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New predictors of Alzheimer’s disease
A new study has linked the likelihood of a person developing Alzheimer’s disease with that person’s other medical conditions.
The Australian Imaging, Biomarker and
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21 May 2024
Business, Community, Support & Services, Technology
Cyber security support for small business directors
Directors of small businesses and not-for-profit organisations have access to a new guide which outlines obligations around cyber security.
The Cyber Security Handbook
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22 May 2024
Business, Rural, Technology
AI-enhanced weather forecasts for farms
Weather forecasts, boosted by artificial intelligence, are being developed which will provide farmers with information specific to their area of land.
Hort Innovation
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21 May 2024
Business, Professional Services
New unit to tackle insurance fraud
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has launched a new counter-fraud initiative headed up by a veteran cybercrime detective.
ICA CEO Andrew Hall said undetected
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21 May 2024
Business, Property
Narrow office tower plan for Hamilton
A development application has been lodged with Brisbane City Council for a four-storey office building in the inner-northern suburb of Hamilton.
Holm Developments plan
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21 May 2024
Business, Economy, Mining & Resources, Technology
World-first refinery confirmed for Gladstone
Gladstone will be home to the world’s largest high purity alumina refinery after Alpha HPA confirmed its investment today.
The Australian-based aluminium producer has
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21 May 2024
Education, Higher Education
Gaming can boost children’s wellbeing
Children can benefit from playing video games, according to a recent QUT study.
Published in a UNICEF report on the impact of gaming, the study found playing video games
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Education, Government, Schools, State
Home schooling group needs parent experts
Queensland parents’ views on Home Education will be the focus of a new State Government advisory group.
Expressions of Interest are being called for members of the
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20 May 2024
Community, Education, Health, Higher Education
Distraction kills pleasure and drives overindulgence
Distraction is a pleasure killer and leads to overindulgence, according to new research by the American Psychological Association.
Study author Stephen Murphy from Ghent
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20 May 2024
Community, Education, Higher Education
The word ‘please’ is falling on hard times
The word “please”, which children are taught is the key to politeness and respectful requests, has fallen on hard times.
People are now using it infrequently
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20 May 2024
Community, Education, Health, Higher Education
Perpetrator naming key to male accountability
Greg Anderson, Adrian Bayley and Rowan Baxter. Do these names ring a bell?
Perhaps if we mention Rosie Batty or Jill Meagher or Hannah Clarke, the penny will drop.
The
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Community, Environment, Government, State
‘Confusing’ koala protection rules to be changed
Amendments to koala protection legislation will aim to prevent unintended clearing of koala habitat and streamline development applications.
A Queensland Government
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20 May 2024
Community, Government, Local, Sport
Sweet milestone for Honey Farm sporting precinct
Work has begun on a major sporting and recreation precinct on the Sunshine Coast.
The Honey Farm Sport and Recreation Precinct at Meridian Plains will feature sporting
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19 May 2024
Business, Government, Infrastructure, Local, Property
Minimum car parks scaled back for city apartments
Brisbane City Council is scaling down mandatory car parking requirements in the inner city as part of efforts to make housing more affordable.
The Inner-City
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16 May 2024
Business, Government, State, Technology, Transport
Robotic efficiency at ports focus of research
Research to improve the efficiency in our ports has received $1.5m in funding from the Queensland Government.
Brisbane-based Young Guns Container Crew is developing
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16 May 2024
Community, Economy, Federal, Federal Budget, Government, Health
Pandemic ‘amnesia’ in public health response
Australia remains unprepared for the next pandemic following this week’s Federal Budget, according to the Public Health Association of Australia.
Association CEO Terry
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15 May 2024
Economy, Employment
Long-term unemployment down 40 percent
The post-pandemic labour boom has washed away much of Australia’s long-term unemployment, with a 40 percent fall in four years.
A new Productivity Commission report,
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21 May 2024
Economy, People
Employees averaging over 12 jobs in their careers
Workers are averaging more than 12 jobs between the ages of 18 and 56 and the length of time spent in each one has fallen eight percent in a decade.
A new OECD report,
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20 May 2024
Business, Economy, Professional Services
Home loan lenders adding to customer hardship
More than a third of Australians seeking hardship assistance from banks have given up due to complicated applications processes.
An Australian Securities &
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20 May 2024
Economy
Sustainability focus in updated trade agreement
An updated trading agreement with our southeast Asian neighbours will include enhanced obligations around sustainability and equality.
