A man has rung in the New Year from a prison cell after threatening a tourist to an opal mining town with a loaded homemade ...

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The Queensland government has confirmed it will allow opal mining to continue on land surrounded by a new national park. Vergemont Station was purchased by the state in April last year. Miners with ...

Some towns deal with extreme heat by relying on bigger air conditioners and higher utility bills. A small community in the South Australian outback took a unique approach and built much of its daily ...

Google Expands Opal to 160 Countries to Advance No-Code AI Development Your email has been sent With its no-code app builder now widely available, Google is betting that tools like Opal can turn ...

In the baked centre of the Australian outback a once-thriving - and wild - opal mining town stands abandoned in the red dirt, four years after it was forcibly shut down. Mintabie is about 1120km north ...

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When it comes to visiting Australia's precious mineral centres, which hole is your goal? Our sparring experts dig deep to present the best bang for your buck in this week's Two Ways to Go.