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Mining magnate Gina Rinehart’s suggestion of offering up Queensland islands to Elon Musk for launching satellites and setting up microchip manufacturing has been met with a mixed reaction from local tourism and business groups. In a speech on Thursday, Mrs Hancock said “sparsely or non-populated” islands off North Queensland’s coast should be offered to SpaceX…
Police have charged a third person over a fire that destroyed the Adass synagogue in Ripponlea in Melbourne’s south-east. The fire, which police believe was deliberately lit, tore through the synagogue shortly after 4am on December 6, 2024. Early-morning worshippers inside the building were forced to flee. Victoria Police, along with the Australian Federal Police,…
All living US ex-presidents — with the notable absence of current White House occupant Donald Trump — have joined a star-studded line-up for the opening of Barack Obama’s presidential centre in Chicago. Mr Obama, 64, struck his trademark hopeful tone in a speech inaugurating the modernistic centre. But the country’s first Black president also alluded…
The wife of AFL icon Tony Modra has thanked emergency services “who saved his life” as the Crows legend remains in hospital following a truck crash in South Australia. Fellow Crows great and breakfast radio host Mark Ricciuto, who described the former champion forward as “one of my best mates”, read out a statement provided…
Tunnelling for a new motorway in Sydney’s south will recommence after collapses and sinkholes halted the project more than two years ago. Almost 90 per cent of tunnelling on the M6 project was completed when works stopped after two subsidence events in early 2024, which put a nearby building at risk of collapse. In early…
It may be covered in sawdust, and a bit cold on a winter’s day, but David Quill’s workshop at his home near Mount Gambier is a place he loves. After a working life spent in the timber industry, he has found a way to keep his passion alive at 78, despite the challenges of living…
After more than 100 days of war in Iran and as the ink dries on the memorandum of understanding signed between Washington and Tehran, Iranians are voicing their “disappointment” with the deal. In voice notes shared with the ABC, people in Iran told us life in the country had become far worse since the war…
Two earthquakes have rocked parts of western NSW in the space of 150 minutes. A magnitude-3.4 quake was recorded within the Newmont Cadia Gold Mine site, south of Orange, at about 5:45am. It is one of the nation’s largest gold operations. Geoscience Australia says 100 people from areas including Orange, Millthorpe, Blayney and Oberon reported…
Victorian teachers have gone against their union’s advice and voted down a pay rise of up to 32 per cent. After a hard-fought campaign that included the first 24-hour Victorian teacher strike in 13 years, the Australian Education Union (AEU) last month announced it had reached an in-principal agreement with the state government that would…
The Northern Territory Labor Party has dumped their deputy opposition leader, replacing him with a newcomer to parliament. Labor leader Selena Uibo last night announced Member for Nightcliff Ed Smelt would take over the position from Dheran Young. Ed Smelt has been announced as the new deputy opposition leader. (ABC News: Dane Hirst ) Mr Young,…