The Federal Parliament Joint
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20 May 2024
Economy, Employment
Unemployment edges higher in changing economy
Australia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rose to 4.1 percent in April. This was up from a revised 3.9 per cent in March as jobless numbers jumped by 30,000 during
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16 May 2024
Arts
Tickets on sale for Bluey immersion
Fans of the hit children’s animated series Bluey can be the first to secure tickets to Brisbane’s latest immersive experience when tickets go on sale
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21 May 2024
Arts, Dance
Queensland Ballet to create production centre in West End
Queensland Ballet will extend its footprint in West End with the purchase of land near the Thomas Dixon Centre.
A dedicated production centre to house Queensland
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Arts
First Nations art focus of new Board
The search is on for the inaugural Board members who will be tasked with advancing First Nation art in Australia.
Creative Australia has opened an Expression on Interest
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16 May 2024
Arts, Dance
Queenslanders finalists in grand Prix of ballet
The Queensland Ballet Academy has produced Australia’s only finalists at the prestigious Prix de Lausanne 2024 competition in Switzerland.
The Prix de Lausanne is the
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Arts, Music
Superfans drive a buoyant global year for music
The global music industry had an unexpected bumper year in 2023 as “superfans” drove sales and emerging markets took off.
The Goldman Sachs 2023 Music in the Air
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15 May 2024
Community, Government, State
10-year deal gives life savers certainty
Queensland beaches will be under the watch of lifesavers for at least another decade following a $125 million funding announcement.
With the current four-year funding
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22 May 2024
Business, Community, Retail, Technology
Your de-identified data not so anonymous
An increase in personal data collection has led to concerns de-identified information could be traced back to an individual as datasets are combined.
A new report from
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22 May 2024
Community, Health
Fewer child deaths extending women’s lives
Women are living longer because fewer children are dying, a new study has found.
Research out of Cornell University in the United States found that the decline in
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21 May 2024
Community, Health
New predictors of Alzheimer’s disease
A new study has linked the likelihood of a person developing Alzheimer’s disease with that person’s other medical conditions.
The Australian Imaging, Biomarker and
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21 May 2024
Community, Federal, Government, Health, Support & Services
Free Mental Health Centre in Ipswich
Queensland’s third free walk-in Mental Health Centre has opened in Ipswich, west of Brisbane.
The Ipswich centre, which now has a permanent home on Level 1 of the Eats
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20 May 2024
Appointments, Community, Government, People, State, Support & Services
New members on Carers Advisory Council
Wellways Australia’s Louise Faulkner has been appointed to the Queensland Carers Advisory Council.
Ms Faulkner is the national service delivery manager for Wellways
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21 May 2024
Community, People
Ageing Australia to reflect non-English roots
A third of Australia’s elderly population is expected to be from non-English speaking backgrounds in just over 20 years, according to new research.
Projections from
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21 May 2024
Appointments, Government, People, State
Commissioner and Department heads announced
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) Acting Commissioner Stephen Smith has been made permanent, after six months in the caretaker role.
Commissioner Smith has
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17 May 2024
People
Making a stand for gender equality
By Elissa Lawrence
QUT researcher Professor Michael Flood has spent decades advocating for gender equality and engaging men and boys in domestic and sexual violence
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Business, Education, Higher Education, People, Technology
Sometimes you just want the chatbot
In the 1998 movie Small Soldiers one of the characters is trying to report some toys coming to life and running amok.
He is talking to a human, and not having much luck
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15 May 2024
Economy, Employment, People, Perspectives
The six things that hinder successful careers
Most careers can survive a few ups and downs. You win a few, you lose a few. Sometimes it works out. Sometimes, not so much.
When I started writing the Worknado book a
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20 May 2024
Brisbane 2032, Community, Perspectives, Sport
Fund sets up Aussie athletes for success and life
By Nat Cook
Every athlete should be celebrated.
Every athlete should be encouraged.
And every athlete should be supported.
I am not just talking about those who stand
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15 May 2024
Arts, Perspectives
Comedy cleansing drives chronic laughter drought
By Shane Rodgers
Do you ever think about what makes you laugh out loud and uncontrollably?
These days it might be nothing. But there is something in our weird and
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11 May 2024
Arts, Brisbane 2032, Business, Community, Infrastructure, Music, Perspectives
What Taylor Swift can teach us about Olympic stadiums
By Shane Rodgers
There was something very curious about two sets of economic data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in the past couple of weeks.
They
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7 May 2024
Business, Perspectives, Technology
Fear of posting leaves content dancing in the dark
By Joe McKay
For better or worse, LinkedIn is part of Australian life.
Around 70 percent of the adult population (over 14m Aussies) have a LinkedIn account. Global
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30 April 2024