BRISBANE : A woman was shot dead at a McDonald’s restaurant in Austrlia’s Queensland state on Thursday, a media report said. The 49-year-old was shot by a 57-year-old man, who then turned the gun on himself in the dining area of the restaurant on Gold Coast city’s Siganto Drive, ABC reported. Queensland Police Services’ Detective Mark […]
SYDNEY Australian scientists have discovered what could be a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider, after finding a large specimen living in a national park.The 50-millimetre (two-inch) spider found in Booderee National Park near Jervis Bay south of Sydney is believed to be from the Hadronyche genus, which typically lives in trees. Until now, […]
Brisbane, Sep 10: A woman was on Thursday was shot dead at a McDonald’s restaurant in Australia’s Queensland state, a media report said. The 49-year-old was shot by a 57-year-old man, who then turned the gun on himself in the dining area of the restaurant on Gold Coast city’s Siganto Drive, ABC reported. Queensland Police […]
Sydney, Sept. 9 : Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed that the country will extend its campaign of airstrikes from Iraq into Syria, adding that Australia would accept extra 12,000 refugees affected by the conflict.According to ABC News, Abbott said that the refugee sanctuaries for resettlement would be made permanent. The Government of Australia will […]
SYDNEY : Minister for Trade and Investment – with responsibility for tourism – Andrew Robb, welcomed the latest International Visitor Survey today showing international visitor spend grew by 10 per cent to a record $33.4 billion, or $3.2 billion more than the previous year. This is the strongest yearly growth since 2001, the period of […]