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Crisis of confidence in Australian professionals
More than two thirds of Australian professionals are concerned by the pace of change in the workplace, according to a new survey.
The LinkedIn research found 67 percent
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15 October 2024
Business, Community, Federal, Government, Retail, Rural, Tourism, Travel
India joins Australian working holiday program
Young Indians will join the thousands of working backpackers that descend on Australia from around the world each year, with the country added to the working holiday
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15 October 2024
Business, Economy, Employment
Non-compete clauses impacting job mobility and wages
The use of non-compete clauses, traditionally seen in executive level jobs, is moving into the realm of lower-paid employment with negative consequences.
A new report by
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15 October 2024
Business, Community, Economy, Finances, Property, Support & Services
Data reveals full post-pandemic rent spike
Renters in Brisbane are paying more than $13,000 a year extra to a rent a house since the pandemic and more than $10,000 extra annually for units.
New research from
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15 October 2024
Business, Community, Energy & Resources, Environment, Infrastructure, Manufacturing
Local manufacturing a towering opportunity
A local wind tower manufacturing industry would create more than 4000 direct jobs and kickstart Australia’s green steel industry.
New research from The Australia
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14 October 2024
Brisbane 2032, Business, Community, Government, Legal, Professional Services, Retail, State
Call to channel Expo vibe to create 24/3 precincts
Recent moves to support Queensland’s night-time economy, should be the impetus to create 24/3 entertainment precincts in Brisbane in the lead up to the 2032 Olympic
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14 October 2024
Education, Research & Science
Real Spider-Man web-slinging developed by accident
Web-slinging technology inspired by the Spider-Man comic character has been developed by silk researchers.
The Tufts University team created a process in which a fluid
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16 October 2024
Community, Education, Federal, Government, Health, Research & Science
WHO calls for extra effort in drug resistance battle
A lack of urgency in finding new antibiotics to counter resistant illnesses is putting millions of lives at risk, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
In
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15 October 2024
Education, Higher Education
Future life skills focus for new all-access uni subjects
First the first time in Australia, a university is set to offer all students access to cross-disciplinary subjects, regardless of their degree, with the aim of enhancing
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Education, Schools
New Prep-to-Year 12 Catholic College for Logan
A new Prep-to-Year 12 school will open in Logan in 2026, with Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) announcing its Foundation Principal today.
Anthony Elmore will be on deck
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Community, Education, Health, Higher Education, Research & Science
Hundreds of unknown viruses found in bathroom
Scientists have turned to the bathroom in the hunt for the next solution to treating antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections.
A new study has found that showerheads
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14 October 2024
Community, Federal, Government, Support & Services
Extra focus on readiness in humanitarian priorities
The Federal Government will commit $5 million to a new Asia-Pacific Regional Humanitarian Fund as it launches a new national Humanitarian Policy.
Foreign Minister Penny
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16 October 2024
Business, Community, Federal, Government, Health, Rural
Extra funding to combat virulent avian flu strain
The rapid global spread of a dangerous strain of avian flu has prompted a $95 million boost to efforts to prevent it from arriving in Australia.
Federal Agriculture
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15 October 2024
Government, Local
Gold Coast population to hit 1 million by 2040
The Gold Coast’s population is expected to exceed 1 million in around 15 years, as the city boasts one of the nation’s fastest growing economies.
Mayor Tom Tate said
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14 October 2024
Government, Queensland Election, State
Early voting starts in Queensland State Election
Voting is under way in the Queensland State Election, with more than 200 early voting centres open across the State, from today.
Queensland Electoral Commissioner Pat
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14 October 2024
Business, Community, Government, Health, Local, Sport, Support & Services, Tourism
Nation-leading all-abilities pontoon for Sunshine Coast
An all-abilities pontoon will be built at a Sunshine Coast park, in what is believed to be an Australian-first for accessibility.
The pontoon will be installed at
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14 October 2024
Business, Defence & Aerospace, Economy, Energy & Resources, Finances, Infrastructure, Legal, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Property, Retail, Rural, Technology, Tourism, Transport
Businesses late to pay at an increasing rate
Businesses are struggling to pay their bills, with late payments at their highest level in more than three years.
The latest CreditorWatch Business Risk Index (BRI)
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16 October 2024
Business, Community, Economy, Finances, Professional Services, Support & Services, Technology
ASIC warns data breaches expose share portfolios
A spike in reports of stolen shares due to identity theft has triggered a warning from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
In a statement, ASIC
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16 October 2024
Business, Economy, Federal, Finances, Government, Retail
Government timeline to ban debit card surcharges
The Federal Government will look to ban debit card surcharges from 2026, as cash disappears from the economy.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, in the meantime, the
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15 October 2024
Business, Economy, Employment, Legal, People
Proactivity urged on right to disconnect laws
Employers have been urged to proactively set expectations on out-of-work hours contact to avoid disputes under the new right-to-disconnect employment laws.
