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If you are driving around touring Australia, it is most likely that you will be spending a lot of time in your car. To help you calculate how long, this table lists the distance between many of the major Australia cities. The speed limit on most major country roads is 100 or 110 km/hr. In the Northern Territory, outside of the built up areas there is no maximum speed limit - you are advised to travel at a speed which you feel comfortable with the vehicle you are in. All distances in the table below are in kilometres, with the estimated traveling time in hours also listed.

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Air Travel: Domestic Times quoted are minimum travel times for direct flights according to carriers’ timetables. Times vary from carrier to carrier. For indirect flights involving connections through other airports to complete a journey, extra time must be added. Times quoted are airport to airport flight times, and do not include land travel to and from airports. Sydney – Brisbane: 1 hour 25 minutes Sydney – Sunshine Coast: 1 hour 35 minutes Sydney – Gold Coast: 1 hour 20 minutes Sydney – Whitsunday Islds (Proserpine): 4 hours 40 minutes via Brisbane Sydney – Whitsunday Islds (Hamilton Isld): 2 hours 30 minutes Sydney – Norfolk Island: 4 hours 5 minutes Sydney – Cairns: 3 hours 10 minutes Sydney – Darwin: 6 hours (8 hours via Brisbane) Sydney – Perth: 5 hours 5 minutes Sydney – Adelaide: 2 hours 10 minutes Sydney – Melbourne: 1 hour 30 minutes Sydney – Hobart: 1 hour 55 minutes Sydney – Broome: 9 hours 40 minutes via Perth Sydney – Dubbo: 1 hour 5 minutes Darwin – Melbourne: 4 hours 40 minutes Darwin – Alice Springs: 2 hours Darwin – Adelaide: 3 hours 35 minutes Darwin – Perth: 3 hours 55 minutes Darwin – Brisbane: 3 hours 45 minutes Hobart – Melbourne: 1 hr 15 minutes Melbourne – Adelaide: 1 hr. 20 minutes Melbourne – Perth: 4 hours 10 minutes Melbourne – Gold Coast: 2 hours 5 minutes Melbourne – Sunshine Coast: 2 hours 15 minutes Melbourne – Alice Springs: 2 hours 55 minutes Perth – Broome: 2 hours 25 minutes Perth – Darwin: 3 hours 25 minutes Perth – Alice Springs: 2 hours 40 minutes Perth – Adelaide: 3 hours 30 minutes Cairns – Brisbane: 2 hours 25 minutes Cairns – Melbourne: 3 hours 15 minutes Townsville – Brisbane: 1 hr. 40 minutes Air Travel: International Sydney – London: 22 hours Sydney – Frankfurt: 22 hours Sydney – Dubai: 14 hours 25 minutes Sydney – New York: 21 hours Sydney – Los Angeles: 13 hours 30 minutes Sydney – Toronto: 21 hours Sydney – Vancouver: 12 hours 30 minutes Sydney – Honolulu: 7 hours 5 minutes Sydney – Nadi: 3 hours 45 minutes Sydney – Auckland: 3 hours Sydney – Singapore: 7 hours 30 minutes Sydney – Hong Kong: 5 hours 50 minutes Sydney – Bangkok: 7 hours 40 minutes Sydney – Dempasar (Bali): 7 hours 35 minutes Sydney – Kula Lumpur: 7 hours 30 minutes Sydney – Johannesburg: 14 hours 10 minutes Sydney – Santiago: 17 hours 10 minutes Perth – Johannesburg: 10 hours 20 minutes Perth – Singapore: 5 hours 25 minutes Perth – London: 20 hours 45 minutes Darwin – Singapore: 4 hours 20 minutes Melbourne – Dubai: 14 hrs 5 minutes Melbourne – London: 22 hrs 20 minutes Melbourne – Paris: 22 hrs 25 minutes Melbourne – New York: 21 hrs 25 minutes Melbourne – Los Angeles: 14 hrs 20 minutes Melbourne – Wellington: 3 hrs 30 minutes

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Have a look at Australia travel distances on maps.  These will show you major towns and tourist destinations. Its a great way to plan your Australia trip. Be aware that it is a long drive between most Australian cities. Generally, you’ll be spending a lot of time on the road. The distance from Cairns to Perth travelling south then west along Highway 1 is approximately 7,200 kilometres or 4,450 miles. The roads can be long and straight, with very little to see on the way. If you’re in Australia for a short time, the best strategy is to take domestic flights to each major region. Just pick up a rental car in each area and start exploring.  You’ll save so much time and energy.

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Driving times in Queensland, Australia: Distances between major cities

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Distances between major cities in Queensland, Australia, can be massive. Knowing approximate driving times in Queensland can be a major help in planning road trips in Australia’s second largest state.

The Australian state of Queensland is a big place. It is the second largest state in Australia , and bigger than Iran.

Given the size, it’s unsurprising that driving times and distances in Queensland can be vast. Road trips can require careful planning to avoid exhaustingly long stints behind the wheel.

Australia Travel Questions covers plenty of Queensland road trips, breaking them down into sections. The drives covered in separate articles, including the driving times and distances between major cities, are listed below.

