There’s nothing more annoying than loose change jingling around in your pockets, but according to coin collectors, there could be a hidden jackpot right under your nose. A mistake at the Royal Australia Mint in 2000 led to a unique set of $1 coins being made, and now they’re valued …
Read More »Bushfire Royal Commission: Report says full devastation unknown
The full devastation wreaked by Australia’s unprecedented summer bushfires is unclear because of inconsistencies in how data is collected and shared, a new report says. The interim report from the royal commission into national natural disaster arrangements said there were “real difficulties” in developing a clear national picture of the …
Read More »Royal National Park: Police release description for human bones
A bag of bones could have been sitting at the bottom of an embankment in the Royal National Park in Sydney for decades before it was found “by sheer luck”. Two years after the male human remains were found, police have revealed they have turned to emerging DNA technologies to …
Read More »Opportunity for community to help one of Australia’s unique native species
Western Local Land Services together with Centre for Invasive Species Solutions is encouraging anyone with an interest in Malleefowl to come along to a Malleefowl mound monitoring training event where participants can be informed and help one of Australia’s most unique native birds. The training event will give participants the …
Read More »cute weatherboard cottages to $15m mansions
Watsons Bay is having its moment. Usually there are very few homes for sale in the tightly held seaside village. But downsizing, deceased estates and new opportunities mean there’s a clutch of beautiful homes on offer this spring from cute weatherboard cottages right through to the mansion previously owned by …
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