Events
Bluey's World theme park, Brisbane. | Newsreel

Arts

Bluey’s World extends its Hamilton season

Bluey’s World is yet to open its doors, but its season has already been extended for an extra five months. Tickets go on sale on Monday, October 21, for a November
Read more 14 October 2024
Lightscape at the Brisbane Festival.

Arts

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
Read more 9 October 2024
Story Bridge Kemp Place Dec 1954. | Newsreel

Arts, Community, Education, Events, Higher Education

Brisbane cubed reveals River City’s history

Brisbane’s evolution from the 1800s will be showcased on a mega wall during a three-day exhibition, starting tomorrow. The Cube, at QUT’s Garden Point Campus in the
Read more 30 September 2024
Cirque-du-Soleil performer Nelson Smyles. | Newsreel

Arts, Community, Events

LUZIA’s light leads performers home

Queensland performers Helena Merten and Nelson Smyles will share the spotlight when Cirque du Soleil’s new show, LUZIA, opens in Brisbane this week. Promoters said it
Read more 24 September 2024
Socceroo Tim Cahill. | Newsreel

Community, Events, Sport

Tim Cahill back to lead Aussie side against Ronaldinho

Socceroos legend Tim Cahill will play his first game on Australian soil in five years, when he faces a team led by Brazilian football great Ronaldinho in an exhibition
Read more 23 September 2024
Uncle Joe Geia and Uncle Graham Brady. | Newsreel

Community, Education, Events, Higher Education

Uncle Joe’s song helps light up path to Treaty

The “nation of no alphabets” took centre stage as leading First Nations songwriter Uncle Joe Geia featured in a special event in Brisbane last week. QUT’s
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Health
Person having heart attack. | Newsreel

Education

Blood test can confirm heart attack in minutes

A new blood test has been developed which can detect a heart attack within minutes, instead of hours. Researchers at John Hopkins University said the new test could
Read more 18 October 2024
Robot hand. | Newsreel

Education

New technology paves the way for a ‘robodoctor’

A soft robot has been developed which can perform routine medical examinations, including taking a patient’s pulse and checking for abnormal lumps. Researchers at
Read more 18 October 2024
Hungry hands waiting for grain. | Newsreel

Community, Health, Safety

Food as a weapon common in global conflicts

Up to 21,000 people are dying of hunger each day in countries impacted by war. A new Oxfam report, which looked at 54 conflict-affected countries, found they account for
Read more 16 October 2024
A preference for sweet food has been linked to depression - Newsreel

Community, Education, Health, Research & Science

Sweet tooth linked to depression and stroke

People who gravitate towards sweet foods and sugery drinks have been found to have a higher risk of depression, diabetes and stroke. A new study by the University of
Read more 16 October 2024
Woman taking a pill. | Newsreel

Community, Education, Federal, Government, Health, Research & Science

WHO calls for extra effort in drug resistance battle

A lack of urgency in finding new antibiotics to counter resistant illnesses is putting millions of lives at risk, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). In
Read more 15 October 2024
Poultry. | Newsreel

Business, Community, Federal, Government, Health, Rural

Extra funding to combat virulent avian flu strain

The rapid global spread of a dangerous strain of avian flu has prompted a $95 million boost to efforts to prevent it from arriving in Australia. Federal Agriculture
Read more 15 October 2024

Sport
Johnson racing care

Community

Tru Blu Johnson offering for motorsport fans

Queensland’s most famous motor racing family is auctioning a race-winning car and iconic licence plate. Steve Johnson’s Tru Blu #17 Touring Car and his father,
Read more 17 October 2024
Super shoes are helping to smash long-standing marathon records - Newsreel

Community

Super shoes drive smashing of marathon records

The rise of “super shoes” is being credited with most of the world’s long distance records being smashed in recent years. The trend continued on the weekend when
Read more 15 October 2024
Sports coach. | Newsreel

Brisbane 2032, Community, Sport

High performance coaches on path to Brisbane 2032

A program aimed at creating the coaches to guide our athletes in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics has delivered its first cohort or
Read more 15 October 2024
Charles Clarke Park, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. | Newsreel

Business, Community, Government, Health, Local, Sport, Support & Services, Tourism

Nation-leading all-abilities pontoon for Sunshine Coast

An all-abilities pontoon will be built at a Sunshine Coast park, in what is believed to be an Australian-first for accessibility. The pontoon will be installed at
Read more 14 October 2024
Paul Bettany in the movie Wimbledon - Newsreel

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
Read more 10 October 2024
Young sports person and adult looking at computer. | Newsreel

Brisbane 2032, Business, Community, Education, Government, Local, Schools, Sport, Technology

Students in fast lane to sport tech careers

Sunshine Coast schools will be able to embed sports tech teaching into their curriculum through a partnership between industry and Council. Sunshine Coast Council has
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