By Alicia Bolton The Sunshine Coast council anticipates an 18 per cent decline in pedestrian and cyclist trauma, involving serious injury and death, by 2021 due to the installation of green bicycle lanes. The lanes allow cyclists and motorists to …
By Alicia Bolton A Jetstar flight from Sydney to Melbourne could have been at risk after unauthorised freight was loaded onto it, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says. The report released today by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau found that …
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By Alicia Bolton Police were wrong in arresting a Fairfax journalist for receiving unlawfully obtained property, a Brisbane criminal defence lawyer said today. “There doesn’t seem to be any serious effort by police to detain the person who allegedly hacked …
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By Ella Feinberg Large, Alicia Bolton The compulsory Indigenous welcoming is no longer needed at official events because it is too politically correct, Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu says. The acknowledgment is used before every significant speech, noted by foreign dignitaries …
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By Rebekah Ison, Alicia Bolton Australia may soon need to buy nuclear reactors when China becomes the world’s lead suppler in nuclear technology, Ziggy Switkowski says. Mr Switkowski, former chair of the Australian Science and Technology Association, said nuclear power …
By Alicia Bolton Alzheimer’s Australia will not support the aged care reform unless it includes strategies and funding to tackle dementia, says Alzheimers Australia president, Ita Buttrose. Ms Buttrose made the announcement at the Alzheimers Australia National Conference in Brisbane yesterday where …
By Alicia Bolton The Government’s decision to enforce plain cigarette packaging may fuel the underground market in illegal tobacco trade and products, the industry has warned. Cheap contraband products known as ‘chop chop’ come from China, Indonesia, the Middle East …
By Ella Feinberg Large, Alicia Bolton Producers of popular sci-fi computer game Mass Effect have announced same-sex relationships will be introduced in its upcoming release. Mass Effect’s executive producer, Casey Hudson, is proud of the company’s decision to include homosexual …
By Kieran Rooney, Alicia Bolton Australian tobacco companies say they would have to halve the price of their cigarettes to remain competitive if the Government’s plain packaging proposal goes ahead. The Federal Government wants all cigarettes to appear in plain …
A Narangba family is set to return home to find their house has been all but destroyed by fire. Fortunately, no one was at home when flames took hold mid-morning. By Kayla Brereton.