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More oyster reefs, AI submersibles and more funding are part of a new $102.5 million plan for South Australia’s algal bloom outbreak this summer. The plan includes $16m for the fishing and marine industries, opening up school pools, submersibles, more […]
Dormant Opal card funds will be spent on more transport facilities like bike lockers, the NSW Government says. A Bill that is going before state parliament this week seeks to empower Transport for NSW to claim credit balances on cards
Sydney roads are to get a $200 million facelift in some of the city’s busiest traffic corridors after a record wet winter. The NSW Government says the funding deal will lift greater Sydney’s total road maintenance funding for the next
A seasonal late-night ferry service will run between Freemantle and Rottnest Island/Wadjemup at the end of this month, the WA Government says. The news comes as the Crown Princess sailed into Fremantle Harbour to mark the start of the WA
A $60 million TAFE centre is to go up at Petrie, Brisbane, after Moreton Bay City Council transferred site ownership to the Queensland Government. The site, in the Moreton Bay Central precinct, will allow students to train in construction, engineering,
An $11,000 18-karat gold-diamond necklace is the star of Brisbane Airport’s annual lost property auction now under way. The annual event features a $1 reserve on all lots with bidding due to close on November 2. The airport says the
Shorncliffe rail station’s air raid shelter is to be restored as it closes for more than six months as part of a major facelift. Queensland Rail says the Brisbane station’s carpark will partially close on October 16 so that site
A defence grant of $200,000 will boost the development of an underwater wi-fi mesh network that will boost underwater communication. Proteus Maritime and Edith Cowan University are developing an ‘mesh’ system to boost communication with military, science and rescue submersibles
Two Queensland men will face Ipswich court next month charged over the theft of copper wiring from the Logan Motorway. Queensland Police say they charged the two men after they discovered the theft of wiring from an electrical light box
Work on a new AFL stadium in Hobart may face the loss of workers to Queensland’s Olympics building boom. Tasmania Premier Jeremy Rockliff revealed his concerns in state parliament late last month when questioned on the stadium. Pressed by Opposition
