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Business, Legal

McR delivers on $1 million community housing pledge

McCullough Robertson Lawyers (McR) has delivered on its $1 million pro-bono commitment to support community housing, reaching $1,040,266 as of the end of September
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Brisbane Airport Lost Property Auction

Business, Defence & Aerospace

Thousands of abandoned airport items up for auction

Thousands of items abandoned by airport passengers are being auctioned online. Brisbane Airport’s Lost Property Auction is live, with items including a boat outboard
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Coles 2026 Christmas Media Day

Business, Products, Retail

Coles unveils its fast-cook 2026 Christmas range

Coles has unveiled more than 200 Christmas products priced at $10 or less and a fresh emphasis on festive food that can be cooked quickly. Coles and Liquorland customers
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ENEOS 2

Business, Energy & Resources

Progress on two new state ‘green’ energy projects

Japanese energy giant ENEOS has opened its new “green” hydrogen facility in Brisbane. The $200 million demonstration facility at Bulwer Island is expected to support
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Adrian Schrinner

Business, Government, Local

Finalists named for 2026 Lord Mayor’s Business Awards

Finalists have been named for the 2026 Lord Mayor’s Business Awards (LMBA) with the winners to be announced at a ceremony on October 30. Thirty-three businesses
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Cute baby

Early Learning, Education

Babies learn from each other very early in life

Babies are communicating with us from birth. They are making their needs, thinking and learning visible through play, verbal and non-verbal interactions, through
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Kindergarten kids

Early Learning, Education

Early learning boost ‘could reduce future social issues’

Child poverty could be addressed much faster with greater investment in early childhood learning and care, a new OECD report says. The report found that higher health
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Happy teacher

Education, Perspectives, Schools

Happy teachers lead to students learning more

By Theresa Dicke The OECD reports schools worldwide are under growing strain from teacher shortages. “It is getting harder to recruit, retain and deploy qualified
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Marius Hills Pit

Education, Research & Science

NASA to probe potential giant underground Moon caves

NASA has announced a mission to establish if there are large underground caves on the Moon. The so-called GIMLI payload will be deployed at the Marius Hills Pit on the
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Guardian Collins St

Early Learning, Education

CBD childcare centre is an early learning sanctuary

The Guardian Childcare & Education Collins Street centre in Melbourne typifies contemporary early learning “sanctuaries” in city CBDs. The centre is hidden
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Portrait of a medical student

Federal, Government

460,000 workers to benefit from gender equity boost

More than 460,000 workers in the health, disability and community services are set to benefit from a $630 million injection to address historic gender inequities. The
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Jim-Chalmers

Federal, Government

Backlash drives partial retreat on ATO credit card ban

By Michelle Grattan The Albanese government has made a partial retreat on the controversial move by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to ban businesses from using
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woman with dolphins in the Dolphinarium

Business, Community, Environment, Government, State

Work begins on new Sea World marine wildlife hospital

Construction has started on a new marine wildlife hospital at Sea World on the Gold Coast. It is the first facility of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, providing
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Pacific Pre-COP31 Meeting Takes Place In Fiji

Federal, Government, Perspectives

Island nations seek global help to stay above water

By Wesley Morgan and Liam Moore Leaders and delegates from countries including Australia, Germany, Nepal and Pacific nations began climate meetings in Fiji this week to
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Young man bypassing traffic with e-scooter

Community, Government, Safety, State

500 e-bikes and scooters seized during crackdown

More than 500 devices have been seized and nearly 2500 fines issued during a three-month crackdown on e-bikes and e-scooters. Operation Surety was launched by the
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Female truck driver

Economy, Employment, Perspectives

Women feel unwelcome in blokey trucking industry

Pull up at any truck stop on the Hume or Bruce Highway and do a quick headcount. Chances are, for every 100 truck drivers refuelling, about six are women. And if
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Couple talking with a real estate agent

Economy, Finances

Most home buyers turn to mortgage brokers for finance

By Susan Thorp Australians are becoming increasingly reliant on mortgage brokers for home loans. Brokers arranged a record 81.6 percent of all new and refinanced home
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Happy woman with money

Economy, Finances

Cash makes a comeback off card surcharge changes

Australian consumers are returning to cash payments off the back of the October 1, 2026 card surcharge ban. RMIT Associate Professor of Marketing Marian Makkar said the
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Worried estate agent

Business, Economy, Finances, Property

Home sale volumes drop but more dwellings up for sale

House sale volumes have fallen by nearly 20 percent over three months, despite a big increase in homes listed for sale. The Savill’s October residential market report
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Crowd of people protest against inflation

Economy, Finances

Card surcharge change puts new pressure on inflation

By Fengfei Li Since Australia’s card surcharge ban took effect on October 1, social media users have questioned new “service fees” and “daily surcharges”
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George Costanza