McCullough
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Business, Economy, Federal, Finances, Government, Property, Retail
Queensland regions keep ATO investigators busy
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) received more than 10,000 tip-offs from Queenslanders last financial year, with the state’s regional centres topping the nation in
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14 October 2024
Arts, Education, Film & Television, Research & Science
3-Body Problem theory called into question
The Netflix series 3-Body Problem educated the population about the chaos that ensues from the gravity impacts of three planets in close proximity.
Now that conventional
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15 October 2024
Arts, Business, Community, Events, Film & Television, Tourism
Bluey’s World extends its Hamilton season
Bluey’s World is yet to open its doors, but its season has already been extended for an extra five months.
Tickets go on sale on Monday, October 21, for a November
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14 October 2024
Arts, Business, Music, Technology
Musicians now the masters of a new domain
In the ongoing battle to protect their intellectual property from artificial intelligence (AI), musicians now have access to their own top-level internet domain.
The
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14 October 2024
Arts, Community, Events
Lights going out on Brisbane Festival favourite
One of the last remnants of this year’s Brisbane Festival will fade to black this weekend as Lightscape closes.
The multisensory experience of light, colour and sound
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9 October 2024
Arts, Film & Television
Sequels dominate ‘safe’ Hollywood film schedule
Hollywood seems to be running out of ideas, or perhaps the big studios are becoming more averse to taking risks on unproven formulas.
More than half of the big movies
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8 October 2024
Community, Environment, Federal, Government, Support & Services
Australian weather images frozen in time. See them all
From rainbows and lightning to clouds and eclipses, all facets of Australia’s weather and celestial delights feature in the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BOM) Australian
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16 October 2024
Community, Education, Health, Research & Science
Sweet tooth linked to depression and stroke
People who gravitate towards sweet foods and sugery drinks have been found to have a higher risk of depression, diabetes and stroke.
A new study by the University of
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16 October 2024
Community, Government, Safety, State
$500,000 reward as 1990 fatal fire case reopened
A $500,000 reward is being offered in relation to fatal fire in Ipswich 34 years ago, which killed five men.
Queensland Police Service (QPS) Detective Senior Sergeant
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15 October 2024
Community, Sport
Super shoes drive smashing of marathon records
The rise of “super shoes” is being credited with most of the world’s long distance records being smashed in recent years.
The trend continued on the weekend when
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15 October 2024
Brisbane 2032, Community, Sport
High performance coaches on path to Brisbane 2032
A program aimed at creating the coaches to guide our athletes in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics has delivered its first cohort or
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15 October 2024
People
Journalist George Negus dies, aged 82
Veteran Australian journalist George Negus has died, aged 82, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Tributes poured in for the well-known author and
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15 October 2024
Business, Economy, Employment, People
Crisis of confidence in Australian professionals
More than two thirds of Australian professionals are concerned by the pace of change in the workplace, according to a new survey.
The LinkedIn research found 67 percent
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15 October 2024
Appointments, Federal, Government, People
Reynolds new Border Force Commissioner
Lieutenant General Gavan Reynolds will be the next Australian Border Force (ABF) Commissioner.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Mr Reynolds would take over from
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14 October 2024
Education, People, Research & Science
Constant recording has profound impact on memories
Constant digital recording of life will help ensure access to a picture of our lives that goes beyond sometimes unreliable memories.
However, researchers also believe it
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14 October 2024
Community, Environment, Health, People
Healthy green space needed near workplaces
Green space needs to be available where people spend their working days, not just near homes, a new study has found.
The research also revealed that use of green space
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10 October 2024
Business, Economy, Perspectives
Is Australia’s trade war with China now over?
By Peter Draper
Finally, Australia’s rock lobster industry will be able to export to China again, following a deal struck on the sidelines of the recent ASEAN
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15 October 2024
Community, Environment, Health, Perspectives
Five myths around eco-friendly eating
By Dr Bianca Wassmann
Choosing food that is both healthy and good for the planet can be confusing.
“Organic beef”, “GMO-free” and “100%
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14 October 2024
Community, Health, Perspectives
Life expectancy for Aussies under 50 a concern
By Sergey Timonin and Tim Adair
Global life expectancy has increased dramatically over the past century, with Australia among the best-performing countries.
But during
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11 October 2024
Business, Community, Energy & Resources, Environment, Perspectives
Disasters signal march to 2.7 degrees of warming
By Thomas Newsome and William Ripple
You don’t have to look far to see what climate change is doing to the planet. The word “unprecedented” is everywhere this
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9 October 2024
Education, Perspectives, Schools
Does my child need a tutor?
By Matthew White
School tutoring is a huge business. Australian estimates suggest it was worth more than of A$1.5 billion as of 2021.
In Australia, we see frequent media
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8 October 2024