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Batteries that last decades look possible
Nuclear batteries that last decades are being considered as an alternative to lithium batteries that require constant recharging.
Professor Su-Il In, from the Daegu
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3 April 2025
Business, Education, Research & Science, Technology
Batteries that last decades look possible
Nuclear batteries that last decades are being considered as an alternative to lithium batteries that require constant recharging.
Professor Su-Il In, from the Daegu
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3 April 2025
Business, Property
Queens Wharf Residences Opens for Sale
Apartments in the tallest tower of Brisbane’s Queens Wharf precinct have opened for sale, with rooms also available for short stays.
The Queens Wharf Residences
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3 April 2025
Business, Economy, Employment, Energy & Resources, Federal, Government
Same Job Same Pay drives ‘significant’ wage impact
The Federal Government’s Same Job, Same Pay laws have driven significant wage increases, according to new research by the McKell Institute.
A new report, Closing
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3 April 2025
Business
Non-hybrid jobs struggling to attract talent
Job areas that cannot offer hybrid (work from home and an office) working conditions are struggling to attract the necessary talent.
A new OECD Economic Working Paper
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2 April 2025
Business, Community, Education, Environment, Research & Science, Retail
Rental clothing may help curb fashion waste
Rental clothing is being pushed as a possible remedy to the pollution generated by the fashion industry.
Researchers in Sweden are examining business models to try to
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2 April 2025
Education, Research & Science
Humans have low ability to tolerate extreme heat
Humans have been found to have a lower tolerance for extreme heat than previously thought. This is likely to become a major issue as temperatures rise.
A University of
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2 April 2025
Education, Schools
Holy Cross School to receive major facilities upgrade
One of Brisbane’s oldest schools, Holy Cross at Wooloowin, is set to receive a major facilities upgrade.
The 135-year-old school will receive a new façade and
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Education
From city to country, students share STEM knowledge
An innovative city-country partnership with students and teachers will form part of the STEM program at some Brisbane Catholic Education schools.
Students and staff from
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Community, Education, Health, Research & Science
Exercise at any age improves brain function
Physical exercise at any age can improve brain function and memory, according to new research.
The University of South Australia said findings from 133 systematic
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25 March 2025
Education, Government
Queensland state schools score $2.8 billion in federal funds
Queensland schools have scored an extra $2.8 billion in federal funding over the next 10 years.
The agreement with the State Government as part of the Better and Fairer
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24 March 2025
Business, Economy, Federal Election, Finances, Government, Property, State
Housing supply struggling to take off
Despite significant government activity to boost housing stocks, approvals for new dwellings remain sluggish.
Trend figures released by the Australian Bureau of
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2 April 2025
Business, Government, Local, Tourism
Luxury hotel expansion for Caloundra and Maroochydore
Caloundra and Maroochydore are set to welcome upscale hotels as part of a new plan to encourage the development of resorts rated four stars and above.
Sunshine Coast
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Community, Environment, Federal, Government, State
Western Queensland flood support expanded
The State and Federal Governments have extended flood support to western Queensland small businesses, residents and councils.
Queensland Minister for Disaster Recovery
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31 March 2025
Community, Federal, Government, Health
Fresh advice issued on frequency of COVID vaccinations
The Federal Government is urging Australians over 75 to continue to receive COVID-19 vaccinations every six months.
Health Minister Mark Butler said the latest advice
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27 March 2025
Government, Local
Landslips cause closure of Townsville’s Castle Hill
All walking tracks and roads on Castle Hill in the north Queensland city of Townsville are closed due to dangerous landslips.
Acting Mayor Ann-Maree Greaney said
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26 March 2025
Business, Economy, Finances, Perspectives, Rural
Australian beef targeted in Trump tariff ‘liberation’
By Michelle Grattan
US President Donald Trump singled out Australia’s beef trade for special mention in his announcement that the United States would impose a 10
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3 April 2025
Economy, Finances
One in 10 hit with card fraud as scams balloon
More than two million Australians experienced credit card fraud in 2023-24 and nearly a third of those did not fully recover lost funds.
Australian Bureau of Statistics
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2 April 2025
Business, Economy, Finances, Retail
Fatigued consumers resetting the way they spend
The cost-of-living crisis has “fundamentally reshaped” our relationship with food, social connection and small pleasures.
In an article released today, RMIT
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2 April 2025
Economy, Employment
Real wages growing across most countries
The OECD says that real wages are growing in most member countries as company profits lose ground and employment growth decelerates.
