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Australia’s aviation watchdog has flagged “recurring issues” with safety compliance across Northern Australia’s helicopter sector following increased surveillance and inspections. In an industry brief sent out via email on Tuesday, seen by the ABC, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) said inspections conducted across Northern Australia had revealed “routine gaps” in maintenance and servicing practices….

The Liberals, it seems, can’t resist returning to damaging infighting even in the one part of the country where things have been going quite encouragingly for them. Once again the Victorian Liberals are caught up in another chapter of that extraordinary saga, “Doings of Deeming”. The row over the controversial upper house member’s 2023 appearance…

There is a dissonance to watching a hulking, 240-tonne piece of mining equipment trudge up a slope on the whisper of battery-electric power. Where once there was huff and puff, and clouds of exhaust, all you hear are the sounds of a fizzing drone and red dirt crunching beneath monstrous tyres. Yet, for the marvel…

Power, water and sewerage prices in the Northern Territory will rise by 5.3 per cent from today, higher than last financial year’s 3 per cent increase. The three major utilities in the NT are publicly-owned and their price fluctuations are dictated by the territory government’s treasurer. Usually loosely tied to inflation, today’s price hike is…

Tess Hassell says walking into a police station to report the physical and sexual abuse she allegedly suffered in childhood was both confronting and empowering. “It felt like I was taking power over my life and what happened to me,” Ms Hassell said. But in early 2024, less than six months after making a detailed…

A number of volunteers of the embattled National Trust of South Australia (NTSA) are looking forward to speaking freely at an impending parliamentary inquiry following warnings about making public comments. Multiple branches have received reminders about the organisation’s media policy since the beginning of the year. NTSA members and volunteers have previously spoken publicly about…

In an unprecedented move, Australia’s consumer watchdog has exercised new powers to block the opening of a Coles supermarket, on the grounds it could knock out smaller competitors in the surrounding region.  Coles has been wanting to open a second supermarket and a Liquorland in the nation’s biggest outback city, Kalgoorlie.  The town already has…

Leanne Staniforth says her husband, John, was suffering in silence before his death by suicide. Now she is raising her voice in an effort to promote mental health awareness in her rural community and help others speak out if they need support. “I call it the silent killer because John didn’t want people to know…

A three-year-old boy has been saved from underneath rubble caused by Venezuela’s two devastating earthquakes, six days after search and rescue efforts began. Klieber Moran was pulled from the Los Corales Garden 1 building in the northern La Guaira state by Jordanian rescuers, Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said in a message via Telegram. Video…

When Kath Leane was diagnosed with HIV in 1987, she was given just 12 months to live. “My son was four, and I was pregnant, so that was a real shock,” she said. “I never thought I’d see my kids grow up, and now here I am, still here to see my grandkids grow up.“…