6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (594+ words) The Gidarjil Development Corporation has acquired full accreditation from the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) and international ISO/IEC quality standards for its water testing facility, Nyamgim Gung Laboratory. The achievement awards the laboratory – with an all-female ranger program…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (495+ words) This weekend, millions of Australians will trade an hour of sleep for more sunshine at the end of the day as daylight saving time begins – but not for those living in the sunshine state. Queenslanders, along with those living in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (373+ words) Attention all thalassophiles: you can now explore the depths of the ocean without ever leaving dry land. Queensland Museum’s latest immersive exhibition, OceanXperience, is bringing the research vessel OceanXplorer to life … and you’re invited to explore. After a successful run…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (870+ words) An OpenAI artificial intelligence agent gained unauthorised access to an Australian government Medicare statistics portal in June, accessing both public and non-public information. The incident occurred on June 18, but OpenAI didn’t notify Services Australia until September 10. The Australian Signals Directorate…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (459+ words) Grave fears are held for a fledgling falcon chick that fell from its nest – with the heartbreaking moment caught on livestream for the world to see. The peregrine falcon family – parents Penny and Perry and baby Pete – have a hundreds…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (812+ words) Source: Bureau of Meteorology The world is bracing for the strongest El Niño in history. The United Nations has made the grim prediction that our planet now sits in the “danger zone” of extreme weather. That’s based on data suggesting…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (503+ words) Marine heatwaves are threatening coral reefs, including those in Australia, but research shows they could recover if given a break between bleaching events. Australia’s reefs are losing coral faster than the global average and are getting less time to recover…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1286+ words) Twenty years after Steve Irwin’s sudden death, a man who wrestled crocodiles with him for a living still can’t talk about it without choking up. Mark Read was holidaying in France in 2006, and had just returned from a walk with…...