Australia national/federal related stories including sporting events and teams
Drivers across Moreton Bay need to slow down this winter to protect wildlife that are already in greater danger from drivers, says local council. Moreton Bay City Council says that every week, there are 8.8 million vehicle movements in their […]
Townsville Airport is to get a new bus service to the city CBD city for 50 cents a trip starting from the end of this month. Route 222 will run every hour from 4am to 11pm, seven days a week
Pubs, clubs and bars across NSW will be able to stay open for longer for the 2026 FIFA World Cup which kicks off on Friday (local time). The biggest sporting event on the planet will be held in the United
Australian fan interest in the 2026 Super Rugby finals is over after big losses by the ACT Brumbies and Queensland on the weekend. And Queensland’s 46-24 loss marked the end of Reds coach Less Kiss’s tenure as he prepares to
New rail tracks, siding and signals are among work under way on a new $55 million intermodal freight hub taking shape at Ballarat, Victoria. The hub will give tenants of the Ballarat West Employment Zone (BWEZ), specifically George Weston Foods
Two Socceroos are to make their international debut season on the biggest sports stage of all: the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The final 26-player Socceroos squad was named at the start of the week and features 17 potential Cup debutants.
North-east Victorian households will be hit with a nearly 10% increase in water and sewerage bills in the new financial year. And bills are expected to go up by 27% over five years after the Essential Services Commission (ESC) released
Approval of a planned $100 million cable car project for Airlie Beach is to be fast-tracked by the Queensland Government. The government has given the Whitsunday Skyway Project ‘prescribed’ status to streamline the approvals process and is separate to $5m
A failed bid to smuggle a suspected Queensland fugitive to Indonesia has landed three people in WA courts. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) says officers from a WA joint crime taskforce arrested three people onboard a yacht at 8am on
Putting guns in the hands of police officers will not lead to more shootings, new research from Monash University says. The research investigated 50 years of officer-involved shootings in Australia between 1970 and 2020. Lead researcher Dr Ross Hendy says
