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Business confidence surges to 10-year high
Queensland business confidence is at its highest levels in more than a decade.
Business Chamber Queensland CEO Heidi Cooper said the group’s latest sentiment report
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10 October 2025
Business, Community, Energy & Resources, Environment, Government, State
Gas and coal remain core to state’s energy future
An extra 400MW of gas-fired power generation is part of a new 10-year energy plan for Queensland.
State Treasurer and Energy Minister David Janetzki said the Energy
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10 October 2025
Business, Products, Retail
Australia’s best vanilla ice cream, plain and simple
There was nothing vanilla about the latest taste test from Choice.
Mark Serrels, the Editorial Director for the consumer advocacy group, said blind trials were held to
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10 October 2025
Brisbane 2032, Business, Community, Government, Infrastructure, Property, Retail, Sport, State
Go time to develop Gabba Entertainment Precinct
The procurement process is underway to transform Brisbane’s iconic Gabba stadium and the neighbouring former GoPrint site, in the city’s inner-south.
Deputy
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9 October 2025
Business, Technology
Weekly use of generative AI doubles in a year
Weekly use of generative AI has almost doubled in 12 months, with only 10 percent of people now saying they are unaware of the technology.
A survey by the Reuters
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9 October 2025
Business, Property
‘Severe’ supply shortage drives surge in Brisbane unit prices
Historically low listings are driving continuing Brisbane housing price hikes as unit price growth in the city continues to outpace freestanding houses.
The Cotality
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9 October 2025
Community, Education, Health, Research & Science
Gene research shows women have higher risk of depression
Genetic factors play a greater role in depression in women than men, according to new Queensland research.
A study by Brisbane-based QIMR Berghofer found about twice as
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10 October 2025
Community, Education, Environment, Research & Science
Queensland’s deepest ocean secrets studied
Scientists are preparing for a month-long mission to study the deepest ocean floors off the Queensland Coast.
Voyage Chief Scientist Dr Will White said a team on board
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9 October 2025
Education, Higher Education
Research might unites in new Brisbane centre
A Brisbane university has created a new cross-faculty centre to address the world’s most pressing environmental and societal challenges.
Professor Jonathan Rhodes said
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8 October 2025
Community, Education, Health, Research & Science
Arthritis drug shown to boost heart attack recovery
A drug already used to treat arthritis has been found to help people better recover from heart attacks.
Researchers at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in
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8 October 2025
Education, Research & Science
New data provides an end date for the universe
While some theories suggest the universe, sparked by the big bang, will expand forever, new calculations predict an end to it all in a big crunch.
Cornell University
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7 October 2025
Business, Community, Environment, Government, Infrastructure, Local
$4m boost fast-tracks new Caloundra town square
Caloundra will have a new city heart within two years, with design work for a new town square fast-tracked.
Sunshine Coast Mayor Rosanna Natoli said a $4 million boost
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10 October 2025
Business, Community, Events, Government, Local, Retail, Sport, Tourism
Caxton Street lights up for future Suncorp events
Sporting teams which grace Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium in future years will have their colours put up in lights.
Brisbane City Council plans to illuminate Caxton
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10 October 2025
Business, Community, Federal, Government, Infrastructure, Local, Transport, Travel
Councils push to extend commuter rail to Toowoomba
Two regional councils have called for an extension of south-east Queensland commuter rail services to Toowoomba.
Toowoomba Regional Council Mayor Geoff McDonald and
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9 October 2025
Community, Government, State, Support & Services, Travel
Fee relief for Queensland victims of crime
Victims of crime in Queensland will have the cost of replacing key identification documents waived.
State Transport and Main Roads Minister Brent Mickelberg said
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8 October 2025
Community, Government, State, Support & Services
Peak bodies fast-tracked for DFV and sexual violence
The Queensland Government will bring forward the launch of a Domestic and Family Violence peak body by four years.
State Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence
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3 October 2025
Business, Defence & Aerospace, Economy, Employment, Energy & Resources, Finances, Infrastructure, Legal, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Property, Retail, Rural, Technology, Tourism, Transport
Business confidence surges to 10-year high
Queensland business confidence is at its highest levels in more than a decade.
Business Chamber Queensland CEO Heidi Cooper said the group’s latest sentiment report
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10 October 2025
Economy, Education, Employment, Government, Schools, State
Australia leads world in fast-tracking teachers
A global study of teachers has found the vast majority are satisfied with their jobs, while Australia is fast-tracking mature-aged teachers at world-leading rates.
The
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8 October 2025
Business, Economy, Federal, Finances, Government, People, Retail
Frustrated shoppers want clearer unit pricing
More shoppers are trying to use unit pricing at supermarkets, but are increasingly being frustrated by the way it is rolled out in stores.
New CHOICE research found “a
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7 October 2025
Economy
Rural vs urban divide – measuring opportunity
Where a person grows up has a lasting influence on their life chances, according to an OECD report released today which shows a rural-urban performance gap between
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2 October 2025
Economy, Finances
Reserve Bank keeps cash rate at 3.6 percent
Persistent inflation has prompted the Reserve Bank to leave the cash rate unchanged at 3.6 percent, following its Board meeting today.
