ATSB report sheds unsettling light on in-flight power bank fire on Virgin Australia service

The final report into a terrifying in-flight fire aboard a Virgin Australia flight from Sydney to Hobart has praised the fast ...
Wildfire Today

Are prescribed burns worsening Australia’s bushfires?

Studies published by researchers from the Australian National University and Curtin University since 2022 have claimed ...
PC Magazine

The Internet Is on Fire and the FCC Just Walked Away With the Extinguisher

Amid major breaches at DoorDash, Logitech, and Microsoft Azure, the FCC has rolled back rules meant to keep telecom networks secure—right when we need them most. Our team tests, rates, and reviews ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Neuropsychologist in 'emphatic' disagreement over whether alleged murderer had substantial mental impairment

Brendan Kantilla is facing an NT Supreme Court trial after pleading not guilty to the murder of 23-year-old Bangladeshi student Md Isfaqur Rahman. A second neuropsychologist who interviewed the ...
The Independent

These Australian airlines have banned ‘fire hazard’ items from plane cabins

Airlines in Australia will introduce new restrictions on the use of portable power banks following fire safety concerns. Virgin Australia announced that, from 1 December, passengers on all flights ...
The Australian

Extreme fire danger warning as millions smashed by sweltering heatwave

Despite a chilly start to summer for Victorians, the mercury has spiked across the state, following a band of hot air passing from Western Australia in a 4000km wide stretch. The Bureau of Meteorology ...
Couriermail

‘Lose our chance’: Queensland delegation to lobby Albanese government on fire ants

Mayors from three regional Queensland councils on the frontline of the fight to contain fire ants travelled to Canberra on Tuesday morning alongside Primary Industries Minister Tony Perrett to lobby ...
Sky News Australia

‘Extreme fire danger’: Warnings in place with hot and dry conditions expected in South Australia and Northern Territory

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a fire weather warning for the Lower Eyre Peninsula and West Coast regions of SA – an area extending along the coast from Port Lincoln to the Western Australian ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Victorian government blocked fire service from pursuing US giant over PFAS contamination

A letter seen by the ABC shows the Victorian government blocked Fire Rescue Victoria from taking legal action against a company responsible for forever chemicals exposure. It is understood the class ...

Sydney taekwondo instructor gets life sentence for murdering student and parents

A judge has sentenced a Sydney taekwondo instructor to life in prison without parole for murdering a 7-year-old student and ...
Couriermail

Fire forces evacuation at UN climate talks in Brazil

UN and security crews rushed with extinguishers to put out the fierce blaze, which quickly tore a hole in the fabric roof of the COP30 summit site in Belem as smoke engulfed the corridor and people ...
Firehouse

Fire Instruction: Be a Good Student First and Always

Close your eyes and identify two fire instructors: the best that you encountered, then the worst. Do you remember their names, their facial expressions, the qualities that made them relevant? Probably ...