One of the cannons recovered from the USS Peary at Darwin Harbour. Photo: Peter F Williams/Twitter (X) Darwin has marked the 83rd anniversary of Japan’s wartime air raids which killed 252 people and sank eight ships. On February 19, 1942, more than 260 Japanese aircraft attacked the port and shipping in Darwin Harbour in two…
A RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet departs Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, this year during a three-nation training exercise. Photo: Department of Defence. Last year, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) released its $38.2 billion rebuilt Integrated Investment Plan detailing its goals to achieve the targets spelt out in the National Defence Strategy. The ADF divided its…
An artistic impression of an Australian nuclear-powered submarine at sea. Graphic: BAE Systems The AUKUS nuclear submarine pact is among Defence projects that a federal parliamentary subcommittee is examining. The Defence subcommittee of a Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade just held its first public hearing into the Department of Defence’s annual report for 2023-24.…
Trade mission delegates at the Sydney Opera House, in front of the harbour bridge. Photo: Trade Canada/Twitter (X) A Canadian trade mission came to the country looking for new deals amid their country’s ongoing trade tariff row with the US. The 220-strong delegation was led by Canada’s Minister of Export Promotion and International Trade Mary…
A cable-laying ship. No more details about the operation has been spelt out yet. Photo: Meta Meta (the owner of Facebook and Instagram) has announced a plan to lay 50,000km of subsea cable that will span the planet. The plan was announced in a blog post co-written by Meta’s vice-president for Network Engineering, Gaya Nagarajan,…
Federal Arts Minister Tony Burke after handing the 1813 dollar over to Marta Cienkowska, Poland’s Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage, in Canberra. Photo: Polish Embassy/Twitter (X) A stolen 1813 Holey Dollar worth $525,000 has been returned to the Polish government with the help of the Australian Federal Police (AFP). The coin was stolen…
Siosifa Amone, and team-mates, celebrate his try against the Highlanders on Friday. Photo: NSW Waratahs Two sudden-death tries in two games allowed Australian sides to make the ideal start to the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season. NSW snatched victory from the gaping mouth of defeat with a 37-36 win over the Dunedin-based Highlanders in their…
The structure housing the Chernobyl reactor after the attack. Photo: IAEA No radiation leak has been detected after a Russian drone blew a hole in the building housing Chernobyl’s destroyed nuclear reactor, the UN’s nuclear watchdog says. Ukrainian firefighters have been working around the clock in freezing weather to extinguish fires ignited by Friday’s (local…
The property council wants the Victorian government to do more to return workers to the CBD. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Melbourne’s CBD office vacancy remains the highest in the country, according to new data from the Property Council of Australia. The council’s latest biannual Office Market Report shows Melbourne’s CBD office vacancy is stable at 18…
Canberra’s CBD needs more than just public sector offices, says the property council report. Photo: DFAT Canberra has one of the tightest capital city office markets in the country but the CBD is in need of a makeover to bring workers and customers back. The finding was contained in the Property Council of Australia January…