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The new terminal has been unveiled with the airport due to open late next year. It’s Australia’s first international airport in 50 years. Now the terminal for the new Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (or WSI) has been unveiled. The design came from COX Architecture and Zaha Hadid. The inspiration came from the Greater…
The arrival concourse at the new Western Sydney Airport terminal. Photo: Brett Boardman Sydney’s new 24-hour Nancy-Bird Walton Airport passenger terminal has been unveiled as major construction works wrap up. The Western Sydney International (WSI) Airport unveiling ceremony was attended by WSI CEO Simon Hickey, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Catherine King…
From 1925 to 1982, young British men migrated to Australia under the Big Brother movement. Photo: State Library/supplied The call is out — Queensland’s Little Brothers are holding a reunion in Brisbane on Tuesday to mark a centennial milestone. Little Brother is the name given to a British young man who migrated to Australia under…
The NSW RFS Boeing 737 air tanker, the Marie Bashir, is currently on secondment fighting fires in North America. Photo: stock NSW is to spend almost $100 million on firefighting capital works, including new trucks, under the 2025-26 state budget. Included in the budget’s $98.7m allocation for emergency services capital works will be the first…
Moving more freight by rail, road at night is an option for the NSW Government. Photo: photographylke/pixabay.com The NSW Government says it will look into greater night rail and road freight movement after releasing a freight policy review. The government believes the freight sector will create an extra 235,000 workers and add $131.5 billion to…
Victorian firefighters are briefed ahead of their departure to Canada via Brisbane. Photo: Vic Emergency A 96-strong contingent of Australian firefighters has left for Canada to join in the fight against 200-plus bushfires that have burnt 2.3 million hectares and spread smoke as far as Europe. From NSW, 54 firefighters flew out of Sydney on…
Snowy Hydro will fund two new frog enclosures, the NSW EPA says. Image: stock/NSW Police Snowy Hydro has agreed to pay $400,000 to help protect the Northern Corroboree Frog in a deal with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA). The NSW EPA says the deal stems from a 2023 pollution incident involving nitrate contamination in surface…
NSW Police’s Operation Snow Safe was launched on Friday, June 6, and will run to Monday, October 6. Screen capture images: NSW Police Be smart and act responsibly to stay snow safe is the message from NSW Police with the 2025 ski season now under way. NSW Police’s Operation Snow Safe was launched on Friday,…
Front Valley, Perisher: The ski and ride season is returning to the NSW resort, the operators say. Photo supplied. An early-season snowstorm and snowmaking has allayed fears of a delayed start to the 2025 season for NSW and Victorian ski fields. The new season is set to start at the Perisher, Falls Creek and Hotham…
The Blues had a ‘win’ after their game when a Melbourne fan won the inaugural Fantasy competition. Photo: Super Rugby Pacific The ACT Brumbies have home ground advantage as the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific competition enters its finals season. The qualifying finals action this weekend sees the third-placed Brumbies host the fourth-placed Hurricanes (Wellington) to…