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Small steps lead to children becoming readers and writers
The journey to being a reader and writer comes from a long progression of small steps that start from birth, according to a leading early learning provider.
Guardian
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Business
Gold Coast super stadium consortium announced
The Gold Coast City Council has announced its preferred consortium to build the Gold Coast Arena super-stadium for the 2032 Olympics and beyong.
The AmplifyGC consortium
Read more17 March 2026
Business, Technology
AI only partly to blame for big job losses in tech firms
By Uri Gal
In the past few months, a wave of tech corporations have announced significant staff cuts and attributed them to efficiency gains driven by artificial
Read more17 March 2026
Business
Have annual performance reviews had their day?
By Danaë Anderson and Jeremy Morrow
Every year organisations roll out their refreshed strategies, new KPIs and ambitious goals for the year ahead.
But despite the
Read more16 March 2026
Business, Property
$153 million Newstead project gets green light
A $153 million apartment project in Newstead is about to be built at 12 Kyabra Street, on the site of a former factory and later a boxing gym that burnt down in
Read more12 March 2026
Business, Transport
Work starts on Amazon Queensland fulfilment centre
Construction has begun on Amazon’s new Queensland fulfilment centre in Greater Flagstone, south-west of Brisbane.
The $750 million facility will support around 2000
Read more12 March 2026Early Learning, Education
Small steps lead to children becoming readers and writers
The journey to being a reader and writer comes from a long progression of small steps that start from birth, according to a leading early learning provider.
Guardian
Read morePartner content
Education, Perspectives, Schools
Why do we do NAPLAN testing online?
By Jim Tognolini
NAPLAN testing started with a technical glitch on Wednesday morning.
Schools were advised to pause the first day of assessments while a “widespread
Read more12 March 2026
Education, Higher Education
Fifty new places funded to train doctors
The Federal Government has opened 50 new government‑funded university medical places to help lift the supply of General Practitioners (GPs).
From today universities
Read more10 March 2026
Education, Research & Science
Childhood trauma does not determine future mental health
Most children who experience abuse, bullying, and household dysfunction maintain moderate to high mental wellbeing into adulthood, according to a 12-year
Read more9 March 2026
Education, Schools
Students risk losing critical thinking to AI brain rot
Australian students risk losing cognitive abilities critical to learning and development unless urgent action is taken to stop AI brain rot, according to a new
Read more9 March 2026
Business, Government, Local, Property
20 to 30-storey towers proposed in major suburban hubs
Buildings as high as 30 storeys are being planned around Brisbane suburban shopping precincts as part of the city’s “tall over sprawl” housing strategy.
The
Read more17 March 2026
Federal, Government
Canavan announces his new ‘posse of patriots’
By Michelle Grattan
Former Nationals’ leader Michael McCormack has been brought back onto the frontbench as the opposition unveiled yet another reshuffle, this one
Read more17 March 2026
Government, State
Hundreds of blue cards suspended under new powers
543 blue cards have been suspended over the past five months under new Queensland government child protection powers.
Of these, 269 blue card holders have been prevented
Read more16 March 2026
Government
UN Security Council condemns Iran’s attacks on neighbours
The UN Security Council has condemned Iran’s “egregious attacks” against nearly a dozen of its regional neighbours, amid the Middle East war which is entering its
Read more12 March 2026
Government, Local
Vehicle located in search for missing tourists
Police have located a vehicle connected to two missing international tourists in the Kilkivan area, near Gympie in Queensland.
The discovery came as floods continued in
Read more12 March 2026
Economy, Finances
Interest rates to rise despite the economic shocks
By Shane Rodgers
Mortgage holders are facing more pain after the Reserve Bank decided to lift the cash rate a further 25 basis point to 4.1 percent.
The Reserve Bank
Read more17 March 2026
Economy, Finances
Economic growth slows across major world economies
Economic growth slowed across major economies in the final quarter of 2025, OECD data released overnight shows.
The OECD figures revealed Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of
Read more17 March 2026
Economy, Finances
Households winding back discretionary spending
Household spending has fallen for the first time in 17 months as cost of living pressures and rising interest rates hit hard.
The CommBank Household Spending Insights
Read more12 March 2026
Economy
Australia’s inflation falling out of step with global trends
Australia’s stubbornly high inflation rate is starting to look out of kilter with Consumer Price Index (CPI) results across industrialised countries.
Year-on-year
Read more12 March 2026
Economy, Finances
Consumer confidence hits 3-year low
Consumer confidence has hit the lowest level since 2023, while wages hold steady and the job market remains strong, according to surveys by major banks.
