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- Environment
- 10/01/2025
- 14:15
COUNCIL FINED FOR POLLUTING SENSITIVE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Port Stephens Council has been fined $30,000 by the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for discharging sediment-laden water into a stormwater system that leads to a protected marine sanctuary zone within the Port Stephens–Great Lakes Marine Park. The discharge incident occurred in June 2024 when a pond holding the water collapsed during excavation works at Neil Carroll Park in Nelson Bay, releasing it into the local stormwater system which flows into Marine Park waters near the Fly Point-Corrie Island sanctuary zone. EPA Executive Director of Operations David Gathercole said the incident was concerning given the high sensitivity of nearby waters.…
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- Environment, Science
- 10/01/2025
- 14:09
Breaking bad records: 2024 marks world’s worst heat, climate pollution
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GLOBAL CLIMATE SCIENTISTS have confirmed 2024 was the world’s hottest since records began, eclipsing the previous record set in 2023 and raising alarm that burning fossil fuels has left the planet ‘teetering on the brink’ of breaking the 1.5°C barrier set by the Paris Agreement. Coordinated modelling and analysis produced by experts at NASA, European climate service Copernicus the US weather service NOAA, the UK Met Office, Berkeley Earth and the World Meteorological Organisation finds every year in the past decade has been one of the hottest ten on record. The burning of coal, oil and gas…
- Building Construction
- 10/01/2025
- 13:39
Event Report: “TOKYU KABUKICHO TOWER 2025 New Year’s Eve” held as TOKYU KABUKICHO TOWER ‘s first New Year’s Eve event across multiple floors
About 5,000 people from Japan and abroad celebrate at Kabukicho Cine City Plaza! TOKYO–BUSINESS WIRE– TOKYU KABUKICHO TOWER (hereinafter referred to as the “facility”),…
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- Business Company News, Oil Mining Resources
- 10/01/2025
- 11:35
Challenger Gold Limited – Strategic Placement Completion & Toll Processing Agreement Finalised
Sydney, Australia – 10 January 2025 | Challenger Gold Limited (ASX:CEL) ("Challenger" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the successful completion of a strategic placement and finalisation of a toll processing agreement. This marks several significant steps toward the commercialisation of Challenger’s flagship Hualilan Gold Project in Argentina. Key Highlights: $6.6 Million Strategic Placement: Completed with Inversiones Financieras del Sur S.A. ("IFISA"), part of the Elsztain Group, making Eduardo Elsztain Challenger’s largest shareholder with a 12.7% holding. New Leadership Additions: Eduardo Elsztain to join the Challenger Board as Non-Executive Chairman, and Saul Zang as Non-Executive Director, enhancing international business…
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- Medical Health Aged Care
- 10/01/2025
- 11:01
Estia Health to acquire seven residential aged care homes from Aurrum Aged Care
MEDIA RELEASE Aurrum Aged Care (‘Aurrum’) has accepted an approach from Estia Health to acquire their seven residential aged care homes: Estia Health increases…
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- CharitiesAidWelfare
- 10/01/2025
- 11:00
Richest 1% burn through their annual carbon limit in just 10 days
The richest 1 percent have burned through their share of the annual global carbon budget —the amount of CO2 that can be added to the atmosphere without pushing the world beyond 1.5°C of warming— within the first 10 days of 2025, reveals new Oxfam analysis. In stark contrast, it would take someone from the poorest half of the global population nearly three years (1022 days) to use up their share of the annual global carbon budget. This alarming milestone, dubbed “Pollutocrat Day” by Oxfam, underscores how climate breakdown is disproportionately driven by the super-rich, whose emissions far exceed those of…
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- Fashion, Sport Recreation
- 10/01/2025
- 11:00
Frances Tiafoe signs with lululemon as the brand’s newest Tennis Ambassador
lululemon announced today that they have signed professional tennis player, Frances Tiafoe as the brand’s newest ambassador. The 3-time ATP title winner, who is currently 18th in the ATP ranking, Tiafoe joins Leylah Fernandez as the newest professional tennis player on lululemon’s ambassador roster. He will debut his partnership with lululemon this week at the Australian Open. “lululemon is changing the game for apparel by combining high performance and high style,” says Frances Tiafoe, “I’m excited to work with a brand that allows me to express myself and look forward to being a part of the creative process both on…
- Education Training, Union
- 10/01/2025
- 10:59
Monash University admits fresh $7.6 million wage theft scandal
The National Tertiary Education Union has demanded an urgent federal parliamentary inquiry into university governance after Monash University admitted underpaying staff $7.6 million. The new wage theft revelations at Monash are additional to $10 million in previous underpayments at the university, and millions more in alleged underpayments NTEU is pursuing in the Federal Court for unpaid consultation hours. The NTEU is calling for an independent investigation of governance at Monash, alongside a federal parliamentary inquiry into the governance crisis at universities across Australia. The national university wage theft tally is now a confirmed $265 million, with a further $159 million…
- General News, Travel Tourism
- 10/01/2025
- 10:00
MEDIA ALERT: Australian National Maritime Museum hosts iconic Halvorsen vessels to mark centenary
TIME AND DATE: January 11th, 11:00am – 12:00pmLOCATION: Australian National Maritime Museum, 2 Murray Street Darling Harbour A gathering of historic vessels celebrates 100 years since Norwegian boatbuilder Lars Halvorsen, his wife Bergithe, and their family immigrated to Australia in the summer of 1924–25. As part of the museum’s summer program, 16Halvorsen vessels will be showcased at the museum wharves, highlighting the beauty and breath of their designs. The family’s legacy is legendary. Between 1925 and 1980 Lars Halvorsen Sons built 1300 vessels, with many more built independently by Bjarne, Magnus and Trygve. After World War II the family built…
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