Posted September 20, 2019 09:03:10 Photo: A fish farm in the NT is one of three projects to receive funding. (ABC News: Michael Donnelly) A $5 billion fund that promised to turn northern Australia into an economic powerhouse has spent less than $40 million in its first four years, and none of the money has
Updated September 19, 2019 23:06:24 Photo: Australia imports about 90 per cent of its refined fuel needs. (ABC News: Michael Barnett) Last weekend’s attack on Saudi Arabia’s biggest oil-production facilities is a stark reminder of the vulnerability of the world’s oil supplies. Key points: Official estimates put Australia’s domestic fuel reserves at about three weeks
Posted September 23, 2019 23:38:09 Seven children have been killed and 64 injured when a classroom collapsed as students were starting their morning lessons at a school in Kenya’s capital on Monday, officials said. Key points: More than 800 children are enrolled at the school 64 children were taken to hospital for treatment, with two
Posted September 20, 2019 20:06:40 Photo: Iran’s large middle class has been hit hard by the fallout from unprecedented US sanctions. (AP: Ebrahim Noroozi) The showdown between Washington and Tehran has upended the lives of Iranians, as US President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure campaign” rages on. Key points: Iran’s inflation has surpassed 40 per cent
Updated September 25, 2019 05:26:38 The NSW Government has accused residents of Mascot Towers of attempting to force its hand to pay for urgent remediation work on the beleaguered apartment complex. Key points: Residents attended Question Time on Tuesday at the invitation of Opposition Leader Jodi McKay The NSW Government said the rejection by residents
Email Posted September 21, 2019 10:34:54 The US has announced it will send troops to Saudia Arabia in response to an attack on oil infrastructure in the country, believed to have been directed by Iran. Source: ABC News | Duration: 1min 1sec Topics: world-politics, defence-and-national-security, oil-and-gas, united-states, iran-islamic-republic-of Source link
Updated September 24, 2019 08:45:10 Photo: Everyone agrees the Bridgewater Bridge needs upgrading, but they can’t agree what a new bridge should look like. (Supplied: Infrastructure Tasmania) Questions are being asked about the value for money of the proposed half-a-billion-dollar upgrade of the Bridgewater Bridge after revelations the bulk of movements under the current bridge
Updated September 23, 2019 06:02:28 Photo: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the US’s presence in the region had always been a calamity. (AP) picIran’s President has criticised a US-led coalition patrolling the Persian Gulf, calling for Western powers to leave the security of the area to regional nations led by Tehran. Key points: The US
Email Posted September 24, 2019 07:18:45 Officials say seven children were killed and 64 were injured in the collapse on Monday. Source: ABC News | Duration: 53sec Topics: disasters-and-accidents, building-and-construction, accidents, emergency-incidents, schools, primary-schools, kenya Source link
Posted September 23, 2019 07:39:24 Photo: Gas has been found in the Kimberley’s Canning Basin, but with few roads, no pipelines and the added cost of fracking, can the resource turn a profit? (Flickr/ Daniele Civello) Now that Western Australia’s moratorium on fracking has been lifted, can gas from the Kimberley prove that it is
