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Community, Health

Chronic back pain wires into our self image

Scientists have uncovered why many treatments are ineffective in addressing chronic lower back pain. It seems the affliction wires deeply into the human psyche –
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Monopoly Moreton Bay Edition

Community

Moreton Bay scores its own Monopoly game

Moreton Bay’s most-recognised landmarks from the shores of Redcliffe to the shipwrecks of Tangalooma have officially landed on the new Monopoly – Moreton Bay
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in a beautiful Autumn season of a young girl and horse

Community, Events, Government, State

$2.5 million funding for 127 local agricultural shows

Queensland’s agricultural shows will receive $2.5 million in State Government funding in 2026-27 to help cover operating costs and maintain showground
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Melbourne Cup

Community, Events

Trainer Maher scores trifecta as Point of Law romps home

Trainer Ciaron Maher has dominated the 2026 Melbourne Cup, preparing the first three horses across the line in Australia’s most famous horse race. Point Of Law,
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Queensland Rail electric train arriving at Brisbane’s Roma Street Station

Community, Government, State, Travel

SEQ rail network finally returning to full timetable

The South-East Queensland rail network will return to a full timetable on Monday, November 16 after months of commuter disruption. Timetables had been reduced for seven
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Road upgrades NR

Government, Local

Work moving forward on major SEQ bottlenecks

Three major road bottlenecks across South-East Queensland are moving closer to construction, with upgrades progressing at Morayfield, Chermside and Wynnum West. The
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Portrait of young woman working on the beach bar

Government, State

$2 million fund to tackle tourism skills shortages

Queensland tourism businesses will receive support to attract, train and retain workers through a new $2 million Tourism Skills Fund. The funding is aimed at addressing
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Kiwi and Kangaroo by the Lake

Government, Local

Moreton Bay Council signs MOUs with New Zealand

By Susan Schwartz Queensland’s international alliances ahead of the 2032 games continue to grow with the Moreton Bay Council signing agreements with two major New
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Networking technology

Government

Distrust of AI changing online political news engagement

Accusations of AI use are creating an environment of online distrust that may affect how people engage with political news and elections globally, according to new
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Mt Coot-tha main

Community, Environment, Government, Local

New Mt Coot-tha parklands and viewing areas proposed

A 20-year vision for Brisbane’s Mt Coot-tha has identified six opportunities to enhance the experience on the mountain. This includes turning the existing 26-hectare
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Trump rallies in Hersey for final push to win PA

World

Republican governors defeated in at least 5 states

The Democrats’ takeover of the US Congress was replicated at the state level, with the party flipping Republican-held governors’ offices in at least five
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President Trump Holds Rally In Rock Hill, South Carolina For The State’s GOP Candidates

World

Trump defends Iran war despite big midterm rebuke

WASHINGTON – President Donald President Trump says the Iran war has been worth it despite acknowledging its role in losses in US midterm elections in which his
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President Donald Trump Attends United Nations General Assembly In New York

World

US Democrats on target to take back Congress and Senate

WASHINGTON – Democrats scored stunning victories in the South Carolina, Texas and Ohio Senate races, seizing Republican strongholds and moving to the verge of
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Buying Convenient Food

World

Supermarkets rush to address mass fridge hacking

European supermarkets targeted in a second wave of cyberattacks that cranked up fridge and freezer temperatures are rushing to upgrade their systems and protect
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Women with suitcases

World

Bomb threats disrupt flights across Europe

A string of bomb threats has disrupted passenger flights across Europe, forcing diversions, emergency landings and security sweeps. No explosives have so far been
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Erin Conron glass artist

Arts, Fine arts

Glass and sculpture define Caloundra art exhibitions

The Caloundra Regional Gallery is hosting exhibitions by Sunshine Coast artists Nicole Voevodin-Cash and Erin Conron over the next five weeks. Mapping Threads by Nicole
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Cirque Empire 3

Arts, Theatre

Decadent 1920s come alive with Cirque Empire

The decadent world of 1920s New York will dazzle Brisbane’s Glasshouse Theatre when Cirque Empire comes alive in 2027. The show will be presented at the Queensland
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Barbara Heath jewellery activity

Arts, Fine arts

Brisbane jeweller Barbara Heath to exhibit at QAGOMA

The significance of an object’s personal meaning, and the stories it can hold and communicate will be explored in the Hidden Jewels exhibition by Barbara Heath at
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Keira Knightly

Arts, Film & Television

Keira Knightley Black Doves thriller returns for new season

The new season of spy thriller Black Doves will hit Netflix later this week. Its star Keira Knightley says the joy of the show lies in its blend of humour and morally
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Finding Nemo

Arts, Theatre

Finding Nemo travels to the QPAC stage

The stage production of Finding Nemo will dive into its Australian debut at Brisbane’s Queensland Performing Arts Centre next year, with tickets on sale November 9,
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Crisafuli Taroom NR

Business, Energy & Resources, Government, State

Positive early results from Taroom Trough oil exploration

Early exploration in Queensland’s Taroom Trough is producing 300 barrels of high-quality light oil a day, the State Government revealed this week. The results have
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Young Female Trader Studies Market Data On Multiple Computer Screens

Business, Economy, Finances

Markets wobble as global events create uncertainty

Global equity markets have wobbled this week with investors eyeing the outcome of the US midterm elections, while oil prices continued their descent amid ongoing talks
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Marianne 2

