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$500m Aussie Halloween no longer child’s play
One of America’s biggest events, Halloween, is taking hold Down Under with Aussies tipped to spend close to $500 million on the spooky holiday this year.
New research
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17 October 2025
Business, Government, Local, Property, State
Call for developers to transform Visy’s South Brisbane site
One of Brisbane’s last remaining riverfront industrial sites is set to be transformed into a thriving mixed-use precinct, with thousands of new homes.
The State
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17 October 2025
Business, Professional Services, Property
Tax deduction would clear the way to boost housing stock
A Brisbane-based family business has a novel suggestion to increase housing stock through the implementation of a new tax deduction.
Property Clearance cofounder and
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16 October 2025
Business, Community, Government, Infrastructure, State, Transport, Travel
10km Cross River Rail to now cost $19 billion
The first passengers on Brisbane’s Cross River Rail’s are still four years away, with the project costing taxpayers more than $19 billion by then.
Following almost a
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16 October 2025
Business, Property
New plans to restore Broadway alongside 24-storey project
New plans to fully restore the state-heritage-listed Broadway Hotel in Woolloongabba, alongside a 24-storey residential development, have been submitted to Brisbane City
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16 October 2025
Business, Property
Three-bedroom units star in 37-storey South Brisbane tower
More than 200 apartments are planned for a 37-storey residential tower in South Brisbane.
Mosaic Property Group has lodged a development application with Brisbane City
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15 October 2025
Community, Education, Environment, Research & Science
Australia’s carbon sinks leaking emissions
The deteriorating health of tropical rainforests are turning them into carbon emitters, as opposed to the traditional carbon sinks relied on to combat the greenhouse
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17 October 2025
Education, Research & Science
Shape-shifting robots rise from thin sheets. Watch video
Researchers have created robots which can “shape-shift” without the need for a motor.
North Carolina State University scientists have developed metabots, made from
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17 October 2025
Early Learning, Education
Guardian Childcare gives an early start on democracy
Canberra children as young as three are learning about the power of democracy through an innovative and interactive new program.
The Guardian Childcare and Education
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Community, Education, Health, Research & Science
First human trials of new brain cancer therapy
A new treatment for one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancers is set to be tested on people for the first time.
Brisbane biotechnology company Cyteph, a spin-out
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14 October 2025
Business, Defence & Aerospace, Education, Higher Education, Research & Science
Adelaide’s analogue astronauts in world’s largest mission
Australia is in the middle of a two-week space mission involving 25 countries across the globe.
A team from the University of Adelaide and international space testing,
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14 October 2025
Business, Government, Infrastructure, Local, Retail, Tourism, Transport
Businesses urged to unlock our River of dreams
Brisbane businesses are being asked to help shape the guidelines to better use the city’s river as backdrop for commercial and recreational activities.
Lord Mayor
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17 October 2025
Business, Federal, Government, Professional Services
ATO call centre under fire from tax agents
Accountants have expressed their frustration with the Australian Tax Office, with most queries directed to call centre staff with less than 12 months’ experience.
Tax
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16 October 2025
Business, Community, Environment, Government, Infrastructure, Local, Property, Transport, Travel
Cars optional as 5000 homes planned for South Brisbane
South Brisbane residents are being urged to ditch their cars, with an active and public transport focused plan set to bring more than 5000 new homes into the inner-city
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16 October 2025
Business, Community, Government, State, Support & Services, Technology
Updated defamation laws a response to the digital age
New Queensland defamation laws aim to better protect people making complaints to police and those managing online platforms.
State Attorney-General Deb Frecklington said
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15 October 2025
Business, Community, Government, Infrastructure, State, Transport, Travel
Gold Coast train line ready for its Pimpama stop
South-East Queensland will have it first new train station in almost a decade when the Gold Coast’s Pimpama station opens next Monday.
State Transport and Main Roads
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14 October 2025
Economy, Employment
4.5% unemployment rate highest since 2021
Australia’s unemployment rate is at its highest level in almost four years.
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows the seasonally adjusted
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16 October 2025
Business, Economy, Employment, People, Technology
Young AI-fluent workers have “eyes wide open”
Australia’s first AI-fluent work cohort is embracing the technology, despite most believing it will lead to fewer jobs.
A new Microsoft Australia survey found Gen Z
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16 October 2025
Business, Community, Economy, Employment, Finances, Government, Legal, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Retail, State, Support & Services
$5000 boost for women after career break
Queensland women can access $5000 grants when returning to work after a career break.
A $20 million State Government program aims to the reduce the cost of returning
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13 October 2025
Business, Defence & Aerospace, Economy, Employment, Energy & Resources, Finances, Infrastructure, Legal, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Property, Retail, Rural, Technology, Tourism, Transport
Business confidence surges to 10-year high
Queensland business confidence is at its highest levels in more than a decade.
