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Bonza claims title for worst on-time arrival results at four Australian airports in January

Australians are still suffering from budget airline Bonza's unreliability issues, one year after its launch.
A bonza aircraft on a runway

Published: Source: ABC Mildura-Swan HillTopic: Air Transport Industryby Tamara Clark

Critically endangered bettongs survive fires, floods to double population in NSW

A program re-introducing brush-tailed bettongs to a conservation area in the Pilliga State Forest shows promise, after an east-coast extinction lasting more than 100 years.
A close up of a small, hairy, brown brush tail bettong with a darker fluffy tail in dry grass.

Published: Source: ABC New EnglandTopic: Endangered and Protected Speciesby Peter Sanders and Kristy Reading

The tiny bats loved by farmers because they eat their body weight in insects

Insectivorous bats are tiny, quiet and worth about $63 million to the cotton industry. A study of the creatures, some of which are under threat, has been expanded in NSW.
A gloved hand holds a tiny, cowering bat.

Published: Source: ABC Western PlainsTopic: Research Projectsby Zaarkacha Marlan

Anaesthetic services suspended at regional NSW hospital after doctors found practising without proper supervision

A country NSW MP says he had been contacted by patients whose elective surgeries were suddenly cancelled by the hospital without any explanation.
Doctors in surgical gear performing an operation.

Published: Source: ABC New EnglandTopic: Health Administrationby Max Tillman and Kristy Reading

Arson cases rise with one NSW regional town reporting rate up to eight times state average

Crime data extracted by the ABC shows big spikes in arson offences across New South Wales, with some regional areas reporting rates up to eight times the state average.
Night time photo of firefighter at a blaze .

Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Arsonby Giselle Wakatama

Tiny endangered turtle twins hatch from same egg in 1-in-3000 event amid efforts to save the species

When scientists discovered seven baby Bell's turtles in a batch of six incubated eggs in the NSW Northern Tablelands recently, they were initially stumped.
Two small turtles are laid next to their egg
Duration: 1 minute 36 seconds

Published: Source: ABC New EnglandTopic: Reptilesby James Paras

NSW government announces plan to build 100 preschools in three years

Chris Minns made the announcement at a Labor conference on the state's South Coast, where he criticised the previous government for failing to live up to its early education promises.
A smiling woman hugs her two young kids.

Published: Source: ABC IllawarraTopic: Preschoolersby Brooke Chandler

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Can Australia become a renewable energy superpower?

The Prime Minister and two veteran economists last week made impassioned calls for Australia to become a renewable energy superpower.
Duration: 6 minutes 48 seconds

Source: 7.30

Bell's turtles re-population program welcomes '1-in-3000' twins

University of New England got more than they bargained for when a set of twins hatched from the same egg. The UNE-led program has led to the incubation and release of 3000 Bell's turtles into the New England region.
Duration: 1 minute 36 seconds

Source: ABC News

Wolfe Brothers honour late parents with three Golden Guitars

The biggest names In Australia’s country music scene and their fans were all in one place at the end of the 10-day-long Tamworth Country Music Festival.
Duration: 1 minute 56 seconds

Source: ABC New England

Busking thriving at the Tamworth Country Music Festival

The biggest names in country music converge on Tamworth for the annual Country Music Festival however it's on the city's "boulevard of dreams" Peel Street where you will find the next country star honing their craft.
Duration: 51 seconds

Source: ABC New England

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