The brother of a man who died at a wellness retreat after ingesting frog poison says a description of his brother’s death as “beautiful” was terrible to hear.
A place of biological superlatives with a flora and fauna that have only just begun to be researched: Lord Howe Island, between Australia and New Zealand. This is the first documentary on what may be the most isolated nature reserve on the planet.
Melbourne has surpassed Sydney as Australia’s largest city, but only on a technicality –thanks to a boundary change.An adjustment to city boundaries using the Significant Urban Area classification, to include the district of Melton, lifted Melbourne’s population to 4.875 million – 1,800 more than the Harbour City.Greater Sydney, which has different boundaries, is still larger than Greater Melbourne – but this won’t last for long. The federal government in January predicted Melbourne’s population would overtake Sydney’s by 2031.
Cyclone Ilsa smashed into a remote stretch of coast in Western Australia around midnight Thursday local time with wind speeds that broke previous records set more than 10 years ago in the same place.
A native title determination recognising commercial rights for the first time in Central Australia has been settled, seven years after the claims process began.
“Australia is not just a mere victim of the British Empire, but instead steadily follows in its colonial footsteps. These footsteps land directly on one of the poorest countries in the world, and Australia’s own island neighbor: Timor-Leste.”
In the Australian Outback, authorities are looking for a capsule less than an inch long of radioactive material that can burn or sicken anyone who touches it.