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Xavier De Kestelier, head of design for Australian architecture firm Hassell, has already thought of that – and selected a site near the Shackleton Crater for a proposed shelter for 155 astronauts.In collaboration with the European Space Agency, Kestelier designed a series of inflatable pods which are light and compact during space travel but can blow up into large, modular living space containing bedrooms, gyms, kitchens and greenhouses on the moon.Xavier De Kestelier’s vision for a community of 155 astronauts on the lunar surface, made from inflatable pods.Credit: Hassell/European Space Agency“It’s all good to have your astronauts living in these…
Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeRussell Vought, the White House budget director, was preparing the Trump administration’s 2026 budget proposal earlier this year when his staff got some surprising news: Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team was unilaterally axing items that Vought had intended to keep.Vought, a numbers wonk who rarely raises his voice, could barely contain his frustration, telling colleagues that he felt sidelined and undermined by the haphazard chaos of the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, according to six people with knowledge of his comments who, like others interviewed for this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity…
The party’s election campaign was cruelled by a lack of detailed policy on economics, migration and areas such as health and education. This masthead reported in May that Dutton’s pollster was sending near-daily missives to Dutton’s staff pleading for tax and cost-of-living pledges as the party’s support sank and it lost the economic debate, traditionally a Coalition strength, amid an inflation crisis.LoadingThe resignation of Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, adventurous vision statements from self-described leadership aspirant Hastie and discontent on the right flank of the party have caused angst for Ley lately as the party’s polling remains at record lows. Despite…
For Raya Meredith, attending Splendour in the Grass in 2018 was supposed to be exciting and fun. Instead, it was “harrowing and traumatising” as a result of being strip-searched by police before she had even walked through the gates.It was a 30-minute “frightening” ordeal. The then-27-year-old, after being approached by an officer with a sniffer dog, was taken to a makeshift cubicle at the North Byron park venue, where a female police officer told her to pull down her top, take off her shorts and underwear, remove a tampon and bend over. This is when a male police officer walked…
She was invited to join the Australian Institute of Sport’s basketball Centre of Excellence aged only 15 and last year travelled to the US with them to play in front of college scouts.“I think at least 50 colleges were there watching,” she laughed.In the bleachers was Dawn Staley, head coach of the University of South Carolina, who has won three national championships – tied third for the most a school has won. It’s also where A’ja Wilson, commonly considered the current best player in women’s basketball, went to college.Perhaps Staley saw similarities between Fagan and Wilson, who also plays as…
The US president thanked Netanyahu “for trusting that if we work together, we can bring an end to the death and destruction that we’ve seen for so many years, decades, even centuries”.Former Israeli minister Yossi Beilin said he did not believe Netanyahu had “invented the plan from A to Z” after months of bubbling tension with the Trump administration.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Abu Dhabi in the UAE on Monday.Credit: Dominic Lorrimer“He had some impact on the plan, but some ideas, including hints about future Palestinian state, he hates,” he told the ABC.Under the plan, Israel would pull its troops…
The latest drilling forms part of an ongoing 50,000m drill campaign planned for this year at Rogozna, focusing on up-dip extensions and infill drilling of stronger mineral zones at Gradina to push towards a maiden mineral resource later this year.Strickland, with a market cap of $360 million, is the envy of many small to mid-size gold firms. It has an impressive holding of cash and liquids, including a wad of Northern Star Resources shares, all to the tune of $52.4 million as of June 30.The gold mineralisation at the northern end of Gradina is hosted within green garnet skarn and…
Netflix’s popular reality show earns ‘seventh’ Emmy Award overallLove on the Spectrum has added another prestigious accolade to its growing list of honors. On September 7, the renowned Netflix docuseries won an Emmy Award for “Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program” at the 2025 Creative Arts Emmys.With this new achievement, the show has won its seventh Emmy overall and second this year. The win came in a competitive field that included America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and Welcome to Wrexham.Earlier in the evening, it also earned the prize for “Outstanding Casting for…
Video: Stunning footage captures motorcyclist in serious crashStunning footage captures motorcyclist in serious crashWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerExclusive footage shows the moment a motorcycle and a black sedan collided in suburban Adelaide.September 30, 2025 — 7.16pm
The opposition criticised Labor for playing a minimal role in the Trump manoeuvre and pushing for Palestinian statehood at the same time as Trump was seemingly formulating the plan.“I think it just shows how foolish Australia’s foreign policy has been,” said Coalition senator Dave Sharma, a former Australian ambassador to Israel.“Here we were speaking about recognising a Palestinian state last week, that we could do nothing to help bring about whilst the real work was being done with the US administration, with the Arab countries, with Israel.”“That’s a group in which we would have normally had a seat at the…