all Wallabies and Wallaroos Test matches up to 2030 but outside the Rugby…