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Airlie Beach to Cairns : Distance 619km, driving time 7h19m. (More Airlie Beach road trips ).

Airlie Beach to Mission Beach : Distance 507km, driving time 5h47m.

Airlie Beach to Port Douglas : Distance 684km, driving time 8h15m. (More Port Douglas road trips ).

Airlie Beach to Townsville : Distance 272km, driving time 3h24m. (More Townsville road trips ).

Atherton to Cairns : Distance 94km, driving time 1h18m. (More Cairns road trips ).

Augathella to Longreach : Distance 433km, driving time 4h38m.

Barcaldine to Charters Towers : Distance 495km, driving time 5h24m. (More Charters Towers road trips ).

Barcaldine to Emerald : Distance 309km, driving time 3h19m. (More Emerald road trips ).

Barcaldine to Longreach : Distance 108km, driving time 1h19m.

Barcaldine to Townsville : Distance 631km, driving time 6h54m.

Barcaldine to Winton : Distance 287km, driving time 3h2m.

Biloela to Gladstone : Distance 121km, driving time 1h24m. (More Gladstone road trips ).

Biloela to Rockhampton : Distance 144km, driving time 1h40m. (More Rockhampton road trips ).

Blackall to Longreach : Distance 214km, driving time 2h18m.

Biloela to Brisbane : Distance 572km, driving time 6h26m.

Bowen to Airlie Beach : Distance 80km, driving time one hour.

Bowen to Cairns : Distance 547km, driving time 6h23m.

Bowen to Townsville : Distance 201km, driving time 2h27m.

Boulia to Longreach : Distance 541km, driving time 5h53m.

Boulia to Winton : Distance 362km, driving time 3h58m.

Brisbane to 1770 : Distance 487km, driving time 5h41m. (More Brisbane road trips ).

Brisbane to Airlie Beach : Distance 1,114km, driving time 12h36m.

Brisbane to Bowen : Distance 1,159km, driving time 13h.

Brisbane to Broadbeach : Distance 83km, driving time 1h3m.

Brisbane to Bundaberg : Distance 361km, driving time 4h13m. (More Bundaberg road trips ).

Brisbane to Cairns : Distance 1,678km, driving time 19h30m.

Brisbane to Caloundra : Distance 91km, driving time 1h10m.

Brisbane to Charleville : Distance 745km, driving time 8h28m. (More Charleville road trips ).

Brisbane to Chinchilla : Distance 292km, driving time 3h22m.

Brisbane to Coolangatta : Distance 103km, driving time 1h10m.

Brisbane to Dalby : Distance 211km, driving time 2h26m.

Brisbane to Dreamworld : Distance 55km, driving time 42m.

Brisbane to Gladstone : Distance 531km, driving time 6h32m.

Brisbane to Goondiwindi : Distance 353km, driving time 4h2m.

Brisbane to Hervey Bay:  Distance 290km, driving time 3h24m. (More Hervey Bay road trips ).

Brisbane to Longreach : Distance 1,179km, driving time 12h41m.

Brisbane to Mackay : Distance 968km, driving time 11h2m.

Brisbane to Maroochydore : Distance 104km, driving time 1h25m.

Brisbane to Miles : Distance 337km, driving time 3h50m.

Brisbane to Mooloolaba : Distance 97km, driving time 1h19m.

Brisbane to Mount Isa : Distance 1,826km, driving time 20h3m.

Brisbane to Noosa : Distance 153km, driving time 1h56m.

Brisbane to Port Douglas : Distance 1,764km, driving time 20h30m.

Brisbane to Proserpine : Distance 1,092km, driving time 12h.

Brisbane to Rainbow Beach : Distance 237km, driving time 2h47m.

Brisbane to Rockhampton : Distance 632km, driving time 6h47m.

Brisbane to Roma : Distance 479km, driving time 5h21m. (More Roma road trips ).

Brisbane to Toowoomba : Distance 127km, driving time 1h36m. (More Toowoomba road trips ).

Brisbane to Townsville : Distance 1,332km, driving time 15h17m.

Brisbane to Surfers Paradise : Distance 78km, driving time 58m.

Brisbane to Winton : Distance 1,357km, driving time 14h46m.

Brisbane to Yeppoon : Distance 672km, driving time 8h8m. (More Yeppoon road trips ).

Bundaberg to 1770 : Distance 129km, driving time 1h30m.

Buderim to Mooloolaba : Distance 8.3km, driving time 14m.

Bundaberg to Airlie Beach : Distance 769km, driving time 8h22m.

Bundaberg to Cairns : Distance 1,351km, driving time 15h10m.

Bundaberg to Emerald : Distance 549km, driving time 5h54m.

Bundaberg to Gladstone : Distance 186km, driving time 2h10m.

Bundaberg to Mackay : Distance 623km, driving time 7h.

Bundaberg to Rockhampton : Distance 288km, driving time 3h8m.

Bundaberg to Townsville : Distance 1,005km, driving time 11h10m.

Bundaberg to Yeppoon : Distance 332km, driving time 3h44m.

