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Businesses urged to plan for raft of 2026 regulation changes
Lawyers are advising businesses to prepare early for a series of regulatory reforms that come into effect this year.
The reforms cover digital assets, payments
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Business
Businesses urged to plan for raft of 2026 regulation changes
Lawyers are advising businesses to prepare early for a series of regulatory reforms that come into effect this year.
The reforms cover digital assets, payments
Read more
Partner content
Business, Perspectives, Retail
Mixed views emerge on the importance of buying local
By Susan Luckman and Michelle Phillipov
We have now passed the annual Australia Day peak of calls urging us to “buy Australian” – especially lamb. The iconic
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4 February 2026
Business, Federal, Government
Business warns of ‘inevitable’ tax rises without reforms
A peak employer group has warned that tax increases are inevitable if the Federal Government does not undertake “fiscal repair” in its upcoming budget.
The
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3 February 2026
Business, Government, State
$30,000 grants to help businesses tackle global markets
The Queensland Government has opened its Market Accelerator Program to help exporters secure new international contracts.
The $750,000 program provides matched funding
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2 February 2026
Business, Energy & Resources, Government, State
State signs long-term agreement with clean energy park
The Queensland Government has announced a new long-term power supply agreement between the government-owned CleanCo power company and clean energy provider
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29 January 2026
Education, Schools
Application lodged for Catholic co-ed Windsor high school
Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) has lodged a development application to build a 910-student co-ed secondary school in Windsor.
The proposed school, in Grafton St, is
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Education, Research & Science
Brisbane dinosaur fossil found to be Australia’s oldest
A dinosaur fossil found in Brisbane in the 1950s has been found to be Australia’s oldest at 230 million years.
University of Queensland research has confirmed the
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2 February 2026
Education, Schools
Schools principals facing growing abuse by parents
Nearly one in 10 Australian public school principals say they have experienced inappropriate, abusive behaviour from parents.
This included incidents of stalking,
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2 February 2026
Early Learning, Education
Transparent process helps families find quality childcare
A leading early learning and childcare provider has developed a transparent assessment process to help families to be confident about the quality of their
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Education, Schools
Back to school at Carmel College with seven lucky twins
The number seven is often considered lucky and holds a special place in many aspects of our culture.
In Christianity there are seven days of creation, the rainbow has
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Government, Local
Brisbane secures 20-year green waste processing system
Brisbane City Council has secured a panel of five local operators to process the city’s green waste for the next 20 years.
The processing system will be the largest of
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4 February 2026
Federal, Government, Perspectives
Pressure builds to repair broken Coalition agreement
By Michelle Grattan
Nationals leader David Littleproud easily saw off a token move to spill the party leadership on Monday. But he is now under immense pressure to reach
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3 February 2026
Government, State
300 new council traineeships to be created
Around 300 new council jobs are being created under the latest $6 million Queensland Government First Start funding.
The funds injection will support 64 councils and one
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2 February 2026
Federal, Government
PM’s East Timor visit comes at a pivotal time
By Melissa Conley Tyler
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Timor-Leste, making his first official visit. Known in English as East Timor, Timor-Leste is
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29 January 2026
Education, Government, Local, Schools
Some motorists still flout school traffic safety rules
Moves to slow traffic around schools have been largely successful but some motorists are still flouting the rules.
Brisbane City Council said the worst offender was
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27 January 2026
Economy, Finances
Mortgage holders hit with interest rate rise
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board has announced the expected 0.25 percentage points increase in the base interest rate, bringing the cash rate to 3.85
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3 February 2026
Business, Economy, Finances, Property
Low volumes of homes for sale driving price increases
Low supplies of houses for sale are keeping upward pressure on prices despite conditions that would normally dampen demand.
Real estate research group Cotality estimates
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3 February 2026
Business, Economy, Finances, Property
Brisbane leads a hot market for house prices
Brisbane house prices are forecast to increase faster than Sydney and Melbourne this year as high demand and limited supply continue to drive the market.
KPMG’s latest
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29 January 2026
Economy, Finances
Inflation monster refusing to be tamed
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.8 percent in the 2025 calendar year, keeping upward pressure on mortgage interest rates following positive employment data last
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28 January 2026
Economy
Economy ‘normalising’ after post-pandemic shocks
Australia’s economy is “normalising” after the pandemic shocks but still faces major challenges around productivity and housing affordability.
An OECD overview of
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27 January 2026
Arts, Music
Lilly Allen to tour in October, tickets on sale Monday
British pop star Lilly Allen is coming to Brisbane later this year as part of her Australian tour in October and November.
