NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the rapid electrification of Indian Railways over the past 12 years has helped the country withstand global energy disruptions, claiming the rail network would have come to a “complete standstill” during the ongoing Middle East crisis if the same situation had arisen before 2014.Addressing a gathering…
The developer of land at Mount Barker and the owners of a local restaurant are incensed with the South Australian government after finding out land will be compulsorily acquired and bulldozed for a new school. Aston Hills Mount Barker developers Lanser said they had been working on their master plan for more than 16 years…
A former educator charged with the sexual abuse of a child at a greater Darwin school holiday program had recently worked in the classrooms of a school in the Darwin area, the ABC can reveal. The 40-year-old man was arrested by Northern Territory Police last month and charged with an indecent touching or act and…
A Mount Gambier man who has previously admitted going naked in two local food businesses has now pleaded guilty to another similar charge of indecent behaviour. Darrin Kingsley Brown, 54, had previously pleaded guilty to two indecent behaviour charges relating to being nude while at a Subway restaurant in Mount Gambier on April 27 and…
Moira Deeming’s political career as a Liberal is over after the party’s state executive voted to revoke the MP’s candidacy for the November state election. The Liberal Party disendorsed Mrs Deeming on Friday night in an emphatic vote against her. She had alleged her partyroom colleague Matthew Guy had assaulted her at a community event…
The construction of 12,000 homes will be fast-tracked as part of a controversial housing development on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. The state government green-lit the Aura South project at Halls Creek south of Caloundra on Friday, declaring it a priority development area (PDA). The declaration will see planning and development powers transfer from the Sunshine Coast…
Fourth position on the NRL ladder goes on the line as Cronulla-Sutherland welcomes Newcastle to Shark Park, with the hosts looking to build on last week’s mauling of the Dolphins. Later, the Melbourne Storm will be without some big names as they travel north to face the Sydney Roosters. Tune in to ABC Sport’s live…
Melbourne is the world’s most expensive city for cigarettes and beer, with Sydney following in second place, a new report has found. The Mapping the World’s Prices report, published by Deutsche Bank, compares cost-of-living data in 69 cities across six continents, with Sydney and Melbourne being the two Australian cities included on the list. It…
New Zealand has detected the first H5N1 bird flu infection in a native bird, days after the country recorded its first case of the disease. New Zealand reports first H5N1 bird flu case The deadly virus was detected in a brown skua seabird near Wellington. A swamp harrier hawk, known locally as a kahu and…
A retired South Australian teacher says some educators are inflating the grades of year 12 students, which she says is making the marks “unfair”. But the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE) Board, which ensures teachers give out the correct marks, says there is no evidence of the system being exploited. The Independent Education Union…