The telco says emergency calls from public phones have risen by about 20 per cent, and the anonymity they provide for people experiencing mental health crises and domestic violence could be a driving factor.
Hearing Australia is putting a spotlight on preventable causes of hearing loss, including an everyday activity that’s become the leading cause for concern.
The Federal Court of Australia has granted the Yuwaalaraay/Euahlayi people
native title rights to nearly 13,000 hectares of land in south west Queensland.
More than 100 years after The Pride of Toowoomba rolled off the locomotive assembly line, a restoration project supposed to take five years is back on track.
Colin Petersen, the man who was “Smiley” in the 1956 Australian film and later drummed for the Bee Gees, says the town of Kingaroy inspired both those achievements.