An Indian Army mountaineering team led by an officer belonging to Jammu and Kashmir Thursday scaled Mount Everest. Colonel S.D. Goswami, spokesman of army’s Udhampur-headquartered Northern Command told IANS in winter capital Jammu on Thursday: “Indian Army Mountaineering team scaled Mount Everest today at 6.07 a.m. in spite of inclement weather conditions after a hiatus […]
Two Chinese J-11 tactical jets carried out an “unsafe” intercept of a US EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft that was conducting a routine mission in over the South China Sea, a US defence official said. The Chinese jets came within 50 feet of the US aircraft at one point, the official told CNN. The incident took place […]
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance has announced there’ll be no increase to set fares for Opal card customers this year, meaning these fares won’t have increased on trains and ferries since January 2015 or on buses and light rail since 2014. The following structure of the Opal card fare system will not change: […]
PRIME MINISTER: Well jobs and growth in Townsville. Our economic plan is committed to ensuring that we have stronger economic growth and more jobs. Here in this great port, this port city of Townsville, 11 million tonnes being exported at the moment, rising to 40 million tonnes in the decades ahead. The new rail corridor […]
Former Premier of Queensland Peter Beattie AC will be appointed the new Chair of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) Board. Mr Beattie, who served as Premier from 1998 to 2007, is to be joined on the GOLDOC Board by former editor-in-chief of the Gold Coast Publications Pty Ltd Bob Gordon. Ms Palaszczuk […]
Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe is encouraging NSW consumers, businesses and other interested parties to contribute to the current review of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL). The review of the ACL formally commenced on 31 March 2016 with the release of an Issues Paper. Submissions are due by 27 May 2016. Mr Stowe encouraged everyone […]
A new generation of health care has arrived in Western Sydney, with the official opening of Blacktown Hospital’s new seven-storey Clinical Services Building – the centrepiece of the $312 million Stage 1 redevelopment. NSW Premier Mike Baird and Health Minister Jillian Skinner today inspected the new building, which includes a comprehensive cancer centre with a […]
Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy, Anthony Roberts today officially launched the Australian Energy Storage Database, a platform to collect and update renewable energy storage information for use by investors, developers, policy makers and researchers. “The Australian Energy Storage Database brings this State’s renewable energy storage projects to the world and showcases NSW as a […]
Fourteen Indigenous cricketers will this week depart for India for a historic 10-day tour of the subcontinent. The squad of 14 will play a series of matches in Delhi and Mumbai against the Yuvraj Singh Cricket Academy, Delhi women’s team and Mumbai Cricket Association women’s team. Selected based on performances at club level and at […]
The Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services and Minister for Corrective Services The Honourable Bill Byrne MP praised the hard work and dedication of local Gold Coast Police during the presentation of Assistant Commissioner Certificates today at Surfers Paradise. The certificates were presented to Detective Senior Constable Leia Urquhart, Detective Senior Constable James McCafferty […]