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Agriculture
- Farmers Given Another Reprieve On Milk Prices
- Agricultural Export Centre To Be Established At Toowoomba
- New South Wales Govt To Appoint Fresh Milk And Dairy Advocate
- Western Australia Govt Introduces Revised Pest Rate For Fruit Fly
- Victorians Knocked Off Their Perch With News Of Greater Fishing Opportunities
- AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award Winner To Be Announced On 27 March 2019
- 1 In 7 Vehicles At Bordertown Found With Pest Ridden Fruit And Prohibited Material
- Sprout Producers Program Provides Training And Education For Farmers
- Sheep Condition Being Managed With New App
- $7 Million Expansion For Mortlock Hydroponics’ Carisbrook Glasshouse
Business
- Marshall Govt Approves Easter Monday Retail Trade For The Suburbs
- Small Business Regulations To Be Reduced Following Release Of Report
- Lending To Households Down 2.4 % January 2019
- Banking Report Highlights South Australia’s Economy December 2018 Quarter
- Retail Turnover Up 0.1 % January 2019
- Economy Up 0.2 % December Quarter 2018
- Victoria’s State Final Demand Up By 5.2 % Year To December 2018
- Grants Commission Cuts $329 Million GST Funding In 2019-20 To South Australia
- Current Account Deficit Down To $7.2 Billion December Quarter 2018
- Queensland Small Business Growth Up 2.7% Year To 30 June 2018
Community Notices
Education
- Victoria’s 75th Annual Education Week To Run From 19-25 May 2019
- New Palmerston Primary School To Open 2 Years Ahead Of Schedule
- Almost 70 New Full-Time Teachers Join Tasmania’s Public Education System In 2019
- Sunbury College Science Wing Opened By Minister
- Female Students Staying At School Until Year 12 Up 65% Since 1969
- Work Underway To Upgrade Girrabanya Children’s Centre
- Launceston College To Be Refurbished As Minister Calls For Tenders
- Geraldton Jobs And Skills Centre Officially By Minister
- Aveley North Primary School Officially Opened By Minister
- Champion Bay Senior High School Upgrade Now Completed
Elections
- New South Wales Election 2019 Legislative Council Nominated Candidates
- Wyong District New South Wales Election 2019 Nominated Candidates
- Wollongong District New South Wales Election 2019 Nominated Candidates
- Wollondilly District New South Wales Election 2019 Nominated Candidates
- Willoughby District New South Wales Election 2019 Nominated Candidates
- Wallsend District New South Wales Election 2019 Nominated Candidates
- Wakehurst District New South Wales Election 2019 Nominated Candidates
- Wagga Wagga District New South Wales Election 2019 Nominated Candidates
- Vaucluse District New South Wales Election 2019 Nominated Candidates
- Upper Hunter District New South Wales Election 2019 Nominated Candidates
Environment
- Return And Earn Bill Passes Through Western Australia’s Parliament
- New South Wales Newest National Park To Cover Around 3,680 Ha
- Simpson Desert To Be Renamed
- Royal Botanic Gardens Original 1934 Herbarium Building To Be Restored
- 10 SMART Drumlines Trial At Newcastle Beaches From 1 February-30 April 2019
- Return And Earn Processed 91 Million Drink Containers Over Christmas-New Year
- Jingili Primary School Receives Grant For Recycling And Reusable Projects
- Council’s Stormwater System Directed Away From Coogee Beach
- New South Wales Govt Offers Business Funding For Energy Efficiency Program
- Recipients For Looking After Country Grants Announced
Featured
- Statue Of Rugby Union Great John Eales Unveiled At Suncorp Stadium
- No Bar Too High From Preventing Faster Rail Travel Between Sydney And Canberra
- National Sports Museum At MCG To Undergo Major Redevelopment
- Flemington Racecourse Training Track To Undergo $1.56 Million Upgrade
- Labor’s Railway Promise Celebrates 70 Years Of Not Being Delivered
- New South Wales Food And Wine Tourism Strategy 2018-22 Launched
- Capital City High Speed Rail Fits In With Suburban Networks
- Railways Must Not Be Dispensed With For Very Good Reasons
- Why Federal Politicians Want To Cut Heavy Railway Lines
- Wynyard Tram Tunnels Were Designed For Trains
Fire & Rescue
- Andrews Govt Releases Latest Fire Services Response Times
