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Aging teacher population worsening global shortage
Most countries are facing a shortage of teachers which is expected to get worse because 25 percent of the profession in high schools are over 55.
An OECD education
Read more30 September 2026
Business, Property
Rare Port Douglas land parcels being auctioned
Bidding has opened on eight prime beachside land parcels in Port Douglas in North Queensland.
The land is part of the BeCHe Estate and is around 350m from Four Mile
Read more30 September 2026
Business
Tradies to be given free access to mandatory standards
Tradies and small businesses will be given free access to mandatory Australian Standards for the first time later this year.
This could save small construction firms up
Read more28 September 2026
Business, Energy & Resources
Tenders awarded for Taroom Trough exploration area
The Queensland Government has awarded exploration tenders for areas in the Taroom Trough prospecting area, Julia Creek and north of Blackwater.
The successful Taroom
Read more23 September 2026
Business, Retail
Retailers battling abuse of ‘generous’ returns policies
Online fraud communities have been created for people to share tips on making fraudulent returns of bought items.
A new study also reveals the widespread practice of
Read more22 September 2026
Business, Community
Giant go-kart circuit to be built at Skygate
The Game Over group has announced it will build Queensland’s largest electric go-kart circuit in Brisbane Airport’s Skygate precinct.
The track is part of a new
Read more21 September 2026
Early Learning, Education
CBD childcare centre is an early learning sanctuary
The Guardian Childcare & Education Collins Street in Melbourne typifies contemporary early learning “sanctuaries” in city CBDs.
The centre is hidden within a
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Education, Schools
Aging teacher population worsening global shortage
Most countries are facing a shortage of teachers which is expected to get worse because 25 percent of the profession in high schools are over 55.
An OECD education
Read more30 September 2026
Education, Research & Science
‘Drunk’ AI bots more likely to break the rules
Artificial Intelligence systems primed to imitate drunken behaviour are more likely to leak secret information and answer harmful questions.
New UNSW-led research found
Read more28 September 2026
Business, Economy, Education, Employment
Half of the workforce are overqualified for their jobs
By Inga Lass
Close to half of Australians believe they have more education than their job requires, a dynamic that is associated with lower job and life satisfaction.
A
Read more24 September 2026
Education, Research & Science
The brain found to be two distinct organs
The human brain has been found to be two distinct organs that evolved independently over millions of years.
A research team, led by Stanford Medicine, said it was
Read more23 September 2026
Federal, Government
OpenAI moves to rebuild trust after data breach
By Michelle Grattan
OpenAI has committed to “rebuilding trust with Australians” in a lengthy apologetic statement outlining what happened in its model’s breach of
Read more30 September 2026
Federal, Government
Greens leader steps down to deal with health issues
By Michelle Grattan
Greens leader Senator Larissa Waters has quit the party leadership in a surprise move due to ill health.
Waters, who has been leader since former
Read more29 September 2026
Government, Local
Story Bridge to close over Christmas period
Brisbane’s Story Bridge is being closed to traffic for three weeks over the upcoming Christmas period.
It will be closed from 1am Sunday, December 27, 2026 until 5am
Read more28 September 2026
Federal, Government
Australia signs new security agreement with Ukraine
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have signed a new Bilateral Security Agreement.
The agreement provides “a
Read more24 September 2026
Federal, Government
Cheesy selfie masks US-Australia divide on AI safeguards
By Michelle Grattan
Anthony Albanese was quick to put up a cheesy selfie with Donald Trump when the two rubbed shoulders at the president’s reception for those
Read more23 September 2026
Community, Economy, People
Gen Z turning to shares to secure future wealth
Almost half of new share investors are aged under 30 as Gen Z seeks new ways to build future wealth.
NAB said account openings by this group on its nabtrade platform had
Read more30 September 2026
Economy, Finances
Interest rates lifted to a 15-year high of 4.6%
The Reserve Bank board has lifted interest rates by another 25 basis points (0.25 percent) to 4.6 percent, the highest point in 15 years.
It warned that it would not
Read more29 September 2026
Economy, Finances, Perspectives
China no longer easy pickings for exports and students
By Christoph Nedopil
For decades, China’s market of 1.4 billion people and extraordinary economic growth gave Australian exporters seemingly endless opportunities.
The
Read more28 September 2026
Economy, Employment
Unemployment rises as people reactivate job ambitions
People who were previously not looking for work started moving back into the workforce as the job market tightened in August.
Seasonally adjusted unemployment rose to
Read more24 September 2026
Economy, Finances
World economy is mostly riding out oil shock
The global economy has come through the oil shock from the Middle East conflict better than expected but inflation continues to haunt the recovery.