Caboolture to Brisbane : Distance 51km, driving time 50m.

Caboolture to Bundaberg : Distance 318km, driving time 3h31m.

Caboolture to Caloundra : Distance 48km, driving time 38m.

Caboolture to Hervey Bay : Distance 243km, driving time 2h44m.

Cairns Airport to Cairns city : Distance 5.7km, driving time 8m.

Cairns to Camooweal : Distance 1,266km, driving time 14h17m.

Cairns to Cape Tribulation : Distance 142km, driving time 2h37m.

Cairns to Cobbold Gorge : Distance 461km, driving time 5h57m.

Cairns to Croydon : Distance 524km, driving time 6h6m.

Cairns to Georgetown : Distance 377km, driving time 4h34m.

Cairns to Josephine Falls : Distance 75km, driving time 1h5m.

Cairns to Karumba : Distance 749km, driving time 8h30m.

Cairns to Mission Beach : Distance 139km, driving time 1h53m.

Cairns to Normanton : Distance 678km, driving time 7h50m.

Cairns to Paronella Park : Distance 105km, driving time 1h25m.

Cairns to Port Douglas : Distance 67km, driving time 1h02m.

Cairns to Ravenshoe : Distance 118km, driving time 1h51m.

Cairns to Undara : Distance 260km, driving time 2h23m.

Caloundra to Bundaberg : Distance 289km, driving time 2h31m.

Caloundra to Mooloolaba : Distance 17km, driving time 18m.

Caloundra to Hervey Bay : Distance 214km, driving time 2h30m.

Caloundra to Noosa : Distance 55km, driving time 48m.

Cardwell to Cairns : Distance 182km, driving time 2h14m.

Charleville to Barcaldine : Distance 409km, driving time 4h22m.

Charleville to Blackall : Distance 302km, driving time 3h14m.

Charleville to Longreach : Distance 515km, driving time 5h25m.

Charters Towers to Cairns : Distance 481km, driving time 5h40m.

Charters Towers to Cloncurry : Distance 648km, driving time 7h5m. (More Cloncurry road trips ).

Charters Towers to Hughenden : Distance 248km, driving time 2h40m. (More Hughenden road trips ).

Charters Towers to Mount Isa : Distance 769km, driving time 8h30m.

Charters Towers to Townsville : Distance 136km, driving time 1h31m.

Childers to Brisbane : Distance 311km, driving time 3h40m.

Childers to Bundaberg : Distance 53km, driving time 40m.

Childers to Rockhampton : Distance 324km, driving time 3h42m.

Chinchilla to Roma : Distance 188km, driving time 2h7m.

Clairview to Airlie Beach : Distance 276km, driving time 3h7m.

Clermont to Cairns : Distance 853km, driving time 9h28m.

Clermont to Charters Towers : Distance 374km, driving time 3h50m.

Clermont to Townsville : Distance 509km, driving time 5h24m.

Cloncurry to Mount Isa : Distance 121km, driving time 1h24m. (More driving times to Mount Isa ).

Coolum to Noosa : Distance 17km, driving time 20m.

Cunnamulla to Charleville : Distance 199km, driving time 2h17m.

Cunnamulla to Longreach : Distance 715km, driving time 7h48m.

Dalby to Chinchilla : Distance 82km, driving time 55m.

Dalby to Hervey Bay : Distance 329km, driving time 3h46m.

Dalby to Roma : Distance 268km, driving time 3h.

Emerald to Airlie Beach : Distance 500km, driving time 5h26m.

Emerald to Cairns : Distance 956km, driving time 10h37m.

Emerald to Charters Towers : Distance 477km, driving time 4h56m.

Emerald to Clermont : Distance 109km, driving time 1h11m.

Emerald to Longreach : Distance 417km, driving time 4h20m.

Emerald to Mackay : Distance 383km, driving time 4h10m.

Emerald to Townsville : Distance 611km, driving time 6h32m.

Emerald to Winton : Distance 595km, driving time 6h14m.

Gatton to Toowoomba : Distance 38km, driving time 32m.

Gayndah to Brisbane : Distance 326km, driving time 3h44m.

Gin Gin to Brisbane : Distance 367km, driving time 4h10m.

Gin Gin to Bundaberg : Distance 50km, driving time 36m.

Gin Gin to Hervey Bay : Distance 114km, driving time 1h25m.

Gin Gin to Rockhampton : Distance 268km, driving time 2h58m.

Gladstone to Agnes Water : Distance 124km, driving time 1h26m.

Gladstone to Airlie Beach : Distance 825km, driving time 9h8m.

Gladstone to Cairns : Distance 1,171km, driving time 13h25m.

Gladstone to Mackay : Distance 443km, driving time 4h53m.

Gladstone to Rockhampton : Distance 132km, driving time 1h28m.

Gladstone to Townsville : Distance 825km, driving time 9h8m.

Gladstone to Yeppoon : Distance 148km, driving time 1h48m.

Gold Coast to Airlie Beach : Distance 1,193km, driving time 13h.

Gold Coast to Bundaberg : Distance 440km, driving time 4h52m.

Gold Coast to Cairns : Distance 1,777km, driving time 21h.