- Australian Capital Territory Firefighters To Receive New Protective Clothing
- Lamb Island Rural Fire Station Officially Opened By Minister
- Doppler Stations Deliver Real-Time Rainfall Data For 30% Of New South Wales
- Bayswater Fire Station Upgrade Officially Opened By Minister
- Federal And Queensland Govts Activate Category C Grants For Small Businesses
- Federal And Queensland Govts Extend Assistance For Farmers In Burke Shire
- New CFA Station In Ballarat West Region Opened By Minister
- Volunteer Rescue Association Receives Additional Funding
- Royal Life Saving Society Receives $95,000 To Prevent People Drowning
Health
- 3 Stage Redevelopment Of Royal Hobart Hospital To Proceed
- Funding Secured For Radiation Oncology Services At Albany Health Campus
- Cystic Fibrosis Patients At Prince Charles Hospital To Have Their Own Bathrooms
- 10 Community Hospitals To Be Shaped By Local Committees
- New Specialist Mental Health Service For People With Intellectual Disability
- Repat Health Receives Joint Federal State Funding
- Marshall Govt Accepts All 14 Recommendations In Review Of Ambulance Officers
- Terang Ambulance Branch Soon To Have New Larger Station Facilities
- Remote Kimberley Community Health Clinic Now Open
- Griffith Base Hospital Redevelopment Works Well Underway
Industry
- Property Prices Down 2.4% December Quarter 2018
- 60 Homes To Be Upgraded For Elliott And Marlinja
- Number Of Secondary Jobs Above 1 Million December Quarter 2018
- Manufacturer Saves 30% Production Time Through Made In Queensland Program
- Dwelling Approvals Down By 3.2 % January 2019
- ABS Releases Study On Workforce Movement 2011-16
- Logan Manufacturer Gains From Round 2 Funding Of Made In Queensland Program
- Value Of Construction Work In Victoria Up 15 % In 2018
- Tasmania’s Total Construction Work Up 20.1 % On December 2017 Quarter
- Nominations For Manufacturing Hall Of Fame Awards Open Until 11 March 2019
Law & Order
- Illicit Drug Offenders Down On 2017-18
- Tasmania Extends Comforting Support To Every New Zealander
- Police Commissioner Ian Stewart Announces His Retirement
- Site Selected For New Capel Police Station
- 512 Prison Bed Expansion Work Begins
- 100 High Visibility Officers Joins New South Wales Police
- Minister For Police And Commissioner Welcomes 78 New Officers In January 2019
- Explosive Detector Dog Cassie To Enjoy Retirement After 8-Year Service
- New State-Of-The-Art Police Forensic Centre Officially Opened By Minister
- Police Auxiliary Liquor Inspectors Increase By 21
Legal Affairs
- Legal Aid Commission Of Tasmania Receives $600,000 For Ongoing Services
- Riverland Community Justice Centre Appreciated By Local Community
- Special Commission Of Inquiry Into Ice Established By New South Wales Govt
- Mick Dodson Appointed Northern Territory’s First-Ever Treaty Commissioner
- Attorney-General Appoints Two New District Court Judges
- 7 Tips For Piece Of Mind When Moving House
- State Govt Removes Barrier On Abuse Compensation Claims For People
- Premier Announces Greater Accountability And Transparency Measures
- Queensland Court Recording And Transcription Service To Be Updated
- Changes To The Corrections Act 1997 Comes Into Effect On 1 July 2019
Lifestyle
- ABS Reports Tasmania Is Home To Country’s Oldest Population
- Number Of Australians Aged 85 Years And Over To Double By 2042
- Net Migration Gain Of 24,000 People To Queensland Year Ended 31 March 2018
- 377,000 People Moved Interstate In 2016-17
- Happy Mother’s Day 2018 From Australian Bureau Of Statistics
- New Zealand’s Fush & Chups
- Annual Alcohol Consumption Up First Time In 9 Years
- Happy Mother’s Day 2017
- Premier Barnett Congratulates New Citizens On Australia Day 2017
- Queenslander’s Named In Australia Day Honours 2017
Literary & Arts
- Artillery Drill Hall To Reopen For Live Music And Performing Arts
- Parrtjima Festival In Light Runs From 5-14 April 2019
- EOI For Queensland Performing Arts Centre Open Until 8 April 2019
- $200,000 To Be Invested In 12 Arts Projects Across The Northern Territory
- 34 Tourism Operators Showcase The Northern Territory
- Finalists Announced In 2019 Western Australia Heritage Awards
