Australia news live: gas company reaches final sign-off for Beetaloo fracking project; Mark Butler to meet state health ministers over funding standoff | Australia news

Australia news live: gas company reaches final sign-off for Beetaloo fracking project; Mark Butler to meet state health ministers over funding standoff | Australia news

Beetaloo Energy reaches final sign-off for NT fracking project Beetaloo Energy, a gas company operating in the NT’s Beetaloo basin, said it has reached a final investment decision (a developer’s formal approval to proceed with a specific project) for its Carpentaria fracking project after the Northern Territory government recently signed an agreement to see gas […]

Australia news live: Marles praises ‘very significant’ Aukus meeting in Washington; NSW reaches deal on workers’ compensation changes | Australia news

Australia news live: Marles praises ‘very significant’ Aukus meeting in Washington; NSW reaches deal on workers’ compensation changes | Australia news

Aukus meetings begin in Washington Pete Hegseth has kicked off a series of meetings with British and Australian defence counterparts in Washington that are aimed at moving forward with the large nuclear submarine building and technology sharing pact between the three nations known as known as Aukus. “Fantastic to be meeting today with Secretary Hegseth […]

Australia news live: ‘full steam ahead’ for Aukus deal as Wong and Marles meet Rubio and Hegseth in Washington | Australia news

Australia news live: ‘full steam ahead’ for Aukus deal as Wong and Marles meet Rubio and Hegseth in Washington | Australia news

‘Full steam ahead’ for Aukus deal as Wong and Marles meet Rubio and Hegseth in Washington The Aukus submarine deal is going “full steam ahead”, Australia and the US have confirmed after a high-level meeting in Washington. Associated Press reports US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, met their Australian counterparts […]

Australia news live: government lends Arnott’s $45m for global Tim Tams push; Ashton Hurn confirmed as new SA Liberals leader | Australia news

Australia news live: government lends Arnott’s $45m for global Tim Tams push; Ashton Hurn confirmed as new SA Liberals leader | Australia news

Government fund lends $45m to Arnott’s to help Tim Tams go global Patrick Commins The government’s National Reconstruction Fund has lent Arnott’s Group $45m to help support the Australian name to take Tim Tams worldwide. The money will be used to refinance $1.75bn in debt that comes due in 2026, which is earmarked for “planned […]

Australia news live: Albanese defends Anika Wells over taxpayer-funded travel expenses; ‘strong and erratic’ winds a challenge for NSW firefighters | Australia news

Australia news live: Albanese defends Anika Wells over taxpayer-funded travel expenses; ‘strong and erratic’ winds a challenge for NSW firefighters | Australia news

Albanese defends Anika Wells over reports of taxpayer-funded travel expenses Albanese has also defended a $100k expense for communications minister Anika Wells, a staffer and a public servant to join the prime minister and foreign minister Penny Wong in New York for a United Nations meeting. Anika Wells was doing her job as the communications […]

Australia news live: border force detains six foreign nationals found by police in remote WA; emergency bushfire warning near Hobart | Australia news

Australia news live: border force detains six foreign nationals found by police in remote WA; emergency bushfire warning near Hobart | Australia news

Drivers left stranded for hours in Sydney tunnel amid fears of roof collapse Penry Buckley Drivers have been left stranded for up to four hours in Sydney’s M4 motorway tunnel, after fears of a concrete roof collapse saw the closure of all westbound lanes, causing delays on surrounding roads. About 6am this morning, Transport for […]