Australia national/federal related stories including sporting events and teams
Inner Melbourne is a tram bell ring closer to 35,000 more homes after Victoria locked in planning controls for the city’s final two rail zones. The new zones will result in 35,000 new homes across the Melbourne and Yarra council […]
The federal police has confiscated more than $700,000 cash seized from a Victorian family at the Gold Coast Airport two years ago. The confiscation is part of ongoing money laundering investigations, police say. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) says $712,850
A new Fokker aircraft tail now sits at the heart of Brisbane Airport’s new plane spotting precinct. Opened last weekend (July 19), Fellowship Place now gives visitors a closer, less obstructed view of aircraft taxying and flying past. It is
Serial snacking whale sharks at feeding at all ocean depths as new feeding behaviour is revealed in new maritime research. The research was led by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and Murdoch University, and partly funded by mining
A new AusAlert system to be tested nationally across all mobile devices will be needed as the impact of climate change hits harder. Former state and territory emergency leaders say a new alert system will be vital for saving lives
The bird flu has found its way to Queensland with the first suspected case reported on Moreton Island, Brisbane. A dead petrel found washed up on the island had returned a suspected positive result for the H5 bird flu, Primary Industries Minister Tony Perrett says. The
CCTV cameras are going into new housing projects across Moreton Bay as part of a new council-private partnership. Moreton Bay council and developers are sharing the installation costs for CCTV cameras going into areas that are being rapidly developed. Council
Mad Max will ‘hit the roads’ with 25 official replica cars now up for grabs. Built in Australia, the licensed cars will be the product of Mad Max Factory, developed under the supervision of the original film director, George Miller
A jet biofuel industry based on forestry ‘waste’ is taking a step closer to reality after Canberra gave $32 million to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). The funding will allow the agency to help HAMR Energy convert the ‘biowaste’
Melbourne fintech firm Airwallex says it is helping Aussie SMEs recover their US tariff refunds faster by streamlining administrative compliance. A US Supreme Court ruling in February ruled that tariffs imposed by the Trump Administrations using an emergency powers Act
