Please enable JavaScript and reload the page. Please check your browser before going to www.miragenews.com. Unusual traffic from your computer
Why haven’t we discovered coorbital exoplanets? Could the tides offer a possible answer? Mirage News
Australia
Warnbro: Aqua Pier Swimmers, personnel evacuated amid possible chemical spill
UPDATE: Rockingham City Council has issued a statement confirming “it was a false alarm caused by a fault in a control room sensor. No chlorine gas leak was detected and DFES left the site at approximately at 4:30 p.m. An aquatic center in the southern suburbs of Perth has been evacuated by a possible chemical …
Warnbro: Aqua Pier Swimmers, personnel evacuated amid possible chemical spill Read More »
Could 3D-printed homes alleviate Australia’s housing crisis? Dubbo Regional Council is considering a trial
Could 3D house printing be the answer to Australia’s regional housing crisis? With homes increasingly unavailable and inaccessible in the Australian region, a regional city is considering investing in a test to print 3D houses locally, in the hope that it could be a game-changing innovation. This article includes content that is no longer available. …
Employed, reliable, and turning 60, Barbara never thought she would be homeless
Barbara Dunlop never thought she would be homeless at 60. Working six days a week as a lifestyle mentor for people with disabilities, Dunlop has been a reliable tenant in Bundaberg, south-east Queensland, for over two decades. But it didn’t count for anything. “I never imagined it in my life,” he said. Willing to pay …
Employed, reliable, and turning 60, Barbara never thought she would be homeless Read More »
Research finds ban on new gas connections will help Victoria’s transition from fossil fuels
A Victorian parliamentary committee has recommended that the Andrews government consider banning gas connections to new homes to help speed up the state’s transition to renewable energy. He also urged Victoria to commit to a deadline for the sale of new petrol, diesel and petrol vehicles. The committee’s final report, which made 32 recommendations, found …
Cleanaway Operations saved six out of eight convictions in a fatal crash on the Southeast Highway in 2014
A garbage truck company has been spared some convictions for workplace failures that resulted in a fatal crash on the South East South Australian motorway. Key points: A truck operated by Cleanaway Operations was involved in a fatal accident in 2014 Cleanaway Operations was convicted of eight counts of breach of its duty of safety …
Prime Minister Mark McGowan: Western Australia is a “donor state” that sends billions of dollars to the “less fortunate” eastern states
Mark McGowan says Western Australia is a “donor” to “less fortunate” states such as New South Wales and Victoria, as it targets Dominic Perrottet and Daniel Andrews. Western Australian Prime Minister Mark McGowan has beaten his New South Wales counterpart Dominic Perrottet, defending his state’s GST assignment after previously targeting Daniel Andrews. Under the special …
Perth’s Zig Zag Scenic Drive will remain open with the night curfew, but the mayor wants the WA government to pay
Kalamunda City Council has voted against a proposal to permanently ban vehicles from the beloved Zig Zag Scenic Drive and lookout, instead opting to continue to open it daily with a curfew at 8:30 p.m. Key points: Zig Zag Scenic Drive closed to vehicles in May 2020 due to antisocial behavioral problems, drugs and hoons …
Rot settled during the John Howard era
THE FORUM American Atzucac. There is no easy answer to the problem of guns and weapons in America (“Fury as Lost Innocent Lives,” The Age, 26/5). There is an extremely strong bias in maintaining “the right to bear arms.” Why it includes semi-automatic military weapons is baffling. The culture of weapons is inbreeding; many supermarkets …
A chronology of the relationship between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard and key moments in the court case
The close court case between actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is coming to an end. They sue each other for defamation, each claiming to have been abused by the other. Here is a chronology of their relationship and some key moments in the current court case. WARNING: This article contains disturbing content 2009: The …