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Unseasonal hail storms and forecasts of a wet spring is prompting Moreton Bay City Council to call on ratepayers to prepare for the storm season. Moreton Bay City Council says that parts of its catchment, in areas like Caboolture and […]
After a 26-year absence, AFL Origin is returning to the field in Perth next February with WA to take on Victoria. The best of WA’s AFL players will meet their Victorian opponents on February 14 at Optus Stadium. AFL CEO
A warning that Sydney may lose its grandchildren is helping drive a state-council rezoning deal for Parramatta Road that could see 8000 new homes close to the CBD. And news of the deal was welcomed by the Property Council of
Western Australia is to get two new public holidays and the date of three others moved under a new Bill to go before state parliament this week. The government says moving the holidays will align WA with the rest of
A fourth batch of flood buyback homes around Lismore will go up for auction next week, the NSW Government says. To date, 70 damaged properties bought by the government through a $880 million buyback program have been sold in three
As spring morphs into summer, Moreton Bay City Council is expecting its pool season to set another record for visits. Council says new data shows 1.578 million visits to local pools in the 2024-25 financial year, an increase of 11.28%
Queensland has unveiled new designs for two level crossing removals as part of the $5.75 billion Logan-Gold Coast Faster Rail Project. The crossings (at Kuraby and Bethania) are among five to be removed in a 20km corridor stretching between Kuraby and
Two 4WD drivers face hefty costs after their vehicles were trapped on protected saltpans in the Bowling Green Bay National Park south of Townsville. The Qld Department of Environment (QDE) says the drivers were forced to abandon their vehicles early
Shorebirds from Siberia, Alaska and China are poised to start calling Moreton Bay home in the next few weeks on their annual migration. And Moreton Bay City Council wants residents to leave them alone and leash their dogs while near
One person has died on Queensland roads every 29 hours this year with the road toll for 2025 at 200 – so far. The toll was disclosed by RACQ (Royal Automobile Club of Queensland) on August 31. Twenty-four hours later,
