‘You cannot escape’: How Starlink satellites threaten the night sky
There was a time when Dr John Goldsmith would have had little trouble photographing the stars over Pyramid Hill, a rocky outcrop that sticks out from a vast salt basin ... Read More
Want to put your Outback town on the map? Try a 65ft pink slug …
Even if it’s hard to say exactly why Australia’s craze for giant objects began, it is possible to say where. When it landed in Coffs Harbour in 1964, Alan Chapman’s ... Read More
Stacks of cash? Australia to charge tourists to visit Twelve Apostles
Tourists will have to book in advance and pay to visit the Twelve Apostles, one of Australia’s most famous natural landmarks, as authorities try to tackle overcrowding. More than two ... Read More
Backpacker killer Ivan Milat may be linked to 31 more deaths
A serial killer convicted of murdering seven backpackers including two young British women, has been linked to the unsolved murder or disappearances of 31 more people in Australia, an official ... Read More
Sailors survive real-life Moby Dick as whale sends yacht to the deep
You could call her Ishmael. In a remote corner of the South Pacific, Jemma Cooper was one of four sailors on board the Tai Tam, a 52ft yacht, when she ... Read More
Koala in search of bear necessities winds up in woman’s bedroom
When a woman in the Australian town of Inverell heard a strange growling noise and scratching at her sliding glass door, she was astonished to find a koala sitting on the threshold ... Read More
Swimmer mauled to death in shark attack off Australian beach
A male swimmer in his sixties died when he was mauled and repeatedly dragged beneath the water by a shark metres from a popular beach in Perth. Police used boats ... Read More
River crawling with crocodiles is approved as Olympic rowing venue
Olympic rowers will compete in a river inhabited by hundreds of saltwater crocodiles after the International Olympic Committee approved it as a venue for the 2032 Brisbane Games. David Crisafulli, ... Read More
British backpackers escape Australian crackdown on ‘absurd’ immigration
British backpackers will escape the worst of a sweeping Australian immigration crackdown that will make it easier to expel foreign offenders and extremists and detain people who overstay their visas ... Read More
Past articles…
Banks nudged to finish line on open banking
The big four banks are expected to meet the extended deadline for open banking compliance in February 2020, though one bank “might be struggling”, according to delegates at the 4th ... Read More
The rise of the “reverse boob job”
Jessica Whitton was 19 when she decided that she’d finally had enough of her huge breasts. She became one of thousands of women in Australia booking in for a “reverse ... Read More
Encouraging women in IT
What can leaders and professionals do in the IT sector to foster gender diversity and equality? Gender diversity is a problem across the workforce, but it’s particularly severe in IT ... Read More