Gold Coast to Hervey Bay : Distance 368km, driving time 5h.

Gold Coast to Mackay : Distance 1,046km, driving time 11h20m.

Gold Coast to Noosa : Distance 219km, driving time 2h33m.

Gold Coast to Rockhampton : Distance 714km, driving time 8h4m.

Gold Coast to Port Douglas : Distance 1,839km, driving time 21h20m.

Gold Coast to Sunshine Coast : Distance 170km, driving time 1h59m.

Gold Coast to Toowoomba : Distance 179km, driving time 2h5m.

Gold Coast to Townsville : Distance 1,431km, driving time 16h50m.

Gold Coast to Yeppoon : Distance 754km, driving time 8h37m.

Goondiwindi to Dalby : Distance 211km, driving time 2h18m. ( More Goondiwindi driving times ).

Goondiwindi to Miles : Distance 224km, driving time 2h26m.

Gympie to Brisbane : Distance 169km, driving time 2h4m. (More driving times from Gympie )

Gympie to Bundaberg : Distance 194km, driving time 2h13m.

Gympie to Caloundra : Distance 95km, driving time 1h2m.

Gympie to Hervey Bay : Distance 121km, driving time 1h27m.

Gympie to Maryborough : Distance 87km, driving time 1h4m.

Gympie to Noosa : Distance 66km, driving time 53m.

Gympie to Rainbow Beach : Distance 73km, driving time 51m.

Gympie to Rockhampton : Distance 466km, driving time 5h20m.

Gympie to Tin Can Bay : Distance 53km, driving time 39m.

Hervey Bay to 1770 : Distance 235km, driving time 2h47m.

Hervey Bay to Airlie Beach : Distance 964km, driving time 9h34m.

Hervey Bay to Bundaberg : Distance 110km, driving time 1h17m.

Hervey Bay to Cairns : Distance 1,446km, driving time 16h30m.

Hervey Bay to Childers : Distance 76km, driving time 53m.

Hervey Bay to Gladstone : Distance 281km, driving time 3h18m.

Hervey Bay to Mackay : Distance 718km, driving time 8h8m.

Hervey Bay to River Heads : Distance 13.5km, driving time 12m.

Hervey Bay to Rockhampton : Distance 382km, driving time 4h12m.

Hervey Bay to Townsville : Distance 1,099km, driving time 12h20m.

Hervey Bay to Yeppoon : Distance 422km, driving time 4h54m.

Hideaway Bay to Airlie Beach : Distance 55km, driving time 44m.

Hughenden to Cloncurry : Distance 400km, driving time 4h24m.

Hughenden to Mount Isa : Distance 521km, driving time 5h49m.

Hughenden to Winton : Distance 215km, driving time 2h26m.

Ingham to Cairns : Distance 236km, driving time 2h50m.

Innisfail to Cairns : Distance 88km, driving time 1h10m.

Innisfail to Port Douglas : Distance 115km, driving time 2h11m.

Innisfail to Townsville : Distance 260km, driving time 3h2m.

Ipswich to Brisbane : Distance 40km, driving time 45m.

Ipswich to Toowoomba : Distance 90km, driving time 1h5m.

Kewarra Beach to Cairns : Distance 22km, driving time 22m.

Kingaroy to Hervey Bay : Distance 217km, driving time 2h29m.

Laidley to Brisbane : Distance 83km, driving time 1h2m.

Longreach to Cloncurry : Distance 527km, driving time 5h39m. (More driving times from Longreach ).

Longreach to Mount Isa : Distance 647km, driving time 7h.

Longreach to Winton : Distance 179km, driving time 1h51m. (More driving times to Winton ).

Mackay to Airlie Beach : Distance 151km, driving time 1h52m. (More Mackay road trips ).

Mackay to Ayr : Distance 301km, driving time 3h26m.

Mackay to Bowen : Distance 192km, driving time 2h14m.

Mackay to Cairns : Distance 733km, driving time 8h35m.

Mackay to Mount Isa : Distance 1,230km, driving time 13h30m.

Mackay to Proserpine : Distance 126km, driving time 1h27m.

Mackay to Townsville : Distance 386km, driving time 4h32m.

Mareeba to Cairns : Distance 96km, driving time 59m.

Maroochydore to Caloundra : Distance 20km, driving time 24m.

Maroochydore to Gympie : Distance 80km, driving time 1h.

Maroochydore to Hervey Bay : Distance 199km, driving time 2h21m.

Maroochydore to Noosa : Distance 36km, driving time 33m.

Maryborough to Brisbane : Distance 265km, driving time 3h10m.

Maryborough to Bundaberg : Distance 111km, driving time 1h18m.

Maryborough to Hervey Bay : Distance 34km, driving time 29m.

Maryborough to Rockhampton : Distance 384km, driving time 4h29m.

Miles to Rockhampton : Distance 430km, driving time 4h33m.

Miriam Vale to Rockhampton : Distance 169km, driving time 1h51m.

Mission Beach to Port Douglas : Distance 205km, driving time 2h41m.

Mitchell to Longreach : Distance 613km, driving time 6h33m.

