INSANE: 36 | Vintage Vibes

New timetable in effect putting brakes on some routes

The timetable cuts some services to allow for disruption caused by light rail work.

The Canberra Times · Jan 29, 2023

Bus 'chaos' as driver shortage hits Sydney

Unions have said operators have been forced to cancel thousands of services as transport authorities insist the situation is only temporary.

AAP · Jan 29, 2023

‘Spirituality and sexuality – people shouldn’t have to choose’: the Australian church celebrating queer joy

Led by a openly lesbian minister, St Michael’s Uniting Church in Melbourne hopes to provide a sanctuary for LGBTQ people hurt by religious institutions

The Guardian - AU · Jan 29, 2023

Tomaree Coastal walk setting the pace

A 20-kilometer bushwalk offering some of the most picturesque views of Port Stephens and Lower Hunter is among a series of new walks proposed for the state's national parks.

Newcastle Herald · Jan 28, 2023

Sydney's Campbelltown Court in desperate need of NSW government commitment to upgrade

Campbelltown Court, about 50 kilometres from Sydney, is the legal hub for the Macarthur region, one of the fastest growing areas in Australia — the local mayor says its citizens don't have access to justice.

ABC News · Jan 28, 2023

Broc Feeney on THAT Adelaide win and racing at Newcastle in Supercars for the first time

The 20-year-old driver will take to Newcastle's street circuit for the first time in Supercars.

Newcastle Herald · Jan 28, 2023

Moment lightning strikes Brit boy, 8, in 'extreme freak accident' on beach

Footage shows the eight-year-old boy wading out into the water in New South Wales, Australia, before falling down after a bolt of lightning suddenly flashes across the sky

Daily Mirror · Jan 28, 2023

WA's first Westland petrel joins list of other vagrant birds taxidermied for future research

Researchers are scratching their heads after a bird species usually found between New Zealand and Chile is found waddling on a remote West Australian beach.

ABC News · Jan 27, 2023

Record dry spell threatening Tasmania's Wilderness World Heritage Area

Unusually dry weather is leaving the state's Wilderness World Heritage Area sensitive to fire. It's a prospect that threatens a living fossil that traces its history to the ancient super-continent Gondwana.

ABC News · Jan 27, 2023

Sydney Festival: From Thomas Weatherall's Blue to Stephanie Lake's Manifesto and the harbourside Vigil, this year hit us in the feels

The best of this year's Sydney Festival included a "tattoo to optimism" featuring nine drum kits, an anxious opera on an indoor beach, a harbourside vigil, and a devastating debut play.

ABC News · Jan 27, 2023