Blair Jackson

1 week ago | news.com.au | Blair Jackson

Melbourne commuters can expect headaches for the rest of the year as the $15bn Metro Tunnel opens in stages. Passengers on three different train lines will have to switch at either of two different stations as the first trains carrying passengers through the new tunnel are opened to the public. Speaking to media on Saturday, Transport Infrastructure Minister, Gab Williams, said the amount of disruptions owing to the state’s massive infrastructure projects was too long to list.

1 week ago | news.com.au | Blair Jackson

Supermarkets should be banned from selling cigarettes, the Lung Foundation of Australia says. The foundation has floated the ban as a means to stop smokers being tempted to buy a pack or a pouch alongside their groceries. “We need everyone from government to big corporations to put the lung health of Australians ahead of profits from a product that kills 66 Australians daily,” foundation chief executive Mark Brooke said.

1 week ago | news.com.au | Blair Jackson

Overwork, burnout and underinvestment are the cause of falling productivity, not working from home, a workplace expert and academic says. A bombshell report released this week by the Productivity Commission has found working from home at least some of the time is more productive than being in the office full-time.

1 week ago | news.com.au | Blair Jackson

The Queensland Premier could soon be filmed in budgie smugglers on Bondi Beach after NSW dominated game one of State of Origin. The Queensland and NSW Premiers have drawn up a wager on the annual men’s best-of-three rugby league showdown. “The losing premier will have to record a new tourism ad for the winning state,” NSW Premier Chris Minns said on social media on Friday morning. “I’m already one up – but the stakes are certainly high.

1 month ago | news.com.au | Blair Jackson

Hail pounded parts of Sydney and regional NSW across Tuesday. Large storms across coastal areas of the state sparked warnings for flash flooding, damaging wind and large hailstones from the Bureau of Meteorology. The warnings apply to people in the Hunter, metro, Southern Tablelands, Illawarra, Central Tablelands and South West Slopes regions. Video posted from western Sydney on Tuesday afternoon shows a heavy dumping of small hailstones.