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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, Community, Environment, Rural
Aussie tech targets Brazil’s methane juggernaut
An Australian climate technology company is closer to introducing its methane-reducing product into the world’s largest cattle herd.
Rumin8, based in Western
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10 October 2024
Business, Community, Retail, Support & Services
OECD warning over ‘dark commercial patterns’
Deceptive commercial tactics are impacting 90 percent of global consumers, sparking a warning from the OECD.
A new survey from the intergovernmental economic
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10 October 2024
Business, Community, Transport, Travel
Qantas fined $100m for selling tickets on cancelled flights
Qantas has been ordered to pay a $100 million fine for selling tickets on flights that didn’t exist.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chair Gina
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9 October 2024
Business, Federal, Government, Technology, Transport
Is your car sharing your image and voice with others?
Most car makers capture and share Australian driver data with third-party companies, sparking a call for updated privacy laws.
Research by consumer advocacy group CHOICE
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9 October 2024
Business, Community, Professional Services, Property, Support & Services
Complex laws the key to harmonious living
As the housing crisis increases the demand for high-density living, a series of seminars is being rolled out across south-east Queensland to help the people tasked with
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9 October 2024
Community, Education, Higher Education, Safety, Schools
Regional focus for student road safety program
A road safety program for Queensland high school students will be enhanced to focus on rural and regional drivers.
Built off the award-winning BRAKE Driver Awareness
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10 October 2024
Business, Defence & Aerospace, Education, Research & Science
Mars study fails to confirm ancient biosphere
Latest data from NASA’s Curiosity mission on Mars has failed to find evidence that the planet previously supported life.
Samples collected by the Curiosity rover were
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10 October 2024
Education, Research & Science
Cool clothes nothing to do with fashion
City workers battling scorching pavements and stifling streets will soon be able to better dress to combat the urban oven.
A team of international researchers have
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10 October 2024
Business, Education, Higher Education, People, Technology
AI set to transform technology training and jobs
Information technology training and jobs are set to evolve significantly over the next five years as Artificial Intelligence creates new organisational needs.
Southern
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Economy, Education, Employment, Vocational
Non-trade apprentice numbers down more than 20%
The number of apprentices in training dropped by almost nine percent in the most recent reporting.
The latest data from the National Centre for Vocational Education
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9 October 2024
Business, Community, Federal, Government, Safety, Technology
Cyber Act to set minimum security standards for devices
Smart devices must meet minimum security standards and ransomware reporting will be mandated for some businesses under new laws proposed by the Federal
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10 October 2024
Education, Federal, Government, Higher Education
$3 billion in student debt relief step closer
Legislation to cap the indexation of student debt in Australia has been passed by the House of Representatives in Federal Parliament.
Federal Education Minister Jason
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10 October 2024
Business, Defence & Aerospace, Federal, Government
Defence hits the mark with Indigenous Procurement
The Australian Department of Defence not only bears the burden of protecting our shores, it is also propping up one of the Federal Government’s major procurement
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9 October 2024
Federal, Government
Geothermal powers Australian War Memorial
The Australian War Memorial in Canberra is now powered by one of the largest geothermal powers systems in the world.
Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris
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8 October 2024
Business, Government, Infrastructure, Local, Property
Plan to ease car park burden for developers
By Steve Zeppa
Developments in inner-city suburbs will have new car parking requirements under a Brisbane City Council proposal to make housing more affordable.
Public
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8 October 2024
Community, Economy, Employment, Support & Services
Growing care workforce lowers national productivity
The number of care workers has grown to now represent 15 percent of the entire Australian workforce.
A new study by economic research institute e61 has found, with the
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10 October 2024
Community, Economy, Employment, Support & Services
Robbery sparks call to boost rights for gig workers
The violent carjacking of a food delivery worker on the Gold Coast this week has renewed calls for extra protection for the nation’s gig workers.
Transport Workers
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10 October 2024
Business, Economy, Energy & Resources, Finances, Legal, Transport
Fuel storage laws starting to push up costs
Fuel prices are likely to rise as importers begin to pass on the compliance costs of new storage requirements.
The second stage of Minimum Stockholding Obligations took
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Economy, Finances
‘Remarkable’ Vietnam a rising economic power
Vietnam has emerged as a major winner from the trade ructions between China and western democracies.
The country has just reported a 7.4 percent rise in Gross Domestic
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8 October 2024
Community, Economy, Finances, Support & Services
Housing insecurity main reason for giving up pets
Housing insecurity has been found to be the leading reason for people leaving their pets at animal shelters.
A La Trobe University study found 9000 cats and dogs were
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8 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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10 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
Arts, Business, Dance, Technology
Ballet base receives global healthy building tick
Queensland Ballet is renowned for dancers who are in top physical shape, but now its new headquarters is just as fit and healthy as the people who work there.
The Thomas
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Arts, Music
Vinyl record sales jump 10 percent in United States
Vinyl records are continuing their renaissance, based on recorded music sales data from the United States.
Figures released by the Recording Industry Association of
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3 October 2024
Community, Health
Dementia poised to become Australia’s biggest killer
Dementia is poised to become the leading cause of death in Australia.
The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), released today, showed Ischaemic
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10 October 2024
Community, Sport
Wimbledon drops line judges after 147 years
The legendary Wimbledon tennis championship will break a 147-year tradition in 2025 when it phases out human line judges.
They will be replaced by electronic line
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10 October 2024
Community, Health
Alzheimer’s disease to affect 1.2 million by 2050
More than a million Australians will have Alzheimer’s disease by 2050, with a $17 billion impact on the economy, according to a new report.
The health advisory company
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10 October 2024
Community, Education, Environment, Research & Science
Warmer Antarctica is greening dramatically
Antarctica has 10 times more vegetation than 40 years ago despite the challenging growing conditions.
The greening of the Antarctic Peninsula has been linked to warmer
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10 October 2024
Community, Environment, Safety, Support & Services
Queensland ground zero for nation’s disasters
More intense bushfires and sustained heatwaves are joining cyclones to form the trinity of devastation, as Queensland is labelled Australia’s most disaster-prone
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9 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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10 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
Community, Federal, Government, Health, People
Professor Kelly steps down as Australia’s CMO
The medical face of Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly, is stepping down.
Federal Health Minister Mark Butler
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9 October 2024
People
Antarctic Aussies to return home after a year on ice
Australians working in the Antarctic are getting ready to return home with a re-supply vessel on its way to the nation’s most southern territory.
The Antarctic science
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8 October 2024
Business, Community, Environment, People, Rural
Global award for sustainable beef production
A Central Queensland cattle company has been recognised as one of the most sustainable beef producers in the world.
Leather Cattle Co (LCC), run by Melinee and Rob
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6 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
Business, Education, Higher Education, Perspectives, Technology
Seven stages to understanding artificial intelligence
By Sandra Peter and Kai Riemer
You know we’ve reached peak interest in artificial intelligence (AI) when Oprah Winfrey hosts a television special about it. AI is truly
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2 October 2024
Business, Economy, Employment, Perspectives
Have we squandered our best change opportunity?
By Shane Rodgers
Just for a moment everything seemed possible. Overnight, companies learned to use technology to allow their knowledge economy workers to live a
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1 October 2024
Business, Federal, Government, Legal, Perspectives, Queensland Election, State
Caution needed during election caretaker period
By Michael Lucey, Rebekah Lines and Phoebe Powell – McCullough Robertson Lawyers
It is important for businesses and individuals working with government entities or in
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