Arts, Film & Television, Literature, People

Finally, George Costanza to make sense of the world

“I gotta focus. I’m shifting into soup mode.” There is some good news for Seinfeld fans struggling to make sense of the 21st century. Jason Alexander, who
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Powderfinger Live 27

Arts, Music

Powderfinger announces details of 2027 reunion tour

Tickets for Powderfinger’s first national tour in 17 years will go on pre-sale from October 14, 2026 after the Brisbane-founded band announced 18 concerts in six
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ARIA charts October 12

Arts, Music

Olivia Dean and The Beatles surge in a week of comebacks

Olivia Dean has returned to number one on the ARIA albums chart with The Art Of Loving. And The Beatles’ newly revamped Rubber Soul album has debuted at number one on
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Rubber Soul – CREDIT APPLE CORPS

Arts, Music

New Beatles Rubber Soul album storms up the charts

The expanded version of the classic Beatles album Rubber Soul, including a “new” John Lennon song, looks set to take the group back to the top of the charts around
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Counting and Cracking

Arts, Theatre

Counting and Cracking makes its Queensland debut

Award-winning play Counting and Cracking will have its Queensland debut at the Brisbane Powerhouse in 2027. The play has won the Helpmann Award seven times, including
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Young woman at the beach

Community, Economy, Travel

International tourism struggles to reach pre-COVID levels

Tourist numbers from China are surging back but overall Australia’s international tourism numbers are staying below pre-COVID levels. Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Young woman sitting on sofa

Community, Health

Loneliness can steal six years of healthy living

Loneliness has been found to reduce a person’s healthy life by nearly six years. The finding is worrying in a world where people have fewer friends and are mostly
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Toombul Irvine

Business, Community, Property, Retail

Retail to return to Toombul shopping centre site

Retail will return to the old Toombul shopping centre site through a new masterplan designed to resurrect the flood-ravaged site as a major community
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Thinking, serious and professional farmer on a field with herd of cows and calves in a open nature grass field outside on cattle farm. Agriculture man, worker or business owner looking at countryside

Community, Environment

Southern Queensland parched coming into summer

Southern Queensland is one of five areas of Australia with below average rainfall in 2026. Others are the west of Western Australia, north-eastern New South Wales,
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Giant light up of the Brisbane 2032 Emblems. Supplied by Brisbane 2032 (1)

Brisbane 2032, Community

Brisbane 2032 emblems set the tone for ‘cheeky’ games

The official emblems of Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games are now fully revealed after a series of unveilings across Queensland. The emblems are made up of six
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Cindy Hook

Brisbane 2032, Community, People

Games 2032 CEO Cindy Hook to leave the role

Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee (Brisbane 2032) CEO, Cindy Hook has announced she will leave the organisation when her current contract
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Julia Gillard Speaks On Mental Health At City of Sydney CityTalks

People, Perspectives

Magda Szubanski ‘opens the rib cage’ on her family history

By Kate Cantrell Magda Szubanski is a misfit. She knows it, she owns it and she wears it. And that’s why Australians love her. Best known for her role as netball
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Freedom to work personally, be happy with work and have goals in working as a freelancer. Victory and achievement of goals

People, Perspectives

Migration polices ignore regional population challenges

By Stewart Lockie, Nick Osbaldiston and Rana Dadpour Migration policy is emerging as one of this year’s defining political battlegrounds. The Albanese government,
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Jeffrey Archer

Literature, People

Author Jeffrey Archer dies suddenly at age 86

Author and former politician Jeffrey Archer has died “suddenly and peacefully” at age 86. Archer sold more than 320 million books over 50 years and was promoting his
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Close portrait of two blonde women

People, Perspectives

Global moves to give legal status to friendships

By Maddison Sideris We often hear about the importance of meaningful friendship to our lives – and the sense of belonging, recognition and care they provide. Yet, for
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Execution Wall

Perspectives

Live firing squad exposes brutal death penalty politics

By Carolyn Strange The failed lethal injection of convicted Tennessee murderer Christa Pike, and the proposed livestreamed execution by firing squad of US Army major
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Bumper to bumper.

Business, Infrastructure, Perspectives, Transport

More roads do not guarantee smoother traffic

By Milad Haghani Tackling traffic congestion is one of the biggest challenges facing large cities around the world. When it comes to reducing congestion, one solution
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Stressed man sitting in front of laptop

Business, Perspectives, Technology

Apple’s new age check gives online access with less risks

By Toby Murray Australians who use Apple devices can once again access the world’s most popular adult content site, Pornhub. That’s because Aylo, the parent company
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Relaxed Woman

Perspectives

‘Scandinavian’ beige barely resembles Nordic chic

By Nina Hillenberg Australian furniture showrooms, newly-styled apartments and lifestyle magazines remain devoted to the Scandinavian look: pale oak, linen, white
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Planning your child’s future

Perspectives

Coalition’s big migrant cut plan ‘based on mythology’

By Alan Gamlen Following months of discussions and partial announcements, Liberal leader Angus Taylor has unveiled the Coalition’s migration policy, including the
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