While the federal election is yet to be called, it mustn’t be far off, with Labor MP Justine Elliot launching her campaign last Saturday at the Ocean Shores Country Club.
Incoming US President and convicted felon Donald Trump delivered on his promise to be a dictator on day one of his second presidency, defying his own country's laws and rejecting the institutions of international allies as he sought to 'Make America Great Again'.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are currently battling a significant fire at the Nambucca Heads Leagues and Sports Club, on the state's mid-north coast.
The Albanese government, which committed to ‘no new extinctions’ in 2022, approved more than 25,000 hectares of threatened species habitat to be destroyed in 2024 – more than twice as much as the previous year, according to new analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation.
New research released today reveals that more than half of primary school children are now driven or accompanied to and from school by another adult, with only a third of parents allowing their kids to travel to school unaccompanied or with other kids.
A new report has discovered that one third of shark and ray species are endangered, and two thirds of the endangered species are at risk of extinction by overfishing.
Autism Awareness Australia (AAA) has welcomed the Commonwealth Government’s first National Autism Strategy but says it must be followed by immediate action to address the significant gaps in support for autistic children who are losing their National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) packages.
Coinciding with the return of Donald Trump to the US presidency, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp has announced it's abandoning the independent fact-checking processes set up in 2016 in favour of a 'community notes' program, as used on Elon Musk's X platform, where the community decides which posts are misleading or need more context.
The non-profit NGO Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) are preparing to re-launch a refreshed version of their Democracy Booklet initiative, ahead of the federal election this year.
In his first official media release for the year, the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, that the government will provide an additional $7.2 billion to upgrade and fix the Bruce Highway in Queensland, to bring it up to a minimum three-star safety rating.
Meticulously gathered, preserved, stored and catalogued, records of specimens from the National Herbarium of New South Wales can now be shared with the world on a new digital platform.
The NSW government has welcomed the ban on the importation of engineered stone products from today, 1 January 2025, to protect the future health and safety of workers.
Sailors from two separate vessels in the Sydney to Hobart race have died overnight, race organisers Rolex say the deaths were on the vessels Flying Fish Arctos and Bowline.
Residents and visitors are being encouraged to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites this summer as we head into a period of increased risk of mosquito borne diseases.
As the NSW Rural Fire Service marks the fifth anniversary of the tragic loss of firefighters, they are also reflecting on one of the most devastating chapters in our history — the 2019/20 Black Summer bush fires.
A new report is highlighting what young people from a refugee or migrant background need to help them navigate a new way of living, and to secure a sense of identity, belonging and connection.
Double demerit points will apply for the duration of Operation Christmas/New Year 2024 for speeding, mobile phone, seatbelt, and motorcycle helmet offences.
Motorists heading off for a Christmas celebration or a summer escape this week are being reminded to plan their journey and drive safely this holiday period, with high traffic volumes expected across NSW.
Technology has made it a lot easier to plan for a perfect day at the beach. There are weather apps, surf apps and even beach cams that give us an idea of what to expect, even before we leave the house.
Students, teachers and families across NSW are celebrating today, as Higher School Certificate (HSC) results land for students across the state this morning, including a record 69,962 attaining their HSC and another 9,522 who have completed at least one HSC course.
Environmentalists around Australia and the world are celebrating Denmark’s decision not to extradite Captain Paul Watson from a Danish prison in Greenland to Japan, former Greens leader Bob Brown said in Tasmania last night.
The Climate Council says Australians are being kept in the dark about the true costs of the federal Coalition’s risky and expensive nuclear scheme, saying heavy reliance on the first of two Frontier Economics reports paints a damning picture of the methods they may use to fudge the nuclear numbers and mislead Australians.
The Queensland Liberal National Party government must explain why it did not support progressing national efforts to cut plastic pollution, the Australian Marine Conservation Society said after the national environment ministers meeting yesterday.
A University of Queensland-led study shows greenhouse gas emissions from tourism have been growing more than twice as fast as those from the rest of the global economy.
Two key advocacy groups – the Country Women’s Association of NSW, and the Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association of NSW – have united to demand immediate action from telecommunications companies and governments.
So much more than just the ground under our feet, soil is a vital natural resource that helps to grow our food and sustain our planet and the theme for today’s World Soil Day is ‘Soils, where food begins’.
Australia’s egg industry is scrambling to recover from a crisis that has left supermarket shelves bare and consumers struggling to find affordable cartons of eggs.
A new survey has shed light on a disturbing reality for young Australians, revealing more than half of individuals aged 16 to 24 have experienced some form of sexual harassment. The findings highlight the widespread and often normalised nature of harassment among the nation’s youth.
New Western Sydney University research indicates that, unless immediate action is taken to ensure equal access to devices, internet and essential digital skills for all learners, many school students across NSW risk falling behind in their education and life outcomes.
Knitting Nannas Dominique Jacobs (60) and Helen Kvelde (73) yesterday became the 21st and 22nd people arrested protesting the logging of Bulga State Forest, west of Port Macquarie. They had attached themselves to the giant tree killing machine known as a harvester.
In 2015 NSW Labor promised that they would create the Great Koala National Park (GKNP) on the NSW North Coast, however, the native forest logging industry has recently claimed that the cost will be over $1 billion and the government should consider two smaller GKNP options.
Communities from across the Northern Rivers region are being urged to get behind their local volunteer finalists for the 2024 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards.
Autism Awareness Australia has announced the launch of 'Navigating Autism – In the School Years', a ground-breaking, free and accessible digital platform designed to support families of autistic children throughout their school years.
Australia is once again gearing up for the Great Cane Toad Bust, a nation-wide event running from 18-26 January 2025, where communities across the country unite to capture and remove as many cane toads as possible.
One hundred NSW seniors have shared personal stories in the milestone 10th edition of Seniors’ Stories – marking 1,000 short stories published since 2013.
Do you remember the ‘think global act local’ campaign? When this thinking spills over to a group of passionate volunteers who pit their actions toward making changes you can really feel you are effecting critical change beyond your own neighbourhood.
