Last Top Stories: Townsville Crocodiles confirm NBL future but may lose star Todd Blanchfield

Townsville Crocodiles confirm NBL future but may lose star Todd Blanchfield

The Crocodiles announced on Thursday control of the club has passed over to a new board led by local businessman and new chairman Andrew Gisinger with the team moving back to its traditional home court of the Townsville Entertainment Centre, locally ... >> view original

Melbourne United sign Todd Blanchfield on two-year deal from Townsville ...

Melbourne United has signed one of Australia's most promising guards with Todd Blanchfield agreeing to a two-year deal. The 23-year-old has crossed to United after 153 games and six seasons with Townsville Crocodiles and was one of the United's top ... >> view original

27yo Townsville man jailed for raping neighbour's 4yo girl

A Townsville father of two has been sentenced to seven years in jail for raping a four-year-old girl who lived in his north Queensland apartment block. The 27-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to 24 charges of indecent ... >> view original

Three injured as car hits bus

The bus was on the corner of O'Donnell and McAlister Streets in Oonoonba when the collision happened about 6.45pm. Three children, between the ages of seven and 12, were taken to Townsville Hospital. A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said ... >> view original

Dreamworld successfully breeds tree kangaroo

Animal handlers at a Gold Coast theme park are hopping with joy after a brand new joey popped its head from the pouch of a shy Lumholtz's tree kangaroo. Mindi is one of three females in Dreamworld's breeding program, which began almost two years ago. >> view original

Patent for Navy small space debris tracker

The U.S. Navy has been given a patent for a device to detect and predict the trajectory of small debris in space. By Richard Tomkins | May 22, 2015 at 1:48 PM. Comments 0 Comments. share with facebook. share with twitter · share with google. A NASA image ... >> view original

Earth to Mars: astronauts take on bizarre mission

The bad news? The red planet is so far away the trip could take three years. That hasn't stopped seven aspiring astronauts from spending the last seven months living in a geodesic dome on Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii to simulate a spaceflight mission to ... >> view original

If you don't want your food genetically modified, tell nature to stop it.

Chipotle hit the headlines last week when the company announced it would no longer serve customers genetically modified foods. This despite the fact that more than a trillion meals containing genetically modified food have already been eaten in the United ... >> view original

Items from famed Apollo 13 mission up for auction

An image of a Lunar Bible that was aboard the Apollo 13 mission. Heritage Auctions. To celebrate the Apollo 13 mission 45 years ago, a Dallas auction house is selling several rare artifacts including a "Lunar Bible" and a plaque featuring a note of thanks to ... >> view original

Japan to give $453m to Pacific islands to fight climate change

TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday pledged US$453 million in aid to Pacific island nations to help them combat climate change and natural disasters. In March 2015, Vanuatu was hit by Severe Tropical Cyclone Pam, which killed 11 ... >> view original