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Madden first champion for women in business
Brisbane has its first Women in Business Champion, with Fleur Madden tasked with driving connections within the city’s business community.
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner
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7 November 2025
Business, Community, Retail, Safety
Blitz reveals mandatory tipping warnings are missing
Thousands of pieces of furniture are still devoid of tipping warnings, despite it being made mandatory six months ago.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
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7 November 2025
Business, Retail
Positive signs of inner-city Brisbane vitality
Despite the headwinds of booming online services, Brisbane’s inner-city retail sector is growing with a record number of businesses registered in the area.
The
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6 November 2025
Business, Economy, Finances, Retail
Solid spending data lights up Xmas expectations
Australian retailers are looking forward to a positive Christmas season with retail spending figures solid over the past year.
Australian Retailers Association (ARA) CEO
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5 November 2025
Business, Legal
McR leadership reflects on upcoming 100-year milestone
McCullough Robertson Lawyers will use its centenary in 2026 to honour the thousands of clients and people who have trusted and supported them over so many years.
Joint
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Business, Economy, Energy & Resources, Federal, Finances, Government, Retail
Day-time window of free electricity under new offer
Australians will have access to free solar power, regardless of whether they have solar panels on their roof, under a new retail energy offer.
Federal Climate Change and
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4 November 2025
Community, Education, Health, Research & Science
Veteran health at the heart of 20 years of research
Two decades of research into veterans’ health has been marked at an anniversary gala in Brisbane.
More than 400 guests gathered at Brisbane City Hall as Gallipoli
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7 November 2025
Community, Education, Health, Research & Science
New research hub hones in on inter-cell communication
Two South-East Queensland universities have joined forces to create a new research hub on the Sunshine Coast.
Based at the Sunshine Coast Health Institute (SCHI), the
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6 November 2025
Business, Education, Products, Research & Science, Retail
Fast fashion fail impacts Pacific neighbours
A Queensland-made documentary is shining a light on the impact of fast fashion on Pacific island nations.
To be launched this week, the new documentary made by
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4 November 2025
Community, Education, Health, Research & Science
White lab coats make way for black tie celebrations
QIMR Berghofer scientists swapped their lab coats for black ties to mark 80 years of medical research at the Queensland institute.
QIMR Berghofer Council Chair Professor
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Early Learning, Education
Early learning opens up a rich teaching path
Early years teaching is giving professional teachers a rich range of opportunities to make a genuine difference in the lives of young children.
Guardian Childcare and
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Business, Government, Local, Property
Council launches AI-guided development advice tool
A Queensland council has launched an AI-powered online tool that provides development advice around the clock.
Sunshine Coast Mayor Rosanna Natoli said the new AI
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6 November 2025
Community, Government, Local, Sport
Free sports equipment tool trialled in Redlands
A free, on-demand, sports equipment vending machine is being trialled in two council parks in south-east Queensland.
Redland City Council Major Jos Mitchell said Council
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5 November 2025
Business, Community, Energy & Resources, Environment, Federal, Government
Green light for GO clean energy scheme
A new emissions certification scheme, launched this week, aims to provide Australian businesses and exporters looking to capitalise on the demand for clean energy
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3 November 2025
Business, Community, Events, Government, Local, Tourism
Events a $100m boost to Sunshine Coast region
Events on the Sunshine Coast pumped more than $100 million into the local economy last financial year.
Sunshine Coast Mayor Rosanna Natoli said the Sunshine Coast Events
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3 November 2025
Community, Federal, Government, Health, Support & Services
Saturday is independence day for older Australians
Elderly Australians will enjoy a new era of self-determination from Saturday, according to a leading advocacy group.
Older Persons Advocacy Network CEO Craig Gear said
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31 October 2025
Business, Economy, Finances, Professional Services
ASIC warning over advice on self-managed super funds
A regulatory review of financial advice regarding setting up self-managed super funds (SMSFs) found more than quarter put Australians’ retirement savings at
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7 November 2025
Economy, Employment
1.2 million Aussies wanted a job last year
Long-term health conditions prevented around 700,000 Australians from finding a job in the last financial year.
New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed
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6 November 2025
Economy, Finances
RBA holds interest rates at 3.6 percent
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has held rates steady at 3.6 percent following its Melbourne Cup day meeting.
The RBA statement on its decision said:
Inflation has
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4 November 2025
Business, Economy, Finances, Property
Unit approvals lift to reverse recent trend
Housing approvals jumped in September, as the number of apartments planned was more than 50 percent above the number approved the same time last year.
Australian Bureau
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3 November 2025
Business, Economy, Energy & Resources, Finances, Manufacturing
Commodity prices heading back to pre-pandemic levels
The World Bank has predicted global commodity prices are set to fall to their lowest levels in six years.
