Wildlife volunteers say they were stunned to find an extremely rare albino turtle on a beach in Australia. The tiny creature was one of 122 hatchlings from a green turtle nest on Castaways Beach on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. The volunteers from Coolum and North Shore Coast Care were surveying the nest on Sunday when they found it. “It was very chipper and just took off into the water as happy […]
Canberra: Former Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in as Australia’s new prime minister on Tuesday, a day after Tony Abbott was defeated in ruling Liberal Party’s leadership ballot. Turnbull was sworn in at a ceremony by Governor-General Peter Cosgrove in the capital Canberra, reported Xinhua news agency. “There has been a change of prime minister, but we are a very strong government, a very strong country with […]
Last week, a couple in Australia realized something was wrong with their 10-year-old goldfish ‘George’, so they took him to a VET. They paid $200 to remove a tumor the size of a GRAPE from his head. Good news is he’s back home recovering! I know we do a lot for our pets. But do fish count? The fish is kinda cute…so maybe. ? Please follow and like us:
A lone gunman kept terrified staff and customers captive into Monday night in a downtown Sydney cafe, brandishing an Islamic flag, as five of his hostages managed to flee for their lives. Here are 10 latest developments in the crisis so far. 1 5 people escape Sydney cafe in hostage crisis Five people, three men and two women, have fled the Lindt cafe in Martin Place in Sydney. 2 One […]
Cricketer Phillip Hughes has died, surrounded by close family and friends at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney The 25-year-old was struck by a ball delivered by bowler Sean Abbott on Tuesday afternoon at SCG Team doctor Peter Brukner said Phillip Hughes was not in pain when he passed away on Thursday afternoon ‘He never regained consciousness following his injury,’ Dr Brukner said As the sporting community mourns Hughes’ death, concerns […]
CANBERRA: More than 150 Sri Lanka asylum seekers have been flown from an Australian immigration detention camp to the Pacific island nation of Nauru after they refused to consider returning to India, an Australian official said on Saturday. The 157 ethnic Tamil men, women and children had left the port of Pondicherry in an Indian-flagged ship in late June and were intercepted by an Australian customs vessel. They spent weeks […]
The Western Australian government caught 172 sharks, and killed 50 of the largest animals, as part of a culling program that has sparked anger among conservationists. The three-month program, which ended last week, used baited lines attached to floating drums to catch sharks off popular beaches in Western Australia following a spate of fatal shark attacks in waters off the state in recent years. The scheme, which was part of […]
A search has yielded no sign of Christine Armstrong or the shark that’s suspected of attacking her off the Australian coast A 63-year-old woman is presumed to have been “taken” by a large shark while swimming off the coast of Australia Thursday, police tell CNN. Christine Armstrong was swimming with a group of friends off a beach in Tathra in New South Wales when she complained and headed back to […]
CANBERRA, Australia — The elderly, young children and pregnant women were advised Friday to evacuate an Australian town that has been shrouded by smoke and ash from a burning coal mine for almost three weeks. Victoria state Chief Health Officer Rosemary Lester said vulnerable residents were advised to leave the town of Morwell as a precaution because the fire in the nearby Hazelwood Coal Mine is expected to spew smoke […]
Foodgrain needs to stay fit for round-the-year consumption. Fruits and vegetables must stay fresh until they reach the plate. But forget all-weather warehouses or cold storage facilities, most developing countries dump millions of tonnes of food in the open at the mercy of the elements, birds and rodents. More wheat rots in India than the total production of Australia, which loses less than 1 percent of its grain in storage […]