Tickets go on sale Monday, February 9 at 1pm
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2 February 2026
Arts, Theatre
Cultural superstar Glasshouse Theatre to open March 7
Queensland’s “cultural superstar” – the 1500-seat Glasshouse theatre is set to open on March 7, 2026, making QPAC the largest performing arts
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2 February 2026
Arts, Film & Television, People, Perspectives
Honouring the rare genius of Catherine O’Hara
By Ben McCann
Catherine O’Hara, the beloved actor and comedian who has died aged 71, occupied that rare position in contemporary screen culture: a comic actor, a cult
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2 February 2026
Arts, Music, Perspectives
AI creates some dilemmas for Grammy Awards
By Mark Benincosa
At its best, artificial intelligence can assist people in analysing data, automating tasks and developing solutions to big problems: fighting cancer,
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1 February 2026
Arts, Music
Springsteen rushes out Minneapolis protest song
Singer Bruce Springsteen has released a protest song addressing what he describes as “state terror” being visited on the city of Minneapolis.
The song –
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29 January 2026
Brisbane 2032, Community
500 businesses vying for a slice of Brisbane 2032 Games pie
Organisers of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic games addressed the IOC today, saying more than 500 local businesses are vying to be part of the procurement or supply
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4 February 2026
Community, Support & Services
Half a million people take advantage of cheap pool entry
More than 500,000 people have taken advantage of the Brisbane City Council’s $2 pool entry fee this summer.
The $2 entry fee at 22 pools across the city was introduced
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4 February 2026
Community, Environment, Events
Billions of cigarette butts being dumped in public areas
Cigarette butts are the most littered item in Australia with 8.9 billion of them collected each year in clean-ups.
The latest Clean Up Australia Litter Report, released
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4 February 2026
Community, Travel
Qantas cuts fares to $299 as more Aussies travel overseas
Qantas has slashed the price of its international airfares, as new data reveals Aussies are travelling overseas more – logging an increase of nearly nine percent last
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3 February 2026
Community, Education, Health, Research & Science
World-first cancer vaccine trial for childhood tumours
A world-first clinical trial in Australia will test cancer vaccines developed for children with advanced or treatment-resistant brain tumours.
The trials for what is
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3 February 2026
Federal, Government, People
Danish royals to tour Australia in March
King Frederik X and Queen Mary will tour parts of Australia next month as part of their fourth official visit since taking over the Danish Throne in 2024.
For Queen
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2 February 2026
Economy, Employment, People
Blurred lines spark conflict for work-from-home couples
Couples who mostly work from home are experiencing heightened frustrations and conflicts from the blurry divide between their personal and professional lives.
New
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29 January 2026
Community, People, Sport
Bradman’s Baggy Green attracts record auction price
One of legendary cricketer Sir Donald Bradman’s rare Baggy Green caps was sold at auction today for $460,000.
Lloyds Auctions said it was the highest price ever
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26 January 2026
Community, People
Pioneering astronaut is 2026 Australian of the Year
The first Australian to qualify as an astronaut under the country’s space program – Katherine Bennell-Pegg – has been named as the 2026 Australian of the
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26 January 2026
Appointments, People
Tims sworn in as Deputy Commissioner
Queensland’s new Deputy Commissioner of Regional Operations John Tims was sworn into the state police service role this week.
Deputy Commissioner Tims has served more
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21 January 2026
Perspectives
Warming world is significantly impacting rain patterns
By the Bureau of Meteorology
Low pressure systems are common in southern Australia, particularly in the cool half of the year. These are often called extratropical
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4 February 2026
Business, Energy & Resources, Perspectives
New research unveils the influencers of climate debate
By Christian Downie
There’s a reason political commentators refer to Australia’s “climate wars”. Every time a climate policy is put on the table, supporters and
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4 February 2026
Community, Health, Perspectives
How much coffee can you safely drink?
By Clare Collins
Coffee first entered human lives and veins over 600 years ago.
Now we consume an average of almost two kilos per person each year – sometimes with
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3 February 2026
Perspectives
The last US-Russian nuclear treaty is about to expire
By Tilman Ruff
The New START treaty, the last remaining agreement constraining Russian and US nuclear weapons, is due to lapse on February 4, 2026.
There are no
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2 February 2026
Economy, Finances, Perspectives
Beware the risks in gold and silver price rollercoaster
By Angel Zhong and Jason Tian
The start of 2026 has seen gold and silver surge to record highs – only to crash on Friday.
Gold prices peaked above US$5500 (A$7900)
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1 February 2026