Mooloolaba to Noosa : Distance 49km, driving time 38m.

Moranbah to Mackay : Distance 193km, driving time 2h8m.

Mount Isa to Camooweal : Distance 190km, driving time 2h2m.

Mount Isa to Normanton : Distance 498km, driving time 5h11m.

Nambour to Brisbane : Distance 104km, driving time 1h15m.

Nambour to Noosa : Distance 40km, driving time 36m.

Noosa to 1770/ Agnes Water : Distance 382km, driving time 4h47m.

Noosa to Airlie Beach : Distance 1,014km, driving time 11h24m.

Noosa to Australia Zoo : Distance 69km, driving time 53m.

Noosa to Bundaberg : Distance 261km, driving time 3h10m.

Noosa to Eumundi : Distance 20.5km, driving time 20m.

Noosa to Hervey Bay : Distance 183km, driving time 2h15m.

Noosa to Rainbow Beach : Distance 117km, driving time 1h40m.

Noosa to Rockhampton : Distance 532km, driving time 6h10m.

Palm Cove to Cairns : Distance 26km, driving time 26m.

Palm Cove to Port Douglas : Distance 42km, driving time 37m.

Port Douglas to Cape Tribulation : Distance 84km, driving time 1h47m.

Proserpine to Airlie Beach : Distance 26km, driving time 23m.

Proserpine to Bowen : Distance 68km, driving time 52m.

Proserpine to Cairns : Distance 608km, driving time 7h4m.

Proserpine to Townsville : Distance 261km, driving time 3h5m.

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The much-anticipated construction of the first high-speed passenger train between Los Angeles and Las Vegas got underway Monday — promising to ferry passengers between the two cities in half the the time it now takes to drive through the desert.

The $12 billion project is being spearheaded by Brightline West, which will lay 218 miles of track between a new terminal in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and another station just south of the Las Vegas Strip by 2028, according to Fortune .

In a statement, Brightline Holdings founder and chair Wes Edens said that breaking ground on the rail on Monday — thanks to $6.5 billion in backing from Joe Biden’s administration, plus $2.5 billion in tax-exempt bonds — was laying “the foundation for a new industry.”

Brightline also won federal authorization in 2020 to sell $1 billion in similar bonds, Fortune reported.

US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will reportedly participate in the rail’s Monday groundbreaking.

Upon its completion, Brightline West is expecting to welcome millions of passengers aboard the high-speed train, which will travel up to 200 miles per hour between the two major US cities in just over two hours — about half the time it takes to drive between LA and Vegas.

The high speeds are comparable to Japan’s Shinkansen bullet trains, whose network includes nearly 2,000 miles of lines on the country’s four major islands.

Brightline’s estimates are that 11 million passengers will take the electric-powered train one way per year, meaning there will be 30,000 travelers per day. The trains will also have restrooms, Wi-Fi, and food and beverage.

There will also be the option to check luggage — with ticket fares with or without large bags anticipated to be well below the cost of flying across the Mojave Desert.

It wasn’t immedately clear what a ticket aboard Brightline West will cost, though airline costs range between $80 and $230 depending on the time of the year.

Passenger traffic at Sin City’s Harry Reid International Airport set a record of 57.6 million people in 2023, Fortune reported.

Meanwhile, an average of more than 44,000 automobiles per day crossed the California-Nevada state line on Interstate 15 in 2023, according to Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority data — perhaps because of the Super Bowl and Formula 1 Grand Prix race that both took place in Las Vegas last year.

Las Vegas — which has nearly 3 million residents — draws more than 40 million visitors per year.

Brightline CEO Mike Reininger has said the goal is to have high-speed trains operating in time for the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.

Almost the full distance of the forthcoming train will be along the median of I-15, according to Fortune, which begins in San Diego and runs through Los Angeles before passing through Nevada and into parts of Arizona, Utah, Idaho and Montana.

At this point, only one station stop along the route will take place in San Bernardino County’s Victorville area, per Fortune.

At a later date, Brightline West has said it may add more stops in Palmdale, Calif., and other US metros that are too close to fly between but too far to drive to, though details have yet to be finalized.

The goal is to relieve congestion on I-15, where motorists often get caught in slow-moving traffic.

Representatives for Brightline West did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

Florida-based Brightline already operates a Miami-to-Orlando high-speed line, where trains reach speeds of up to 125 miles per hour.

The service launched in 2018 and expanded to include service to the Orlando International Airport in September 2022, Fortune reported. It now offers 16 round trips daily, with one-way tickets to travel the 235-mile-long track going for about $80.

Another fast train in the US include Amtrack’s Acels, which can reach 150 miles per hour while transporting passengers between Boston and Washington, DC — but rails aren’t considered “high speed” unless they top at least 160 miles per hour.

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Australia urges Israel and Iran to 'step back'

The Australian government has urged Iran and Israel to “exercise restraint and step back to avoid a further spiral of violence”.