World Bank Group’s Chief Economist and Senior Vice President
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31 October 2025
Arts, Dance, Education, Film & Television, Music, Theatre, Vocational
Boost in technical support for the Arts
A south-east Queensland initiative to counter the technical skills shortage in the Arts industry will expand its program from next year.
Queensland Performing Arts
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4 November 2025
Arts, Film & Television
Gold Coast just the ticket for Netflix’s Wonka reality show
Some of Queensland’s finest creatives have brought to life a whimsical wonderland on the Gold Coast for a one-of-a-kind Netflix reality show.
Screen Queensland CEO
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3 November 2025
Arts, Film & Television
Jessica Alba and Tom Hopper film The Mark on Gold Coast
Hollywood stars Jessica Alba and Tom Hopper are on the Gold Coast with filming of spy thriller The Mark under way.
Screen Queensland CEO Jacqui Feeney said the Highland
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29 October 2025
Arts, Music
Taylor Swift has The Beatles in her sights
Taylor Swift is edging closer to being the artist who has spent the most time at No1. on the charts in modern music history.
Billboard’s awards editor Paul Grein said
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28 October 2025
Arts, Dance
Queensland Ballet’s new season for 2026
Queensland Ballet’s first season under the artistic direction of Ivan Gil-Ortega has been announced for 2026.
The season celebrates ballet’s power to connect across
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27 October 2025
Brisbane 2032, Community, Sport
Netball shoots for a place at Brisbane 2032
More than 60,000 sporting fans have so far signed an online pledge to support netball being included in the Brisbane 2032 Games.
The push is being led by Aussie netball
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7 November 2025
Community, Environment, Government, Local, State
Aquatic DNA study to inform conservation efforts
Native aquatic species living in more than 200 locations across South-East Queensland will be monitored through a million-dollar environmental DNA (eDNA) program.
Led by
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7 November 2025
Community, Education, Health, Research & Science
Aussies turning to AI for mental health advice
More than 10 percent of Australians are turning to artificial intelligence for mental health advice, as loneliness and social isolation rates rise.
A new report,
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6 November 2025
Business, Community, Professional Services, Retail, Support & Services
CHOICE give CBA unwanted award over fees drama
The Commonwealth Bank has earned some unwanted recognition becoming the most awarded company in CHOICE’s Shonky Awards.
Ashley de Silva, CEO of the consumer group,
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5 November 2025
Business, Community, Support & Services, Technology
GenAi an opportunity for digital inclusion
Australians who speak a language other than English at home are embracing Generative AI tools, according to a new study.
Distinguished Professor Julian Thomas, from RMIT
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5 November 2025
Education, People, Research & Science
Garcia-Marin a rising star in medical research
A young Queensland researcher instrumental in a world-leading genetics study has been recognised with an Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI)
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Appointments, Business, Government, Legal, Local, People, Professional Services, Property, Retail, Technology
Madden first champion for women in business
Brisbane has its first Women in Business Champion, with Fleur Madden tasked with driving connections within the city’s business community.
Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner
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7 November 2025
Appointments, Education, People, Research & Science
Professor Rachel Neale new Fellow of AAHMS
A Brisbane researcher has received one of the highest honours in the Australian health and medical research community.
QIMR Berghofer Cancer Aetiology & Prevention
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Community, Federal, Government, People, Travel
Global migration numbers drop for first time in three years
Permanent migration to the world’s developed countries fell by 4 percent in 2024, though total numbers remain well above pre-COVID levels.
A new OECD report found last
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5 November 2025
Appointments, Business, Defence & Aerospace, Federal, Government, People
New Agency focused on nuclear submarine safety
An experienced submariner is the inaugural Director-General of a new regulatory Agency pivotal to the rollout of Australian nuclear subs.
Deputy Prime Minister Richard
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3 November 2025
Perspectives
Six trends driving “harmful masculine norms”
By Michael Flood
Rigid norms of manhood, based in manly confidence and toughness, emotional stoicism, disdain for femininity, and dog-eat-dog banter, are influential
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6 November 2025
Economy, Finances, Perspectives
Unpaid ‘women’s work’ is worth $427 billion
By Leonora Risse
All those thousands of hours that Australians put towards unpaid household work and care – cooking, cleaning and caring for family members – are an
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4 November 2025
Economy, Finances, Perspectives
The form RBA will consider on Melbourne Cup day
By Stella Huangfu
Inflation jumped 1.3 percent in the September quarter, above economists’ and the Reserve Bank’s own expectations. That is likely to rule out a cut
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3 November 2025
Perspectives
Crimefluencers target teen girls in “twisted” gamification
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett addressed the National Press Club in Canberra today (Oct 29). Here is an edited excerpt of her speech:
Some of this
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29 October 2025
Economy, Finances, People, Perspectives
5 charts that show the desperate plight of youth
By Intifar Chowdhury
Australia is becoming increasingly unequal.
The story is unmissably generational: young Australians today face a tougher reality than their parents
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29 October 2025