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A new surf park and Australia’s large zipline will benefit from $8 million in state funding to boost Gold Coast tourism. The money is coming from a public-private $80m Tourism Icon Investment Fund, the Queensland Government says. Government will spend […]
Plans for a mobile sauna in a southern Hobart suburb have taken a first step forward with planning approval. Hobart City Council’s planning committee has approved an application from Harnon Saunas for a partial change of zoning at the site
Another space capsule has made a safe return to the Koonibba Test Range, near Ceduna, on South Australia’s Far West Coast. Local company Southern Launch oversaw the launch and return of the Varda Space Industries W-6 capsule; it carried next-gen
Mortgages and war have combined to slash NSW Treasury’s economic growth prospects by 1.5% for 2026-27. State Treasurer Daniel Mookhey delivered the news in an address to the McKell Institute in Sydney on Wednesday. “The NSW Budget is 33 days
Tow truck drivers are averaging more than one near-miss a week on Queensland roads as they get out to help stranded drivers. The finding from motoring organisation RACQ came out a day after police say a woman was killed on
A joint $2.4 billion housing infrastructure funding deal is expected to pave the way for 51,000 new homes in Queensland. The state-federal deal will target the construction of new roads, water and sewerage works in at least three identified Priority
Up to 1000 new homes will take the place of barracks with Defence land at Dowsing Point near Hobart City to be sold to the state. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Tasmanian Premer Jeremy Rockliff
Councils and agencies will receive a helping hand in their ongoing battle to crack down on illegal dumping of household and commercial waster. 19 projects will share in a $1.2 million grant funding windfall from the NSW Environment Protect Agency
In 2018, workers digging down what is now the Barangaroo Metro rail station dug up a ‘survivor’ of Sydney’s colonial past – a 200-year-old timber boat. And the country’s oldest surviving colonial boat has now become a permanent addition to
The NRL Magic Round is to stay in Brisbane for six more years as the state government moves to turn it into a week-long tourism and business promotion. On Friday, Queensland Premier David Crisafulli announced a deal to lock in