- TMAG And City Of Hobart Launch New Long-Term Arts Partnership
- Delicious Darwin Food To Be Screened On SBS In Upcoming Television Series
- Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Showing At Melbourne’s Princess Theatre
- Melbourne Arts Precinct Redevelopment Architects Announced
News
- Honourable Justice Margaret Beazley QC AO Appointed 39th Governor
- Governor David Hurley Appointed As Governor-General
- Japanese Prime Minister To Visit Darwin In November 2018
- Premier Looks Ahead To 5 Million People Calling Queensland Home In 2018
- Decrease In Marriages Over Last 20 Years
- 61.6% Vote YES In Marriage Equality Survey
- 2018 Tasmania Govt Board Diversity Scholarships Announced By Minister
- Ken Lay AO APM Sworn In As 14th Lieutenant-Governor Of Victoria
- Rose Webb Appointed As Commissioner For New South Wales Fair Trading
- 19% Increase In Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Population
Planning
- 17 Remaining Privately Owned Lots In Wittenoom To Be Compulsorily Acquired
- Tully Multi-Use Sporting Complex Gains Funding Approval
- Darwin’s Civic And State Square Area To Be Revitalised
- Graeme Gammie Appointed CEO Of Landgate
- Palmerston Water Park CCTV Cameras Tender Open Until Monday 14 January 2019
- Central Highlands Emergency Safety System To Be Upgraded
- Gladstone Causeway To Be Upgraded
- Work To Commence On Next Stage Of Upgrading Richmond Road
- Fraser Coast Floodway To Be Upgraded
- Halifax Flood Levee To Be Upgraded
Politics
- Country Labor Leader Gone Missing In Action
- Keep Jim Molan In The Senate
- Northern Territory 30 Year Cabinet Records Released From 1988
- Queensland 30 Year Cabinet Documents Released
- Ken Vowles Sacked From Cabinet
- Weak As Dish Water
- Gunner Govt Releases Electoral Reform Discussion Paper
- Jim McDowell Appointed As Chief Executive To Department Of Premier And Cabinet
- Sharyn O’Neill Appointed As New Public Sector Commissioner
- Premier Reflects On Career Of Troy Grant
Regional
- Bendigo Showgrounds Are Set For Upgrade With Funding For New Masterplan
- South West Development Commission Office Relocates To Collie
- Goldfields-Esperance Receives More Than $900,000 In RED Grant Funds
- Collie Futures Industry Development Fund Applications Now Open
- Collie Futures Small Grants Program Recipients Second Tranche Announced
- Andrews Govt Supports Plan Boosting Visitors For Geelong’s International Students
- Clermont Showgrounds And Saleyards To Be Revitalised
- Construction Kicks Off On New Ballarat GovHub Project
- $1.4 Million Over 2 Years For Continuation Of Go Goldfields Initiative
- $200,000 From Andrews Govt Enables Revitalisation Of St. Arnaud CBD
Resources
- Kevin Robinson Appointed New Director Of Mines
- Marshall Govt Appoints Di Davidson As Presiding Member Of SAMDB NRM Board
- Onslow Microgrid Project Stage 2 Gets Underway
- Water Corporation Energy Savings Equivalent To Toasting 18 Million Slices Of Bread
- Kwinana Waste To Energy Plant Construction Gets Underway
- Premier Welcomes Official Opening Of Bauxite Mine In Far North Queensland
- Bendigo’s Fosterville Gold Mine Expansion Includes New Cement Plant
- Two Biosecurity Awards Taken Out By DPIR
- Hodgman Govt Commits To Maintaining Hobart As A Working Port
- New South Wales Govt Open Valves Of 270 km Wentworth-Broken Hill Pipeline
Sport
- Andrews Govt Reappoints 6 Board Members For Harness Racing Victoria
- $27 Million Worth Of Help Delivered By KidSport For Western Australian Kids
- Applications For Country Football And Netball Program Open Until 3 June 2019
- Adelaide Draws Up Plans To Top Gold Medal Tally At 2026 Commonwealth Games
- Adelaide Launches Feasibility Study To Host 2026 Commonwealth Games
- Design Of Arafura Games 2019 Winning Medals Unveiled
- Paul Eriksson Appointed Tasracing CEO
- Tasmanian Horses Win 85 % Of Feature Race Stakes At 2019 TAB Summer Carnival
- Northern Territory To Celebrate Arafura Games From 26 April-4 May 2019
- Des Penman Memorial Reserve Receives $400,000 For Unisex Change Rooms
Technology
- Science Benefits In Fish On Show At National Seafood Week 11-17 March 2019
- Nominations For Science Excellence Awards Open Until 26 April 2019