In response for a request for comment on Israel’s reported retaliatory military actions against Iran, the acting foreign minister, Katy Gallagher , said:

Australia remains extremely concerned about the potential for miscalculation and further escalation of conflict in the region. This is in no one’s interests. We urge all parties to exercise restraint and step back to avoid a further spiral of violence . Australia will continue working with partners to try to reduce tensions and prevent further regional spillover.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade had earlier updated travel advice for the region.

What we learned, Friday 19 April

And with that, we are going to put the blog to bed. Before we go, let’s recap some of the big headlines.

Bondi Junction Westfield will reopen for trade after last weekend’s stabbings

The first Australian navy officers have been assigned to US Virginia class submarines

Violence against women is a ‘scourge’ that is ‘perpetrated by men’, the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus , said

The alleged offender in the Wakeley church stabbing faced a bedside court hearing

Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders released a joint statement following recent tensions and violence

Planned surgery wait times in public hospitals are now the longest on record, according to new data from the Australian Medical Association

Bill Shorten suggested ‘more soldiers and police officers’ should be patrolling shopping centres

The AFP commissioner, Reece Kershaw, outlined the facts of the Wakeley stabbing case and called for unity

The civil liberties council is ‘concerned’ by a push for tougher penalties on parents whose children are found with knives

Nationals senator Matt Canavan declared ‘king coal’s reign continues’ as the climate crisis continues to worsen

A think tank says young are people concerned government isn’t planning for the long term

Teenagers who rely on welfare to pay rent are being pushed towards homelessness, a new report shows

Peter Dutton has given a speech saying the idea of a Palestinian state alongside Israel “isn’t even conceivable” until after Hamas is defeated

The 16-year-old alleged Wakeley terrorist has shown behaviour consistent with mental illness or intellectual disability , his lawyer told a court today

Samantha Ratnam will step down as the leader of the Victorian Greens to run for the federal seat of Wills

The Greens say they are yet to take position on a bill banning non-prescription vapes

A boy, aged 9, was among four killed in a car crash in the WA Wheatbelt

The commonwealth ombudsman has warned non-citizens may prefer prison to immigration detention

The Greens say Israeli missiles launched at Iran ‘must not become our next war beside the US’

Stocks and the Aussie dollar sank after reports of explosions in Iran

Fire ants were spotted near the tip of the Murray Darling Basin

Dfat issues travel advice amid reports of explosions across the Middle East

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Traditional owners welcome plan to stop visitors walking on Kathi Thanda-Lake Eyre without permission

Visitors will no longer be able to set foot on one of Australia’s premier tourist destinations under a proposed plan to protect its cultural significance for traditional owners, AAP has reported.

Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is the continent’s largest lake. Swimming, driving, boating and landing aircraft on the lake are already banned, but the new plan would prevent visitors from setting foot on its bed without permission.

It is a sacred site for the Arabana people, who have lived in the region for millennia and are the lake’s native title holders.

The Arabana Aboriginal Corporation chairwoman, Bronwyn Dodd, said her people were proud to share Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre but urged visitors to respect their Ularaka (stories), lore and culture:

We have a responsibility to look after the lake and in turn, it looks after us. Preservation of this lake is also the preservation of our culture.

Attorney general calls on men to ‘step up’ against family violence

Echoing the words of anti-family violence campaigner Rosie Batty , the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, has called on men in Australia to “step up” and stamp out attacks on women, AAP has reported.

In a speech to the family violence symposium held by the federal circuit and family court in Melbourne on Friday, Dreyfus likened the death of more than 25 women this year to an epidemic.

Dreyfus noted the event was being held against the backdrop of “shocking acts of violence against women” just days after five women were stabbed to death at a Bondi Junction shopping centre, and several women were killed in Ballarat in two months. More than 25 women have been killed in Australia so far this year.

“It’s time for men to step up,” he said. “It’s our responsibility to educate ourselves, our sons, our colleagues and our friends.”

New TikTok Notes app to be banned on Australian government devices

Federal government employees will not be allowed to install the new TikTok app that is the Chinese-owned company’s answer to Instagram, with the existing ban extended to Notes.

On Thursday, TikTok launched Notes , an app dedicated to still images and text in Australia and Canada for initial testing before a wider rollout.

It came a year after the Australian government banned the main TikTok app from government devices, saying the app “poses significant security and privacy risks to non-corporate Commonwealth entities arising from extensive collection of user data and exposure to extrajudicial directions from a foreign government that conflict with Australian law”.

On Friday, the Department of Home Affairs confirmed that the existing ban would also apply to Notes.

A spokesperson said:

Protective Security Policy Framework Direction 001-2023 addresses the significant security and privacy risks arising from the TikTok application’s extensive collection of user data and its exposure to extra-judicial directives by a foreign government that conflict with Australian law. The direction extends to TikTok accounts and features subsequently added to the TikTok application, including the photo-sharing capability of TikTok Notes.

Broken Hill newspaper the Barrier Truth announces shock closure

Broken Hill’s independently owned newspaper, the Barrier Truth , has announced its shock closure, AAP has reported.

After almost 130 years in operation, the Truth’s board announced to staff the union-run bi-weekly paper would be shut down as its final edition went to press.

The Barrier Industrial Council president and newspaper board chair, Roslyn Ferry, told AAP the masthead had closed until further notice.

