STORY: Australian airline Qantas Airways said on Monday it had agreed to pay a penalty worth $79 million U.S. dollars to settle a lawsuit. The claim accused the airline giant of illegally selling thousands of tickets for flights that had already been cancelled. The fine is the largest ever faced by an Australian airline. As […]
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s prime minister says a French construction worker who confronted a man who stabbed six people to death in a Sydney shopping mall is welcome to stay in the country as long as he likes. Damien Guerot has been nicknamed “Bollard Man” on social media because of security camera footage showing him […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for publishing a trove of American classified documents. For years, Australia has called on the U.S. to drop its prosecution against Assange, an Australian citizen who has […]
Australia’s most-watched TV network has denied accusations it paid for sex workers and illicit drugs to secure an interview with an alleged rapist. A former Seven Network producer, Taylor Auerbach, made the allegations while giving evidence in a defamation case. Bruce Lehrmann is suing another channel, Network 10, over what he says are false claims […]
Australia has opened a 19-kilometre hiking trail through the famous Blue Mountains in the forest region west of Sydney, connecting the famous Wentworth Falls with the towns of Leura and Katoomba where hikers can spend the night. Two days are needed to finish the entire Grand Cliff Top Walk, which cost 10 million Australian dollars […]
Australia’s energy authority says power outages in Victoria during fierce storms in February 2024 were caused by damage to electricity poles and power lines, contradicting social media posts that placed the blame on the “failure of renewable energy”. A preliminary report from the Australian Energy Market Operator said there was enough electricity being generated to […]
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is experiencing yet another mass coral bleaching event due to heat, the country’s government confirmed Friday. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, which oversees efforts to preserve and protect the reef, said a widespread bleaching event is unfolding that is “consistent with patterns of heat stress that has built up […]
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its fifth mass bleaching in just eight years, according to the authority which monitors the health of the world’s largest coral reef. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) announced on Friday that rising ocean temperatures were causing a marine heatwave that was causing massive damage to a […]
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has been hit by a major coral bleaching event, with the results consistent with patterns of heat stress that have built up over summer at the biologically diverse site, a government agency said on Friday. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), the agency […]
Scientists are warning of devastating coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Australia’s eastern state of Queensland. According to the local non-governmental organization Climate Council, new underwater images show the full extent of the disaster. An area 1,100 kilometres long from Lizard Island to the Keppel Islands has already been affected, […]
Scientists are warning of devastating coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Australia’s eastern state of Queensland. According to the local non-governmental organization Climate Council, new underwater images show the full extent of the disaster. An area 1,100 kilometres long from Lizard Island to the Keppel Islands has already been affected, […]
Material World is a weekly roundup of innovations and ideas within the materials sector, covering news from emerging biomaterials and alternative leathers to sustainable substitutes and future-proof fibers. Dempstah x eBay Australia Dempstah recycles unwanted clothing into spun yarn. Ebay Australia, with support from the Australian Fashion Council, has named an Australian design practice that’s recycling textile […]