The ANZ-Roy
Read more10 March 2026
Arts, Film & Television
Oscars 2026 – One Battle After Another takes best picture
One Battle After Another was the big winner at the 2026 Academy Awards, taking home the Oscar for Best Picture and several major honours including Best Director for Paul
Read more16 March 2026
Arts, Music
Queensland Youth Orchestra starts 60th anniversary season
The Queensland Youth Orchestra (QYO) kicks off its 60th anniversary season with its first concert series for 2026 on March 21.
Visions of the Supernatural will take
Read more16 March 2026
Arts, Music
Jessica Mauboy, Yothu Yindi, Troy Cassar-Daley star at QPAC
Jessica Mauboy, Yothu Yindi, and Troy Cassar-Daley are just some of the acts to star in QPAC’s Clancestry festival of First Nations artists from July 30 – August
Read more16 March 2026
Arts, Music
Liquidator appointed to cancelled Bluesfest event
One of Australia’s longest running music festivals – Bluesfest – has cancelled its 2026 event just weeks before it was due to start.
The festival, hosted in Byron
Read more16 March 2026
Arts, Music
Cinema singer-songwriter Agnes Obel to perform at QPAC
If you watch streaming or go to the movies, chances are you have heard many of Agnes Obel’s ethereal songs.
The Berlin-based Danish singer, songwriter, producer, and
Read more12 March 2026
Community, Sport
Applications closing for grassroots sport funding
Applications for funding under the Queensland Government’s Games On! program for local sporting clubs close tomorrow (March 18).
The program is already supporting 119
Read more17 March 2026
Community, Health
Thousands of children suffering through arthritis
Up to 10,000 Australian children are believed to be suffering from arthritis, a condition usually associated with aging.
Juvenile Arthritis Foundation Australia (JAFA)
Read more16 March 2026
Community, Food
Kitchens are losing their role as the hub of family life
By Caroline Cumberbatch
According to anthropologist Richard Wrangham, cooking fundamentally altered the human species.
He claims the control of fire and the advent of
Read more16 March 2026
Community, Support & Services
Hope for young men drawn into misogynistic online world
Young Australian men are being drawn to misogynistic online communities when they are struggling with isolation, rejection or declining mental health, new research has
Read more12 March 2026
Community
Aussies identify with postcode over city, state, or country
Postcodes are now more culturally significant than the city, state or country in which Australians live, with nearly two-thirds identifying most strongly with the four
Read more12 March 2026
People
24 minutes of music can take the edge off anxiety
Listening to 24 minutes of the right music has been found to significantly reduce anxiety.
As a result, music therapy is being touted as part of a treatment plan for
Read more17 March 2026
Community, Health, People
Technology tools becoming the new agony aunts
People are increasingly using Artificial Intelligence tools to discuss their feelings and relationships.
Family counselling group Interrelate, in a statement released
Read more12 March 2026
Appointments, People
Appointments to Queensland law bodies announced
The Queensland Government has announced new appointments to the Board of Legal Aid Queensland (LAQ) and the Queensland Law Reform Commission (QLRC).
Darren Robinson
Read more9 March 2026
Appointments, People
New Salvation Army leaders for the Bayside Corps
The Salvation Army has announced the appointment of Major Nathan and Captain Kylie Hodges as new leaders of the Brisbane Bayside Corps in Alexandra Hills.
Major Nathan
Read more4 March 2026
People, Perspectives
Why do we remember some dreams and not others?
By Yaqoot Fatima, Danielle Wilson and Nisreen Aouira
Some mornings, you wake up and the dream is right there. Clear and vivid. You might still feel the emotion in your
Read more4 March 2026
Perspectives
Personalise education for top mental and academic results
By Gillian Woodhouse
Australia’s schools are still too often measured by ATAR scores, NAPLAN results and exam rankings.
But those numbers tell only part of the
Read more17 March 2026
Perspectives
Kylie and Jackie O face new rules if they return to the air
By Denis Muller
If the ARN radio network’s KIISFM stations want to resurrect Kyle Sandilands or Jackie “O” Henderson, either together, singly or in partnership
Read more17 March 2026
Perspectives
From lost boys to gentlemen of honour
By Andre Casson
How do we create gentlemen of honour in an increasingly dishonourable world? That’s a question I often ask myself in my role as Headmaster of Brisbane
Read more16 March 2026
Perspectives
Trump’s confusing war has little public support at home
By David Smith
No US president in living memory has gone to war with less public support than Donald Trump has for the war in Iran.
Even Barack Obama’s much-maligned
Read more16 March 2026
Federal, Government, Perspectives
Battle of the friendly titans – Canavan vs Joyce
By Michelle Grattan
Matt Canavan was once Barnaby Joyce’s staffer, and later his closest ally and most vociferous spruiker. Not to mention his best political
Read more12 March 2026