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Description Between reveille and lights out life for the average soldier could include a variety of tasks. But for troops of Charlie Company and the anti-tank platoon of the 8th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, the former slogan "Go Action, Go Army" proved itself more fact than formality during a day of intensive training at their base at Terendak Garrison in Malaysia and the nearby Asahan field firing range. For members of the anti-tank platoon the day started with practice on the Carl Gustav. Using a ferret scout car as a target, the platoon alternated between firing and loading the 84...

Propping up dying industry will leave miners in the cold We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss February 20, 2021 — 12.10am Save Normal text size Advertisement If Joel Fitzgibbon really cares about the people who work directly in the coal industry, he would be pushing for the federal government to begin planning so that coal workers do not find themselves out of work in the years ahead (Letters, February 19). Germany has completely closed its coal operations in the Ruhr Valley which once employed 30,000 workers: with not one job lost. It ...

FatCamera via Getty Images Students who learned entirely online during the fall semester said they received a slightly poorer quality of education than those who had in-person instruction, according to a new poll released Tuesday by Gallup, the polling company, and the Lumina Foundation, a nonprofit organization that advocates for equity in postsecondary education. The poll found that about three-quarters of students over all rated the quality of their education “excellent” or “very good” amid the disruptions of the coronavirus pandemic this fall, but this largely positive outcome dro...

A guidebook, it seems, can be a lightning rod for memories of happy times. We could all do with dwelling on some of those at the moment.

'Get out and shop early': Three-week freight delay set to disrupt Christmas shopping Newshub 10/12/2020 Zac Fleming © Video - Newshub; Image - Getty Images Watch: Three-week freight delay disrupting Christmas shopping and threatening Boxing Day sales. A three-week freight unloading delay is set to disrupt Christmas shopping and could see Boxing Day sales nixed in New Zealand as retailers struggle to fill their shelves. The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted global supply chains and it's put the shipping industry under extreme stress. But it's internal issues at Auckland's...