In a statement following the
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30 September 2025
Arts, Theatre
Now you can see them live at QPAC
Fans of the global film franchise Now You See Me will be able to be captivated up close and personal in Brisbane this January.
Four trailblazing illusionists will
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10 October 2025
Arts, Fine arts
Family tree installation spans 65,000 years
Kith and kin is a vast installation featuring a genealogical chart capturing artist Archie Moore’s First Nations Australian and convict British and Scottish
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8 October 2025
Arts, Fine arts
Art Exhibition to raise mental health awareness
The Recovered Futures Art Exhibition showcases work from artists who have experienced mental health challenges.
In its 34th year, there are 337 artworks this year that
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3 October 2025
Arts, Fine arts, Government, Local
Dream art win highlights housing crisis
A commentary on the current housing crisis has won Brisbane artist David Wells a national art award.
His painting, Dream house with a galah, took out the top honour, and
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1 October 2025
Arts, Business, Community, Dance, Events, Fine arts, Music, Theatre, Tourism
Millions exposed to Brisbane Festival’s magic moments
Take a breath Brisbane, your festival is over for another year, with more than five million engaging in the September extravaganza either in person … or
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1 October 2025
Community, Federal, Government, Health, State, Support & Services
Jump in rate of family violence leading to homelessness
The incidence of family and domestic violence leading to homelessness in Queensland has jumped by almost 15 percent, exceeding the national average.
New analysis from
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10 October 2025
Community, Events
Melbourne Cup lunches with tickets still available
It’s less than a month until the race that stops the nation so hold onto your hats and gather your sweeps for our roundup of the glitziest functions around Brisbane
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10 October 2025
Business, Community, Education, Health, Manufacturing, Research & Science
Development deal for world-leading cancer therapy
One of the most advanced global tools in cancer immunotherapy, developed in Brisbane, is a step closer to being readily available.
The new cancer therapy, developed at
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9 October 2025
Community, Education, Environment, Research & Science
Bushfires increase flooding risk by 700 percent
The increased prevalence of bushfires is causing double trouble, with a new study showing areas stripped of vegetation are eight times more likely to be impacted by
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9 October 2025
Community, Events
Spring garden glow-up at Plantapalooza
Give your garden a spring glow-up at Plantapalooza and learn some green-thumb wisdom from expert horticulturalists on Saturday, October 11.
The plant festival at Rocklea
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9 October 2025
Education, Higher Education, People, Perspectives, Research & Science
Aussie professor wins Nobel Prize for MOFs
By Deanna D’Alessandro
The 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded for the development of metal-organic frameworks: molecular structures that have large
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9 October 2025
Appointments, Economy, Finances, Government, Local, People, State
Hodgman new Trade and Investment Queensland chair
Invest Gold Coast Chair Will Hodgman will be heading up the M1 to take the reins of the Trade and Investment Queensland Board.
Queensland Finance, Trade, Employment and
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7 October 2025
Business, Economy, Employment, Federal, Government, People, State, Technology
Most public servants ready to embrace AI
The majority of Australia’s public servants believe artificial intelligence (AI) will help them deliver better government services.
A survey commissioned by public
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7 October 2025
Appointments, Brisbane 2032, Community, Government, People, Sport, State
Experts set to advise Brisbane 2032 Board revealed
A trimmed down Brisbane 2032 Board won’t be lacking for expert advice, with the members of four new advisory groups now known.
Less than three months after the
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3 October 2025
Appointments, Business, Community, Education, Health, Manufacturing, People, Research & Science
New GM for nation-leading QIMR Berghofer facility
A leader in the field of biotech and advanced therapeutics is joining QIMR Berghofer as the new General Manager of Q-Gen Cell Therapeutics.
Dr Balaji Somasundaram will
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Perspectives
Celebrate the ceasefire, but prepare for the next phases
After two years of violence and the deaths of 68,000 Palestinians and more than 1,200 Israelis, most of them civilians, it has been reported that Hamas and the Netanyahu
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10 October 2025
Perspectives
Insurance risks emerge in agribusiness split entities
By Stephen White
It is common in the agribusiness sector for operations to be structured across multiple entities.
For example, with one entity employing staff, another
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9 October 2025
Business, Community, Economy, Environment, Finances, Infrastructure, Perspectives, Property
Australia’s $4.5 billion extreme weather problem
By Johanna Nalau
This week’s release of the Insurance Council of Australia’s report puts Australia on the spot: We rank second in the world in extreme
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8 October 2025
Perspectives
Two years on, is there a glimmer of hope?
By Eyal Mayroz
Two years into the most horrific chapter in the history of Israel and Palestine, a glimmer of hope has been offered to both sides by US President Donald
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7 October 2025
Community, Environment, People, Perspectives
Jane Goodall redefined what it meant to be human
By Mireya Mayor
Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process,
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2 October 2025