The board planned to seek legal and financial support following the closure, she said.

“It probably comes as no surprise that maintaining operations, particularly over the past 12 months, has been extremely challenging,” Ms Ferry said in a statement.

Woodside revenue falls 31% in first quarter due to sluggish production and falling prices

Sluggish production and falling fossil fuel prices have slashed revenues at Australia’s largest oil and gas producer, Woodside , by almost a third, AAP has reported.

The Perth-based company’s revenue for the first quarter fell 31% compared with the previous year to $US2.97 billion ($A4.66 billion), it announced on Friday.

Over the same period, production dropped by 4% while gas and oil prices slumped by 25%.

Despite the lacklustre result, the chief executive, Meg O’Neill , said significant progress had been made on Woodside’s three major growth projects – Sangomar in Senegal, Scarborough in WA and Trion in the Gulf of Mexico.

Sangomar is now 96% complete, with first oil targeted by mid-2024, O’Neill said.

Electric cars must generate artificial noises under new laws

Electric cars sold in Australia will have to generate artificial noises when driving slowly in carparks and driveways, to aid pedestrian safety around the otherwise quieter vehicles, as part of design requirements unveiled by the Albanese government on Friday.

Acoustic vehicle alerting systems (Avas) will be required in new electric, hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell cars, trucks and buses from November 2025, under the new Australian design rule that brings the country into line with similar requirements in the United States and Europe.

When an electric car travels above 30km/h, it sounds much the same as a petrol-driven vehicle, as the noise is emitted from the tyres vibrating against the road rather than the engine. But below that speed, it becomes barely audible.

This can make encountering the vehicles more dangerous for pedestrians, particularly people with low vision. The new design rules are expected to prevent 68 fatalities and 2,675 serious injuries by 2060.

Vision Australia ’s manager of advocacy Chris Edwards said the group had been calling for Avas to be made mandatory in EVs in Australia since 2018.

Edwards said:

All pedestrians should have the right to feel safe and confident when navigating public spaces and today’s announcement is a significant step towards protecting that for people who are blind or have low vision. There is no doubt that this is an announcement that will save lives.

Manufacturers will ultimately get to decide what artificial noises they will feature. BMW has previously hired Hans Zimmer to help score their electric car sound. My colleague Jordyn Beazley has previously covered the question of what electric vehicles should sound like here:

$60m digital passenger declaration app experienced delays, end product ‘inflexible’, home affairs tells inquiry

The department’s acting chief information officer, Matt Jones , added the digital passenger declaration app – which was supposed to be the first step toward overhauling and digitising Australia’s travel and visa system – was also inflexible.

Labor chair, Julian Hill , asked what the department received from Accenture over its $60m contract before it was terminated prematurely: “So, [Accenture] built an app?”

Jones responded:

“Yeah, and a very hard-wired app, so if we wanted to change questions around, for example, health status, it was going to take weeks and weeks and weeks whereas our expectations and the requirements in the tender was that it was supposed to be configurable.”

Home affairs grilled over Covid-era passenger declaration app that operated for only 3 months

Officials from the home affairs department have been grilled by a parliamentary joint committee over their contract with IT company, Accenture , to build a $60m digital passenger declaration app for border re-openings that operated for just three months.

The department’s involvement in signing the contract with the IT firm back in September 2021 was the subject of a scathing report from the Australian national audit office , which found the department undermined its attempts to achieve value for money and did not adequately deal with conflict of interest issues.

The app, which asked incoming passengers to Australia for their health and vaccination status, launched in March 2022 but was ultimately dumped in July 2022 by home affairs minister, Clare O’Neil , after Labor took up government.

First assistant secretary, Claire Roennfeldt , told the hearing the contract with Accenture was “mutually” terminated due to a change in biosecurity laws but also spoke at length of how the IT firm failed to deliver on expectations and experienced ongoing delays.

Few women among election candidates in Solomon Islands as counting continues

Which 50 Solomon Islanders will make up the next government remains in doubt, but one thing is clear: few will be women.

The Pacific nation, where rapidly deepening ties with China have grabbed international headlines, held its biggest election day on Wednesday, with 1200 candidates running for seats in national and local parliaments.

Counting is expected to continue in earnest on Friday with a few surprises among the early results already declared.

Martin Fini, the pro-China leader of the country’s most populous province, was confirmed to have lost his seat a year after coming to power in Malaita in controversial circumstances .

But few victors across the country will be women, having made up a paltry 5% of candidates in the joint elections.

WA police call for witnesses after fatal Clackline crash

Police have asked anyone who might have seen the car to get in contact:

What I will ask is if anyone was on the road in the early hours or late evening yesterday or the early hours of this morning, if they did witness anything or did see a silver Nissan Navara utility travelling down that road, or have dashcam, if they could please contact Crime Stoppers. It’s really important that I remind people of the fundamentals of driving on our roads, particularly in regional WA. Do not drive tired, do not drink and drive or use drugs and drive. If you’re driving particularly long distances in the dark, in remote locations, you take suitable rest periods and respite periods, wear your seatbelt, and please do not touch your phones at all.

