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Mining hot spots dominate a new Australian Bureau of Statistics list of the highest-earning regions, followed by popular Sydney suburbs.

Expansion has long been a dirty word in rugby league… just look at the lack of it since the NRL kicked off. Come to think of it, since 1998, the NRL has presided over completely the opposite by pulling out of key markets, most notably Sydney’s south-west, the Gold Coast and Adelaide. That’s right. The […]

Expansion has long been a dirty word in rugby league… just look at the lack of it since the NRL kicked off. Come to think of it, since 1998, the NRL has presided over completely the opposite by pulling out of key markets, most notably Sydney’s south-west, the Gold Coast and Adelaide. That’s right. The […]

Three motorcycle riders are in hospital after a serious crash in Roxby Downs this afternoon. Just after 4pm on Friday 3 September, patrols and ambulance...

Heavy Congress is a free Sunday party that will celebrate the heavy-hitters of Melbourne’s thriving sound system culture. There’s few buildings in Melbourne’s CBD that are as historic as the Melbourne Town Hall. A classically designed, ornately furnished bluestone wonder that dates all the way back to 1870, the building has acted as a thriving […]

Lunar eclipse visible from NZ on Wednesday There will be a total lunar eclipse to be seen from throughout Aotearoa New Zealand on the evening of Wednesday May 26th, easily visible to all just as long as clouds do not intervene. An eclipse of the Moon occurs when it passes close to opposite to the Sun in the sky, and so enters Earth’s shadow. While total solar eclipses – when the Moon comes between Earth and Sun – are rare events for any particular location on our planet, a total lunar ec...

Date Time Land for new ambulance station secured in Strathalbyn In another boost to our ambulance service, the Marshall Liberal Government has acquired land for a new $3.9 million ambulance station at Strathalbyn, following last week’s announcement that the Government would hire an extra 74 ambulance officers. Minister for Health and Wellbeing Stephen Wade today confirmed the acquisition of land on Dry Plains Road for the purpose-built SA Ambulance Service SAAS station. “The population of t...

The best rental markets in each state revealed By Bianca Dabu 19 April 2021 | 1 minute read SHARE With house rent prices hitting record highs across the nation, find out which areas are leading Australia’s rental market growth. National house rents have increased by 0.6 of a percentage point over the March 2021 quarter, bringing the median weekly asking rent to $471, the latest Domain Rent Report has found. Over the same quarter, most capital cities have seen median house rental asking pr...

Western quolls reintroduced to unprotected outback area survive despite extinction threats FriFriday 5 MarMarch 2021 at 9:21pm Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch (Supplied: Katherine Tuft, Arid Recovery) Share Print text only Key points: Western quolls are listed as a vulnerable mammal species Researchers in SAs far north are monitoring the progress of those reintroduced outside a protected area Tracking data shows males are su...

Top 10 inland rural towns to invest in By Bianca Dabu 19 February 2021 | 1 minute read SHARE While it’s become apparent that regional housing markets have stolen the spotlight, having outpaced their capital city counterparts in 2020, new research has shown that inland rural towns have also sprouted in popularity. Housing values across regional Australia climbed 7.9 per cent in 2020, surpassing the growth rate recorded across the combined capital cities by over four times, the latest CoreLogi...