Business, Infrastructure, Legal, Property

Land shortage compounded by infrastructure delays

Queensland’s looming shortage of industrial land is being compounded by delays in connecting power, water and other essential services to new developments. McCullough
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Business, Government, Local

Construction wins key categories at city business awards

Brisbane’s construction industry has dominated the major categories in the 2026 Lord Mayor’s Business Awards. BESIX Watpac CEO Mark Baker was named Business Person
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The 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games

Business, Technology

China shifts focus to job-ready humanoid robots

BEIJING – After years of building humanoid robots capable of running, dancing and performing backflips, Chinese companies are pouring resources into a different
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Brazilian fans in the stands

Economy, Finances

Big sport and late flu drive spending habits

A late flu season and a run of big sporting events drove Australian consumer spending habits in September. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released today show
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Australia’s Parliament Sits

Economy, Finances

Families smashed again with interest rate rise

By Shane Rodgers Struggling families are facing more pain after the Reserve Bank (RBA) again increased interest rates after continually failing to bring inflation under
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Mathias Cormann

Business, Economy, Finances, Rural

Frequent global shocks lead to big lift in farm subsidies

Governments across the world are heavily subsidising their agricultural industries off the back of more frequent global shocks. The OECD Agricultural Policy Monitoring
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upset senior couple

Economy, Finances

Brisbane housing leads the national price dive

Brisbane has overtaken the other capital cities with a 6.1 percent decline in housing prices over the past three months. The speed of price falls across the country is
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OECD occupations

Economy, Employment

Traditional jobs hardest to fill despite high-tech boom

By Shane Rodgers Despite the rise of ultra-high technology, the world’s biggest skills shortages are still largely in health, teaching and trade occupations. The
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Swift NASA

Education & Research, Research & Science

NASA space telescope burns up north of Australia

NASA’s Swift satellite telescope, which spent two decades studying the most powerful known blasts of energy in the cosmos, has tumbled out of orbit and burned up
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Magic fire. Kamchatka

Education & Research, Perspectives, Research & Science

Mystery of the missing layers of Earth’s history solved

By Santosh Dhungana and Nicolas Flament Imagine opening a history book and finding several chapters torn out. This was what geologists looking into the rock records of
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Aratasaurus-museunacionali

Education & Research, Research & Science

Evidence of red blood cells preserved in dinosaur remains

Scientists have discovered what they consider the strongest evidence yet of blood cells in a dinosaur fossil. The evidence has been found inside bone from the right leg
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Mars surface

Education & Research, Research & Science

Meteorite from Mars is at least 4 billion years old

A meteorite found in 2022 in the Sahara in Mali formed in the Martian crust at least 4.1 billion years ago, according to scientists. This makes reddish igneous rock
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Young ballerinas preparing pointe shoes for dance class

Arts, Education & Research, Perspectives, Schools

Australian students turning away from creative arts

By David Roy Australian students in years 11 and 12 are increasingly turning away from creative arts subjects. An analysis of national figures shows that between 2015
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Cathie Reid AM

Appointments, People

Cathie Reid appointed Brisbane business ambassador

Cathie Reid has been appointed as Brisbane’s 2026-27 Women in Business Ambassador. Ms Reid has more than 20 years of experience across healthcare, technology and
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Governor Thomas Bradley

Appointments, People

28th Queensland Governor Thomas Bradley sworn in

Queensland’s 28th Governor Thomas Bradley was sworn in at a ceremony at Parliament House today. Mr Bradley was a Court of Appeal Judge, a sitting Judge of the Supreme
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Sir Patrick Stewart

Arts, Film & Television, People

Star Trek and X-Men actor Patrick Stewart has died

British actor Sir Patrick Stewart, known for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the Star Trek franchise and Professor Charles Xavier in X-men, has died. He was 86
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James Hird and Tim Toner (Affinda)

Appointments, People

AFL legend James Hird to join AI company

Former AFL Essendon Football Club player and coach James Hird has taken on a new role at an AI software firm in Melbourne. Australian AI company Affinda has appointed Mr
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Noah Wyle

Arts, People

Actor Noah Wyle named “sexiest man alive”

LOS ANGELES – Actor Noah Wyle, the Emmy-winning star of the TV medical drama The Pitt, has been named this year’s “sexiest man alive” by People magazine. The
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Democrats Flip House And Senate In Midterm Elections, Upending Balance Of Power In Washington, DC

Perspectives, World

US election breaks age-old rules of American politics

By Andrew Gawthorpe Donald Trump’s Republican Party has received a stunning rebuke in the US midterm elections. Republicans went into election evening hoping that the
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Office Worker Leaving His Job in Layoff

Economy, Finances, Perspectives

Economy starting to feel like a recession

By Stella Huangfu The Reserve Bank of Australia has raised the cash rate to 4.85 percent from 4.6 percent – its highest level since the global financial crisis in
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Satirical dolls of political figures

Perspectives

Can Trump interfere with the US midterm results?

By Jean-Nicolas Bordeleau On Tuesday, voters across the United States will cast their votes in the 2026 midterm elections. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives
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Depressed little girl

Community, Economy, Finances, Perspectives

Poor children tend to become poor adults

By Roger Wilkins and Esperanza Vera-Toscano About 757,000 Australian children aged under 15 lived in poverty in 2022-23 – more than all the people living in cities of
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi Visits Melbourne

Federal, Government, Perspectives

Grim warning from PM on cost of living outlook

By Michelle Grattan New South Wales Premier Chris Minns delivered an attention-grabbing prediction this week. “By any poll, by any measure, (One Nation leader) Mike
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