‘Three brothers and their family friend’ killed in Wheatbelt car crash, police confirm

A WA police spokesperson is speaking to media now:

When you lose three young men, three brothers and their family friend in one crash, this is a heartbreaking incident for WA. I attended the scene this morning and as you can imagine, it was a very confronting scene for first responders, to attend and, investigate.

He said the 21-year-old man was the driver, his two brothers aged 19 and 9 were in the back seat and their family friend, 45, was in the passenger seat.

All four occupants sustained critical injuries and they died at the scene. Major crash investigations have attended and they are conducting an investigation surrounding the circumstances of that death.

Police in Perth will give an update on the fatal crash soon . I will bring you that when it comes.

Many thanks for your company on the blog today. The lovely Cait Kelly will be here to take you through the rest of our rolling coverage. Take care, and enjoy your weekend.

The Bureau of Meteorology has shared a national weather forecast for the weekend ahead. Heads up for those on the east coast: don’t forget your umbrellas!

Here's what to expect across Australia over the weekend, including rain & thunderstorms in south-east #Qld & parts of #NSW , but mostly settled conditions elsewhere. Video current as of 12:30 pm AEST, Friday 19 April 2024. Latest: https://t.co/jlOoTZLz8d pic.twitter.com/d1WSSXiUqc — Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (@BOM_au) April 19, 2024

Ahpra survey shows culture of bullying in trainee doctors

Non-binary and women medical trainees around the nation have reported higher experiences of bullying and mistreatment, AAP reports.

Serious concerns about the culture of medicine were raised by trainee doctors of all genders in the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency survey of more than 23,000 doctors in training in 2023.

Those who identify as non-binary reported the most instances of bullying, harassment, discrimination and/or racism.

16% of non-binary respondents disagreed that bullying, harassment and discrimination is not tolerated by anyone in the workplace.

Some 32% of female respondents witnessed bullying, harassment, discrimination or racism in the past year, while 58% of non-binary respondents said the same.

Female trainees also reported more workplace bullying and mistreatment than their male counterparts.

The Ahpra board chair said the culture of medical training needed ongoing attention. Anne Tonkin said in the December 2023 report:

In such a complex system of shared accountabilities and responsibilities, there is no quick fix. The urgent need for ongoing commitment to building a culture of respect in medicine and medical training remains.

More than 18,000 participants answered a question about their gender, with more than 9000 trainees identifying as female, 8000 as male and 67 as non-binary.

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Mount Ruang Erupts in Indonesia, Spewing Lava Thousands of Feet Into the Sky

Hundreds of earthquakes were detected in the weeks preceding the eruption of the volcano in North Sulawesi province. Hundreds of people were evacuated.

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Mount Ruang, a volcano in Indonesia, erupted on Tuesday, spewing fiery lava and ash thousands of feet into the night sky and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people in the North Sulawesi province, according to the authorities and local news reports.

The volcano erupted at about 7:19 p.m. local time, Antara, the national news agency, reported. The country’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency said on Wednesday that more than 800 people in nearby villages were displaced by the eruption, many using ferries and taking shelter in churches and community centers.

The authorities said supplies such as mats, blankets, cleaning materials, and tents were needed, and that more shelters might be opening for people fleeing the volcano.

Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago nation. It is spread across what is known as the Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates clash under the surface of the Pacific Ocean and spawn earthquakes and eruptions from volcanoes.

Mount Ruang is a stratovolcano , or a steep, conical volcano that has built up over years in layers from explosive eruptions of lava, rock fragments, ash and other properties.

“It is in a part of the world where there are a lot of active volcanoes,” said Dr. Tracy K.P. Gregg , who chairs the geology department at the University at Buffalo.

Its last major eruption was in 2002, when the column of lava and ash that it spewed reached up to 17 miles, Dr. Gregg said.

She said the volcano in 2002 measured 4, a “large” volcano on the Volcanic Explosivity Index, a scale used to measure the strength of an eruption by looking at several factors, such as duration, ash volume and plume height. Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991 measured 6 on the index. Mount St. Helens in the United States in 1980 measured 5.

“So it is a little bit smaller than that,” she said of Mount Ruang. Right now, it is not as violent as the previous eruption, she added, but the volcano cannot be fully assessed while it is in progress.

More than 300 volcanic earthquakes were detected over a period of at least two weeks preceding the eruption of Mount Ruang.

It is not immediately clear why the volcano erupted when it did. “Every volcano has its own personality,” she said.

In the past few years, several volcanoes in Indonesia have erupted. In December, 2023, the bodies of 11 hikers were found on the slopes of Mount Marapi on the island of Sumatra, after an eruption that spewed an ash column of nearly 3,000 meters — about 10,000 feet high.

In December 2022, more than 1,900 people were evacuated from the area surrounding Mount Semeru as it erupted. In an eruption there the previous December , more than 50 people were killed and hundreds more were injured.

Christine Hauser is a reporter, covering national and foreign news. Her previous jobs in the newsroom include stints in Business covering financial markets and on the Metro desk in the police bureau. More about Christine Hauser