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Mr Hockey ends his four-year term as ambassador next week and has guided Australia through Mr Trump’s tumultuous time in the White House.

Swarms of desert locusts up to 60km long are damaging crops in east Africa, in the worst outbreak of the creatures in more than two decades.

A young nurse who came to the aid of original Yellow Wiggle as he suffered a cardiac arrest on stage last night has been praised for saving the performers life.

Former US congressman Chris Collins has been sentenced to two years and two months’ jail over an attempt to avert losses from an Australian biotech firm.

Two people have been set alight after a shipping container exploded in a backyard south of Sydney.

Some publicly accessible spaces are actually privately owned public spaces such as Brisbane’s popular South Bank city beach and streets scene. Flickr/Thirumurugan P, CC BY-NC What is Public Space and Why Does It Need Protecting? Public space is all around us, from bustling town and city squares to the iconic beaches and wide-open national parks on […]

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Residents have been told leaving towards Tankerton is their safest option.

Qantas is set to temporarily pause the transport of boxers, pugs and bulldogs on its airlines following the death of two dogs in December.

Chair of the Senate’s Environment Committee Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has announced today she will move for the Faunal Extinction Inquiry to examine the impact of the catastrophic fires across the country on endangered wildlife and flora. Senator Hanson-Young said the already-established Inquiry gave the Parliament an opportunity to immediately get on with what needs to … Continue reading “Push for Senate to examine impact of fires on faunal extinction”