37+ min ago  (407+ words) The cancellation of popular community music festivals is being blamed on the federal government's new superannuation rules. Victoria's Inverloch Jazz Festival as well as the Newcastle Hunter Jazz Festival have been cancelled in recent days, with organisers pointing the finger…...

40+ min ago  (511+ words) Luckily I have a map of today's route loaded into an app on my phone, so I look at the screen, realise it's a right turn, and don't take the wrong turn. I'm back on track. But this is one…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago  (500+ words) Road safety authorities are right to target mobile phone use while driving. Distracted driving costs many lives, and strict enforcement mechanisms play a crucial role in removing reckless motorists from our public roads. The deployment of automated cameras to detect…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago  (1112+ words) Draft Plan Amendment 14 is open for consultation until July 20. I wonder how many readers are aware that Mr Bowen is about to blow $650,000 on a COP31 Climate Conference Travel Support Program, for young climate activists to travel to Turkey, as part…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago  (575+ words) Ally Sweeney no longer has childcare for her daughter after the centre she attended was abruptly shut down by the regulator. But for four-year-old Blake, Edge Early Learning Higgins already felt unsafe, the Canberra mum and tow truck driver tells…...

1+ hour, 10+ min ago  (718+ words) Productivity growth is supposed to be the key to boosting wages and living standards in the economy. However, just as housing price growth decoupled from wage growth in recent decades, new research shows that real wages have not kept up…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago  (461+ words) A powerful magnitude ‌7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Mexico's southernmost state of Chiapas, shaking buildings as far away as Guatemala and El Salvador, although authorities say there ‌are no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. Mexican President Claudia…...

3+ hour, 7+ min ago  (395+ words) The interception of a Chinese vessel accused of illegal fishing highlights the technical lengths many use to remain undetected across millions of square kilometres of open ocean. Tuvalu Police operating on a Sea Shepard patrol boat boarded and arrested a…...

5+ hour, 2+ min ago  (169+ words) A ‌powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake has struck near ‌the coast of Mexico's ‌southern state of Chiapas, triggering a tsunami warning and shaking buildings in neighbouring ‌Guatemala ‌and ⁠El Salvador. No damage was immediately reported by authorities. The quake, which ​struck near…...

14+ hour, 40+ min ago  (1450+ words) Until the late 1970s, when a car's fuel needle began to slip towards empty, Aussies were still pulling into a service station to receive just that… service. An attendant would approach the driver's window and ask how much fuel a customer…...