Four fatal crashes in 12 days in South Australia’s Limestone Coast region have prompted an urgent safety call for the state’s regional roads. The warning comes as police are still at the scene of a crash at Eight Mile Creek, near Port Macdonnell, where a car struck and killed a man walking on Galpins Road….
India has urged the European Union to exempt it from proposed restrictions on metal scrap exports, warning that the move could disrupt supplies, increase production costs and affect the country’s steel and aluminium industries.Under the EU’s revised Waste Shipment Regulation, exports of non-hazardous waste, including recyclable metal scrap, to non-OECD countries will be banned from…
The desperate search for a 46-year-old woman who disappeared in southern Western Australia last week has ended with her being found safe and well. Jodie King, a resident of Darkan in WA’s southern Wheatbelt, had been missing since Wednesday, sparking a large search party with family, friends, police and SES volunteers. WA Police confirmed today…
Detectives are investigating the apparent theft of four enormous copper-rich tugboat propellers worth about $2 million in Western Australia’s north. The heist appears to be one of the most daring authorities have seen, as each propeller weighs about 2 tonnes and measures almost three metres across. The propellers belong to tugboats like this one, approaching…
A security guard who was allegedly stabbed to death at a train station in Melbourne’s outer north has been honoured with a permanent tribute. Aidan Becker, 22, was killed when he allegedly tried to rescue a 14-year-old boy from an alleged machete attack at Mernda train station on March 6. Four teenage boys have been…
A security guard who was allegedly stabbed to death at a train station in Melbourne’s outer north has been honoured with a permanent tribute. Aidan Becker, 22, was killed when he allegedly tried to rescue a 14-year-old boy from an alleged machete attack at Mernda train station on March 6. Four teenage boys have been…
A Brisbane Labor-held seat and a north Queensland electorate held by the Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) will be abolished following a review of the state’s electoral boundaries. The independent Queensland Redistribution Commission (QRC) has made moderate to significant changes to 50 of Queensland’s 93 electorates It was the first review since 2017, analysing each seat…
Amit Shah oversees Haryana-Rajasthan MoU on 1994 Upper Yamuna pact NEW DELHI: Haryana and Rajasthan on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to implement the 1994 Upper Yamuna River Board Agreement, marking a step towards operationalising the decades-old water-sharing pact.The agreement was signed in New Delhi in the presence of Union home minister Amit…
Network 10 and WIN Television have struck a short-term deal to continue broadcasting to three regional areas, just days before services were set to be cut. WIN Television broadcasts free-to-air services in a number of regional areas, including South Australia’s Riverland and South East, and Griffith in New South Wales. Its broadcast deal with Network…
Billy Slater says he does not expect this year’s State of Origin series to be his last as Queensland coach, but he will proceed in the role on a handshake basis. Slater has the chance to win his fourth series as Maroons coach in next week’s Origin III at Lang Park. Maroons recall veteran for…