3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (296+ words) Coastal protection works to address erosion at Clarkes Beach in Byron Bay have been completed as part of a $1.6 million NSW Government investment to improve safety and access for beachgoers and protect key community infrastructure from further erosion. High tides…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (337+ words) More than 23,500 WA high school students will be given an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of road safety, with the State Government announcing a $63 million investment to expand the Road Smart program. The world-class Road Smart program aims to…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (626+ words) The NSW Government has released a detailed draft rezoning plan to help deliver up to 9,400 new homes around Sydney’s landmark heavy rail station at Woollahra in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. On public exhibition from today, the draft proposal sets a vision…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (469+ words) A volunteer firefighter from Jurien Bay has been crowned the inaugural Western Australian Fire and Emergency Services (WAFES) Young Person of the Year at the 2026 awards gala dinner. Danielle Ryder, 27, was recognised for helping shape emergency services to meet future…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (358+ words) Four community organisations will share in $500,000 funding to deliver targeted feral cat control projects across the Wheatbelt, Pilbara, Kimberley, and South West regions as part of the WA Government’s Feral Cat Management Grants program. The projects will help to reduce…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (428+ words) The University of Melbourne has been celebrated at the 2026 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes, with researchers and teams recognised for their outstanding contributions to science. At the awards ceremony in Sydney, University of Melbourne’s Associate Professor Karen Lamb and Science Gallery…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (140+ words) The Victorian Government has announced a mentoring program that has already helped to mentor more than 500 First Nations young people will be expanded. Minister for Youth, Luba Grigorovitch confirmed a new $666,000 investment for five Aboriginal organisations to deliver youth mentorship…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (480+ words) The NSW Government has introduced a new fishing rule at Terrigal Haven on the Central Coast to help protect critically endangered greynurse sharks following community concern of the behaviour of some fishers targeting the sharks. Greynurse sharks are listed as…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (573+ words) Under new NSW Government artificial intelligence (AI) reforms aimed at protecting student learning, schools will be limited to a maximum of one take-home assessment task worth no more than 15% of the school-based assessment mark – or 7.5% of the total HSC mark....

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (351+ words) The new westbound flyover at the Cessnock Road and New England Highway roundabout at Maitland is one step closer, with investigation work continuing from today. The Federal Government is fully funding the $100 million upgrade, which is set to slash congestion…...