Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has hit back at critics of the Coalition’s nuclear power plan, defending the decision not to release the policy’s cost which is expected to have a multi-billion price tag. Speaking on Thursday morning, Mr Dutton said the Coalition had deliberately not released the full details whileContinue Reading
A racist street name in northern NSW is set to disappear, but not all residents are happy about it. Byron Shire councillors will consider a recommendation to change the name of Hottentot Crescent in Mullumbimby to “Moonlight Close” after council resolved to commence the name changing process for the crescentContinue Reading
A war of words has erupted in a tiny outback town where locals claim they have been blindsided by plans to hand over “95 per cent” of their community to an Aboriginal corporation as freehold. Toobeah, a town of around 30 residents in the Darling Downs region on the borderContinue Reading
A controversial Harry Potter themed lightscape experience will be relocated, following a decision by a council to re-evaluate its sensitive location. Organisers faced global backlash and threats of a boycott for planning the Forbidden Forest Experience inside a wildlife sanctuary at the Briars on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. FollowingContinue Reading
Debate is swirling on whether a sawed-down Captain James Cook statue should return to a Victorian park, with one local councillor pushing for the community to have their say. The 115-year-old Captain Cook statue at Catani Gardens in St Kilda made headlines last week after it was defected on theContinue Reading
More than 2100 Aussie bank branches have closed across the country since 2017, marking a 39 per cent reduction in active branches for major metropolitan areas. The shocking figures were revealed at a senate inquiry into the impact of branch closures in regional Australia on Friday. Bosses of the bigContinue Reading
Channel Nine’s A Current Affair has been accused of pedalling “propaganda” and “garbage” by its own viewers after it claimed they need a degree to operate a TV remote. As the Albanese Government finalises controversial new regulations that would mandate that local, free-to-air TV services must be easier for AustralianContinue Reading
Sydney Streets is back for another year, with residents and small business owners stressing just how important these events are to the community. Originally used as a part of the local council’s Covid-19 community recovery plan, the six-week festival takes over six suburbs with free food, activities and events forContinue Reading
Window-seat passengers who have flown to the UK in recent years will not have missed the abundant white wind turbines sticking up in the waters surrounding that green and pleasant land. Great Britain is now encircled by an astonishing 2595 individual turbines, capable of generating 14 gigawatts (GW) of electricity.Continue Reading
Landmark changes to “outdated” and overly harsh abortion laws in Western Australia will be introduced as the state government prepares to introduce a bill to fully decriminalise the medical procedure. The announcement follows a landmark study of thousands of people indicating an overwhelming support for change. WA is the onlyContinue Reading