Foggy Baylis Street on Tuesday around 9 am when the temperature was still below 4 degrees Celsius. Photo: Shri Gayathirie Rajen. Riverina residents awoke to a chilly and foggy morning on Tuesday as the mercury dipped to -3 degrees Celsius. Temperatures dropped to -0.5C in Wagga, -1.7C in Deniliquin, -2.4C in Narrandera and -3C in … [Read more…]
The Northern Beaches Blues women have made an undefeated start to the season. Photo: AFL North Coast. THE current AFL North Coast senior season has reached its midway point. Here is how each club has fared so far this season. Byron Bay Magpies: Have been a dominant force in their first season playing in the … [Read more…]
Greens Leader Adam Bandt has pointed to rent caps being considered at a state level. -AAP Image Greens Leader Adam Bandt has doubled down on withholding support from Labor’s $10 billion housing fund, pointing to rent caps being considered at a state level. It comes as the federal government is seeking advice over whether the … [Read more…]
It’s the third day of action by climate activists targeting the port. There are reports a protester is perched on top of a nine-metre pole on the rail bridge at Branxton on Wednesday morning. The action has forced the closure of the Hunter railway line, with no trains running between Scone and Maitland. The action comes … [Read more…]
Ukraine’s commander of land forces and its deputy defence minister, meanwhile, reported successes with a counteroffensive in the east and south. Russia’s defence ministry said that Russian forces hit and destroyed eight ammunition warehouses across Ukraine in the last 24 hours and repelled Ukrainian attacks in three different directions. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office said … [Read more…]
A healthy crowd was on hand to see Warrick Howie, Rodney Bassett. Scott Hawkins, Riley Balins, Corey McDonald, and Nathan Shortis were the days eventual winners. Competing in the Lachie Howie Memorial event honouring a former club racer were the Standard Saloon class with Warrick Howie, a brother of Lachie in the line-up. Four qualifying … [Read more…]
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The tour in Rotorua was rated the top experience in the South Pacific in Tripadvisor’s annual awards. Photo / Supplied An activity in Rotorua has been named the best experience in the South Pacific for 2023, and the third best nature and outdoor activity in the world for 2023. Even in a country as small … [Read more…]
Andrew and Nicola Forrest will donate 220 million shares in their listed mining company Fortescue Metals Group to their philanthropic foundation Minderoo. The couple established the Minderoo foundation in 2001 and it receives funding through dividends from Fortescue, the company Dr Forrest founded in 2003. The donated shares, worth about $4.9 billion, make up one fifth … [Read more…]
Walking down his driveway on Saturday morning, a man in Hervey Bay, Australia, saw a strange rope stretching across the wheel well of one car to the next. Stepping closer, he realized it wasn’t a rope at all but a massive 6.5-foot python lounging in a “very interesting position.” The snake had apparently been wandering … [Read more…]
The film explores a 1981 massacre in Casablanca through interviews and interactions with the director’s family and former neighbours. Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir’s The Mother Of All Lies has bagged the top prize at the 70th edition of the Sydney Film Festival. The film received a A$60,000 ($41,100) cash prize. The film recently premiered … [Read more…]