A policy paper released today said
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1 April 2025
Economy, Finances
Reserve Bank still unconvinced on inflation
The Reserve Bank of Australia has failed to reduce interest rates despite strong trend improvements in inflation.
At its meetings today, the RBA said the cash rate
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1 April 2025
Arts, Film & Television
New online projects funded by Screen Queensland
Screen Queensland has announced $380,000 in online production grants for projects that include murder mysteries, family dramas and children’s entertainment.
It said
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2 April 2025
Arts, Theatre
Pretty Woman: The Musical tickets on sale this week
Presale tickets for Pretty Woman: The Musical are now available before they go on sale to the general public this Thursday at 9am.
The Broadway and West End stage
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1 April 2025
Arts, Events
Man from Snowy River returns with live orchestra
The Man from Snowy River in Concert returns to Brisbane for its final encore season at the QPAC Concert Hall from September 27-28, 2025.
The Southern Cross Symphony will
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27 March 2025
Arts, Community
Iconic fashion collection finds home at National Museum
One of the world’s most significant and valuable fashion collections has found a new home at the National Museum in Canberra.
Drawn from what has been described as one
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25 March 2025
Arts, Music
Subscription music takes 70% of the market
Music subscription services now account for 71 percent of the total Australian music market after jumping another two percentage points in 2024.
Figures released by the
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24 March 2025
Community, Health
Child pollution exposure weakens brain networks
Exposure to air pollution as a young child has been found to cause weaker connections between key regions of the brain.
A new study, led by the Barcelona Institute for
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3 April 2025
Community, Federal, Government, Health, People
Fair Work targets age care industry wages
Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth has announced an investigation of aged care providers to gauge if staff in the industry are being paid correctly.
Mr Booth said in a
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2 April 2025
Community, Health
More pharmacists to prescribe medication in Queensland
More pharmacists in Queensland will be able to diagnose, prescribe and provide referrals for a range of common acute and chronic health conditions after completing a
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1 April 2025
Community, Events
What’s On for the Easter school holidays
There’s only a few days until the 2025 Easter school holidays. If you’re struggling with what to do with the little ones, we’ve done the research so you don’t
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1 April 2025
Community, Events
Sugar and spice at the International Cake Show in Brisbane
Let them eat cake at the International Cake Show Australia where you can catch more than 100 free demonstrations, cookie making and decorating, celebrity chefs, hands-on
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1 April 2025
People
Fair Work takes action against noodle chain
Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth has started legal action against the P’Nut Street Noodles chain in Sydney, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, alleging workers were
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3 April 2025
Appointments, People
Arbib appointed new CEO of Olympic committee
Former Federal Minister for Sport Mark Arbib has been appointed CEO of the Australian Olympic Committee.
In a statement, the AOC said Mr Arbib would bring 30-years of
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3 April 2025
Appointments, People
Mackenzie appointed to oversee flood recovery
Former Quilpie Shire Council Mayor Stuart Mackenzie has been appointed State Recovery Coordinator for the western Queensland floods emergency.
He will be supported by
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2 April 2025
Health, People
Why teenage girls are more depressed than boys
A pathway imbalance in the brain may explain why teenage girls are twice as likely to get depression than boys.
For the first time, research by King’s College London
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1 April 2025
People
One in five Australians have Vitamin D deficiency
Despite its famous outdoor lifestyle, more than 20 percent of Australians have a vitamin D deficiency.
Health data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics
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31 March 2025
Perspectives
Trump is ‘putting the US on a war footing’
By David Smith
US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy is doing little to enhance his country’s standing abroad. But it is helping to reinforce his political
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2 April 2025
Perspectives
In search of a ‘sustainable norm’ on diversity
By Geoff Rodgers
There has been heightened scrutiny on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) in the global corporate
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31 March 2025
Business, Perspectives, Rural
Pace of farming threats is ‘alarming’
By Shane McCarthy
The challenges that face Queensland broadacre agriculture producers are mounting to a degree that is becoming unsustainable.
AgForce members met
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25 March 2025
Arts, Music, Perspectives
The curious case of Australia and ABBAmania
By Shane Rodgers
For anyone growing up in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s, Swedish musical group ABBA was an enduring part of the pop culture fabric.
Looking back, the
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21 March 2025
Business, Education, Manufacturing, Perspectives, Research & Science
3D printers the tool of choice for Martian pioneers
By Sven Bilén
Throughout history, when pioneers set out across uncharted territory to settle in distant lands, they carried with them only the essentials: tools, seeds
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14 March 2025