The OECD’s Interim
Read more24 September 2026
Arts, Literature
Fantasy fiction surge changes book life cycles
QBD bookstores will open early and host special events to celebrate the surging interest in fantasy fiction and the changed life-cycle of books.
QBD says fantasy is now
Read more30 September 2026
Arts, Music
Tame Impala, Genesis Owusu lead ARIA award nominations
Genesis Owusu and Tame Impala lead this year’s ARIA award nominations with eight nominations each.
Close behind is Ecca Vandal with seven and Baker Boy, BOY SODA, G
Read more28 September 2026
Arts, Music
Farnham’s Whispering Jack back on top after 40 years
John Farnham’s classic Whispering Jack album is back at number one on the ARIA “on replay” albums chart off the back of the tribute concert to honour the
Read more28 September 2026
Arts, Music
John Farnham concert gets a second cinema run
A re-edited version of last weekend’s The Songs of John Farnham: A Living Legend – The Celebration Concert will be aired by HOYTS cinemas.
The cinema chain streamed
Read more23 September 2026
Arts, Music
Olivia Rodrigo chalks up 6 weeks at number one
Olivia Rodrigo’s You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love is back at number one in the ARIA Albums Chart, marking six non-consecutive weeks in that
Read more21 September 2026
Brisbane 2032, Community, Government, State
Preferred builders named for Brisbane Olympics stadium
The BESIX Watpac and John Holland consortium has been named as the preferred construction contractor to build the new Brisbane Stadium at Victoria Park.
The companies
Read more30 September 2026
Community, Events
Pasifika Vibes Festival celebrates vibrant Pacific cultures
The Pasifika Vibes Festival, which celebrates the cultures of the Pacific, will be held at Pine Rivers Showgrounds at Lawnton on October 4 and 5, 2026.
The festival,
Read more28 September 2026
Community, Health
Exercise more effective than common pain meds
Exercise can be 60 percent more effective than common pain relief medication, a new comprehensive Adelaide University study of 221,279 participants has
Read more24 September 2026
Community, Health
Daily chronic stress a time bomb for heart health
Chronic stress is believed to be creating hidden inflammation in the hearts of million of people – changing the organ’s structure and causing long term damage.
A new
Read more23 September 2026
Community, Health
Late flu spike reflects changing winter illness patterns
By Allen Cheng
The weather is warming up and the hay fever season has begun, but more people are experiencing cases of influenza than expected for spring.
In the two
Read more22 September 2026
Arts, Music, People
Angry Anderson dies weeks after heart attack overseas
Australian rock singer, songwriter, actor and television personality Angry Anderson has died several weeks after experiencing a heart attack while touring
Read more23 September 2026
People
Robert Irwin to headline new Qantas campaign
Qantas has announced a new international campaign featuring wildlife identity Robert Irwin.
The campaign features Irwin and a Qantas cabin crew explaining to the world
Read more23 September 2026
Business, People
Vast Darryn Lyons private collection goes to auction
Items from the vast private collection of “Mr. Paparazzi” Darryn Lyons have been put up for auction.
The collection includes items from motorsport, music, sport and
Read more16 September 2026
Education, People, Research & Science
Drug habits traced back to early human civilisations
Humans appear to have started using mind-altering substances tens of thousands of years ago, according to new research.
Griffith University archaeologists say that the
Read more11 September 2026
People, Perspectives
Blanche d’Alpuget found her place in history
By Chris Wallace
Writer Blanche d’Alpuget has died aged 82, leaving a lasting imprint on Australian literature, and having influenced the course of political
Read more10 September 2026
Economy, Finances, Perspectives
Rate hike is risky business for a faltering economy
By Stella Huangfu
The Reserve Bank of Australia has raised the cash rate to 4.6 percent from 4.35 percent, taking the key rate to its highest level since late 2011 as
Read more30 September 2026
Perspectives
Do plants grow better when you play them music?
By Lily Whelehan
When I’m in the lab studying my plants, I love to listen to music. But do my plants like it too, or do they just want some peace and quiet?
It turns
Read more28 September 2026
Perspectives
Trump’s war on the media poses risk to democracy
By Matthew Ricketson
Amid the tumult over US President Donald Trump’s latest assault on press freedom, it’s easy to lose sight of what exactly journalism is and
Read more24 September 2026
Business, Perspectives
Cue struggled to dress women for reinvented work lives
By Toby Slade and Dijanna Mulhearn
Australian fashion brand Cue and its sister label Veronika Maine have entered receivership.
At first glance, it looks like another
Read more23 September 2026
Perspectives
Sydney Sweeney ad ignites body image debate
By Vivienne Lewis
Sydney Sweeney’s sports advertisement has been widely criticised by women athletes as sexualising athletes’ bodies.
The advertisement, for sports
Read more21 September 2026