ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE TINDAL, Australia — Deep in the outback, a flurry of construction by Australia and the United States is transforming this once quiet military installation into a potential launchpad in case of conflict with China. Runways are being expanded and strengthened to accommodate the allies’ biggest airplanes, including American B-52 bombers. […]
A stormy end to the weekend is set to impact southeast Australia with damaging/destructive winds, heavy rainfall, and large (potentially giant hail) as a pre-frontal trough moves through the region. This surface trough will be supported by strong upper-level winds, a sharp upper-level trough, and a pool cold air aloft (Fig. 1), all of which […]
Anthony Albanese is seeking to neutralise the difficult issues in immigration and former detainees by appointing Tony Burke, a strong political performer, into the challenging Home Affairs portfolio. Burke, 54, minister for employment and workplace relations, from the right, becomes minister for home affairs, immigration and multicultural affairs, and cyber security. He stays minister for […]
Kaylee McKeown has paid tribute to her late father after become just the second woman to win consecutive Olympic 100-metre backstroke gold medals. McKeown, who collected Australia’s sixth gold at the Paris Olympics, hopes her stirring triumph is the first of four at the Games. The Queenslander joins American Natalie Coughlin (2004, 2008) as the only […]
It’s peak flu season in Australia but fewer people are opting to get vaccinated against influenza. Compared with this time last year, about 540,000 fewer Australians have had a flu shot. The yearly count is at its lowest since 2020, when vaccination data was made available. The drop is most significant for people aged between […]
A try after the siren has denied Australia’s rugby sevens men a maiden Olympic medal as they were beaten 26-19 in the Paris bronze medal match by South Africa after being left a man down by a split-second decision. Everything went wrong for Australia, starved of first-half possession before a tough knock-on call went against them and […]
A West Australian town with only 150 people and just one business will soon play host to an open-air heavy metal festival in November. The Shire of Donnybrook Balingup council recently approved the event to go ahead in the small town of Kirup, 220 kilometres south of Perth. Shayne Macaulay-Smith, owner of the town’s only […]
Fifty-five years after it sank, killing 21 men, Australia has found the shipwreck of the MV Noongah. The 71m (233ft) freighter was carrying steel off the coast of New South Wales when it ran into stormy weather in 1969, sparking one of the biggest maritime searches in Australian history. Five of the 26 crewmen were […]
A tobacco-style ban on fossil fuel advertising would be a decisive win for Australia – and the climate. The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has called for a global fossil fuel advertising ban. This is a policy idea that has been previously proposed by advocates in Australia, and that was quickly backed by the Greens and nine Independent MPs […]
The low pressure system just east of Tasmania has delivered the heaviest rain of the year to many parts of Tasmania as well as wild winds exceeding 100 km/h. This is a strong, intense low pressure system and it’s drawing in plenty of moisture from the Tasman Sea to the east. That’s why the chart […]