Business Chamber Queensland CEO Heidi Cooper said the group’s latest sentiment report
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10 October 2025
Economy, Education, Employment, Government, Schools, State
Australia leads world in fast-tracking teachers
A global study of teachers has found the vast majority are satisfied with their jobs, while Australia is fast-tracking mature-aged teachers at world-leading rates.
The
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8 October 2025
Arts, Dance, Film & Television, Fine arts, Literature, Music, Theatre
Digital record honours 50 years of Disability Arts
A new website has been launched which celebrates 50 years of creativity and progress in Disability Arts.
Project Chief Investigator Professor Bree Hadley said Disability
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16 October 2025
Arts, Film & Television, Government, Local
Sunshine Coast attracts spotlight on many stages
The Sunshine Coast’s premier screen event will bask in the spotlight of national acclaim for the local industry when it kicks off later this month.
ShowFest 2025,
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15 October 2025
Arts, Music
Country music popular as free festival hits Gold Coast
By Susan Schwartz
Australia is the third-largest international market for country music, and the fastest-growing streaming market driven by Gen Z.
This is according to
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14 October 2025
Arts, Dance, Fine arts, Music, Theatre
AusArt Day participants promote their creativity
Almost 50 Queensland artists have registered for a national day of giving to support the arts scene next week.
More than 300 artists and arts organisations have
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13 October 2025
Arts, Theatre
Now you can see them live at QPAC
Fans of the global film franchise Now You See Me will be able to be captivated up close and personal in Brisbane this January.
Four trailblazing illusionists will
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10 October 2025
Community, Education, Events, Research & Science, Support & Services
Gallipoli Medical Research celebrates 20 years of innovation
A Brisbane medical research institute, which translates innovation into practical support for Australia’s military veterans, is this year remembering 20 years of
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17 October 2025
Business, Community, Events, Retail
$500m Aussie Halloween no longer child’s play
One of America’s biggest events, Halloween, is taking hold Down Under with Aussies tipped to spend close to $500 million on the spooky holiday this year.
New research
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17 October 2025
Business, Community, Events, Sport, Tourism, Transport, Travel
Aussie airports land passenger records
A Thursday in September was the busiest day in Australia for airline travel since before the pandemic, with Brisbane Airport recording it busiest day ever in that
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16 October 2025
Community, Education, Health, Research & Science, Support & Services
First trial of psychedelics to treat depression promising
Results from the first Australia trial of using psychedelics to treat depression have given hope for a new effective treatment.
Lead researcher Professor Susan Rossell,
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16 October 2025
Brisbane 2032, Business, Community, Government, Infrastructure, State
“We are officially in the ground” for Brisbane Stadium build
Dirt is starting to be moved in the race to transform Victoria Park into the centrepiece for Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Deputy Premier and State
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15 October 2025
Appointments, Business, People, Property
Susan Fraser new CEO of ARNECC
Brisbane executive Susan Fraser is the new CEO of the national body which manages the regulatory framework for electronic conveyancing of property in Australia.
Ms
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16 October 2025
People
Age of Aussie parents increases again
The age of parents in Australia continues to rise and is accelerating, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data.
ABS Head of Demography Beidar
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16 October 2025
Business, Community, Education, Health, People, Research & Science, Support & Services, Technology
6 million Aussies struggle to access internet services
Almost a quarter of all Australians have difficulty accessing the internet, preventing them from full participating in society.
New research from UNSW Sydney found the
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14 October 2025
Community, Economy, Finances, People, Support & Services
757,000 Aussie children live in poverty as rates rise
One in six Australian children now live in poverty, as new data shows the national poverty rate is increasing.
An ACOSS and UNSW report, released today (October 13)
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13 October 2025
Education, Higher Education, People, Perspectives, Research & Science
Aussie professor wins Nobel Prize for MOFs
By Deanna D’Alessandro
The 2025 Nobel prize in chemistry has been awarded for the development of metal-organic frameworks: molecular structures that have large
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9 October 2025
Perspectives
Extra risks around AI-written police reports
By Andrew Guthrie Ferguson
Police in the United States are getting a boost from artificial intelligence, with algorithms now able to draft police reports in minutes. The
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17 October 2025
Perspectives
Gaza violence continues as clans take on Hamas
By Martin Kear
Despite the euphoria surrounding the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, Gaza is still wracked with violence.
More than two dozen Palestinians have been
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16 October 2025
Economy, Finances, Perspectives
Superannuation retreat fixes some, but not all, flaws
By Natalie Peng
After months of vociferous pushback from the superannuation industry and wealthy investors, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has softened his proposed super tax
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15 October 2025
Economy, Employment, Perspectives
The job question we are not asking enough
By Shane Rodgers
There is an old saying that the more things change the more they stay the same.
It is a mistake to believe that this is always a good thing. When change
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15 October 2025
Perspectives
Read the Middle East peace agreement signed this week
The White House has released the full text of the peace agreement signed in the Middle East this week. It reads:
We, the undersigned, welcome the truly historic
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14 October 2025