An emergency warning has been issued for two bushfires burning in the towns of Abermain and Neath, in the NSW Hunter Valley. An earlier watch and act warning was upgraded at… Continue reading Bushfire threatens homes in NSW towns of Abermain and Neath
It is almost three years to the day since a platform collapsed in the Mount Lyell copper mine, sending two men plummeting to their deaths. Craig Gleeson and Alistair Lucas… Continue reading Copper Mines Tasmania fined $225k over deaths of two workers in 2013
Sometime next year, if all goes well, a retired jet engine will be mounted on a flatbed trailer and taken to a coal-fired power plant in Delhi. With the exhaust… Continue reading Can jet engines clean up Delhi’s foul air?
Queensland’s most senior road policing officer is mystified and alarmed by driving practices after a deadly start to the Christmas holiday period in the Sunshine State. Assistant Commissioner Mike Keating… Continue reading Police ‘mystified’ as road toll worse than last December in just 11 days
Swift action is needed to ensure that people with cognitive impairments and acquired brain injuries aren’t held in jail indefinitely, a disability rights group says. Earlier this month, a Senate… Continue reading At least 100 Aussies with cognitive disability held in jail indefinitely
England subsided to an innings-and-36-run defeat on the final day of the fourth Test in Mumbai as India swiftly sealed a series victory. Resuming on 182-6 – still 49 behind… Continue reading India v England: Ravichandran Ashwin seals series win in Mumbai
Queensland skin cancer patients will be the first in Australia be treated with a new machine for delivering radiation, which is less invasive and leaves less scarring than surgery. The… Continue reading New non-melanoma skin cancer treatment gives Queensland patients more choice
They got the chance to see and test some of the most advanced technology in the Townsville police arsenal. But the six PNG police officers on secondment to our city… Continue reading PNG police test local police technology
Households will pocket $3 billion in power-price subsidies over the next four years, with the Queensland Government’s coffers flush with a windfall from coal royalties. The extra cash from coal… Continue reading Power bills cut for Queensland’s low-income earners using coal cash
Key themes of reflection, community spirit and remembrance will be shared across Queensland as part of Christmas celebrations in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Treasurer and Minister for… Continue reading Community key to Christmas celebrations
Queensland is experiencing another rail failure, with tram services on the Gold Coast suspended for a second day. Operator GoldlinkQ has blamed an electrical issue for the light rail suspension,… Continue reading Gold Coast trams suspended for second day
At least 160 people are believed to have been killed when a church roof collapsed onto worshippers in southern Nigeria. Congregants said the Reigners Bible Church in Uyo was still… Continue reading At least 160 worshippers killed after church collapses in Nigeria
