The Australian Border Force (ABF) has executed a series of Taskforce Cadena-related warrants on properties in Queensland and Western Australia this week, targeting labour hire intermediaries (LHI) providing illegal farm workers. Taskforce Cadena is a joint agency initiative between the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP), led by its operational
Read MoreWhile it is too early to tell whether mass coral bleaching will occur on the Great Barrier Reef this summer coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish continue to pose a high risk, according to Australia’s leading marine experts and scientists. The statement comes after this year’s annual meeting of scientists, Marine Park managers, partners
Read MoreA far north Queensland Indigenous community is the latest local government area to formally express their support for the Great Barrier Reef. Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council — between the Cook and Douglas shires — joins 17 other local governments in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s Reef Guardian Council
Read MoreThe world’s first integrated solar and pumped hydro hybrid project in Kidston is one step closer to being built as the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) today announced up to $5 million in funding to Genex Power Limited (Genex) to help bring the landmark project to financial close in 2018. This
Read MoreThe AEC will conduct special counts in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth on Monday, 6 November 2017 (10am local time), to identify which candidates are entitled to be elected to the Senate from New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia to the places left vacant by the disqualification of Fiona Nash
Read MoreRamped-up compliance patrols over the September school holiday period and October long weekend detected 78 recreational fishing offences in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Aerial and on-water patrols ran day and night targeting known non-compliance hotspots in the Capricorn Coast, Whitsundays, Mackay, Townsville, Innisfail, Mission Beach and Cairns areas. Most reported
Read MoreSpearfishers visiting the Whitsundays will have a clearer understanding of where they can and can’t spearfish thanks to a new map that combines all the rules. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority general manager Simon Banks said there were special rules for spearfishing in the Whitsundays, one of the Reef’s most
Read MoreThe Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $18 million in funding for the $160 million Kennedy Park wind, solar and battery project, based in North Queensland. The 60.5 megawatt (MW) project will consist of 43.2 MW of wind, 15 MW of solar PV, a 2 MW lithium ion battery and
Read MoreA Malaysian man visiting Australia on a tourist visa has been arrested at Gold Coast Airport after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers discovered alleged child exploitation material. Officers stopped the man for questioning as he arrived on a flight from Malaysia yesterday (October 11). During a baggage examination, officers discovered the material
Read MoreThe ACCC has today released the findings of its study into the Brisbane petrol market, which shows a lack of competition is causing Brisbane motorists to pay more for petrol than in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Between 2009–10 and 2016–17, Brisbane motorists paid 3.3 cents per litre (cpl) more for petrol
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