- Faster Mobile And Internet Coverage In Regional New South Wales
- ADC Global Blockchain Finalists Announced
- Construction Begins On Sunshine Coast International Submarine Cable
- Western Australia’s Coastal Radar Network Upgraded To Doppler Capability
- Earthworks Commence For Albemarle Lithium Hydroxide Processing Plant
- Palaszczuk Govt Backs Research Reducing Impacts Of Stroke And Alzheimer’s Disease
- 2019 Round Of Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship Program Launched By Minister
- Perth Observatory Receives $1 Million Grant To Create Living Museum
Tourism
- McGowan Govt’s 2019-20 State Budget Includes $12 Million Tourism Package
- Visitors In Tasmania Spent $2.46 Billion Up 5 % On Year To December 2018
- Tasmania Stars At 2019 Australian Tourism Awards
- Round 2 Grant Funding For 2018-19 NTMEC Announced By Minister
- Marshall Govt Launches $3 Million Worth Of Wine Tourism Campaigns
- Construction Contract Awarded For Botanic Gardens Visitor And Events Centre
- 36 Cruise Ships To Dock At South Australia Ports During February 2019
- 6th Prize Season 4 Million Dollar Fish Competition Won By Mark Iseppi
- Western Australian Dishes On Menu At Australian Chef’s Los Angeles Restaurant
- Northern Territory Holiday Visitations Up 13 % Year Ending September 2018
Transport
- 40 Additional QTEM’s To Be Installed Across Train And Tram Network
- Tenders Called For Second Centenary Bridge At Jindalee
- Next Generation Transperth Buses To Be Fitted Out By Local Businesses
- Canberra Light Rail Stage 2 Woden Extension Under Consideration
- Second Platform To Be Built For Waurn Ponds Railway Station
- 8 Km Of Single Track On Cranbourne Line To Be Duplicated
- Chandler Highway Bridge Travel Times Cut With 2 New Lanes Opened For Traffic
- Strengthening Work To 4 Bridges On Princes Highway Now Completed
- Jaala’s Got A Reely Serious Idea For Victorians To Catch Onto
- 2,700 Sleepers Connects Yeppoon Railway Line To Rockhampton Abattoir
Web Stats
- ISPUT Daily Visit Statistics And Page Views
- The Southern Thunderer Daily Visit Statistics And Page Views
- ISPUT Ascending Order Of Readership Visits And Page Views 2010-February 2019
- TST Ascending Order Of Readership Visits And Page Views 2009-February 2019
- ISPUT Visit Statistics And Page Views February 2019
- The Southern Thunderer Visit Statistics And Page Views February 2019
- ISPUT Ascending Order Of Readership Visits And Page Views 2010-January 2019
- TST Ascending Order Of Readership Visits And Page Views 2009-January 2019
- ISPUT Visit Statistics And Page Views January 2019
- The Southern Thunderer Visit Statistics And Page Views January 2019
Welfare Services
- $100,000 In Funding For Events And Activities During Queensland Seniors Week 2019
- National Party Unapologetic In Doing Everything To Support Regional Seniors
- 11 New Child And Family Centres To Be Established
- 34,000 South Australians To Receive Cost Of Living Relief
- New Laws Assist Retirement Village Residents
- Local Government Special Purpose Grant Applications Open Until 4 March 2019
- New Territory Home Owner Bonus Announced By Chief Minister
- Catching Cane Toads For $100.00 Is Better Than 10 Cents
- Northern Territory Govt Awards December Round Of CBF Grants
- From 1 January 2019 Tasmanians Aged 50-64 Years Able To Access The NDIS
News Sources
- The Daily Telegraph
- Sydney Morning Herald
- CNN News
- The Guardian
- BBC World News
- Chicago Tribune
- The Times
- Newcastle Herald
- The Age
- Adelaide Advertiser
- The Telegraph
- Maitland Mercury
- West Australian
- Courier Mail
- The Mercury
- The Examiner
- San Francisco Chronicle
- Boston Herald
- AAP
- New Zealand Herald
- Herald Sun
- NT News
- Washington Post
Sports Sources
- Australian Football League
- National Rugby League
- English Premier League
- NSW Rugby Union
- Sydney Cricket Ground
- Victoria Racing Club
- Richmond Tigers FC
- Eastwood RUFC
- Newcastle Knights NRL
- Lord's Cricket
- Wimbledon
- South Australia Football
- New South Wales Football
- Western Australia Football
- Queensland Football
- Southern Tas Football
- North West Tas Football
- NSW Rugby League
- QLD Rugby League
- Newcastle AFL
- Tokyo 2020
- GWS Giants FC
- Sydney Swans FC