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From midday Telstra’s chief executive and senior executives will be questioned at a Senate committee about the recent disruptive outage that put lives in danger when intermittent faults meant customers could not contact emergency services. One of the key questions will be about potential compensation. Already Victoria’s Premier Jacinta Allan flagged Telstra would match compensation…
North Queensland’s dramatic tidal variation is this year giving a rare opportunity to walk from the mainland to a lighthouse — 1 kilometre offshore. Wading through water, the walkers set out from Bowen, about 200 kilometres north of Mackay, to reach the North Head Island lighthouse. This year, the walk is only accessible for five…
Jacinda Ardern is calling for more empathy in politics. Since stepping down as New Zealand’s Prime Minister in 2023, Dame Jacinda has been warning against divisive and authoritarian leadership in favour of compassionate and values-driven governance. She says that a tendency towards strongman leadership is missing the mark with voters. “Often we hear discussion about…
Belgian rider Tim Merlier earned another stage win at the Tour de France while several riders fell as they sprinted to the line on Thursday, local time. Defending champion Tadej Pogačar avoided the crash and kept his significant overall lead over second-place Jonas Vingegaard after 12 stages. It was Merlier’s third stage win on this…
Pauline Hanson has declared he daughter Lee Hanson is has the “potential” to lead One Nation but says she will have to prove herself. The One Nation leader made the comments in a podcast released early this morning with UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Hanson recently visited the UK on a trip where she met…
Australia’s only manganese alloy smelter has closed, leaving the future of the site uncertain and the country more reliant on imported alloys for steel production. The beleaguered Liberty Bell Bay smelter, roughly 50 kilometres north of Launceston, produced an alloy from manganese ore called ferromanganese, a critical component of steelmaking with applications across defence, construction…
A regional Victorian council has declined to join a mining company’s community reference group, with the mayor saying the council is “disgusted” with the company’s attitude towards community concerns. WIM Resource invited Horsham Rural City Council (HRCC) to join its Community and Coexistence Reference Group (CCRG) for the proposed Avonbank mine in Victoria’s west. The…
A stolen car has flipped onto its bonnet after the driver crashed at high speed while allegedly trying to evade police. Police chased the vehicle through suburbs in Melbourne’s north-east last night and arrested the male driver and female passenger. Victoria Police said officers were called to reports of people loitering suspiciously in Altona Street,…
NEW DELHI: Flagging the introduction of a third language in schools, Supreme Court Thursday said the decision to introduce it at the Class IX level would put unnecessary stress on students preparing for board examinations.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan made the observation while hearing Tamil Nadu govt’s appeal against a…
New South Wales health authorities have hailed a vaccination program that has nearly halved hospitalisations for a potentially deadly respiratory virus among newborn babies a “fantastic” success ahead of the winter peak. A study published in the latest Medical Journal of Australia has shown the maternal and infant vaccination program for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)…