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Prestigious honour for McCullough Robertson partners
Two partners at McCullough Robertson Lawyers (McR) have received the prestigious “Lawyer of the Year” designations in the 2026 Best Lawyers rankings.
Scott Whitla
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Business, Property
Vertical retirement living an odds-on bet
Australia’s first vertical retirement community within a racecourse has opened in Brisbane.
Part of Brisbane Racing Club’s (BRC) $1.5 billion precinct rejuvenation
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7 May 2025
Business, Legal, People
Prestigious honour for McCullough Robertson partners
Two partners at McCullough Robertson Lawyers (McR) have received the prestigious “Lawyer of the Year” designations in the 2026 Best Lawyers rankings.
Scott Whitla
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Partner content
Business, Government, Local, Manufacturing, Technology
$25m funding milestone for Sunshine Coast start-up
A Sunshine Coast start-up, focussed on supporting business innovation, has reached a major funding milestone.
Strategic capital firm Advanced, founded by former Coolum
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Partner content
Business, Community, Federal, Government, Manufacturing, Retail, Safety
Mandatory furniture warnings for Australian suppliers
Australian furniture suppliers are now required to provide safety warnings about the dangers of toppling furniture.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
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6 May 2025
Brisbane 2032, Business, Community, Government, Infrastructure, State
Olympic venue developments now a law unto themselves
Queensland legislation has been updated to remove hurdles to the development of venues for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Deputy Premier and Minister
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6 May 2025
Community, Education, Health, Research & Science, Support & Services
Emotional approach to managing chronic pain
Changing the way the brain processes emotions is key to managing chronic pain, according to a new study.
UNSW Sydney Professor Sylvia Gustin said the study trial
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7 May 2025
Education, Research & Science
Electricity-breathing bacteria don’t need oxygen
Bacteria which breathe electricity, as opposed to oxygen, are set to pave the way for more sustainable technologies using biology.
Researchers from Rice University, in
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7 May 2025
Community, Education, Research & Science, Safety
Snake-immune individual key to universal antivenom
A universal snake antivenom is a step closer after scientists found a person who was hyper-immune to snake bites.
Centivax CEO Jacob Glanville said Californian Tim
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6 May 2025
Business, Education, Higher Education, Schools, Technology, Vocational
Educators address the inevitable AI wave
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the way universities assess student suitability for certain courses.
Speaking at a Queensland Futures Institute industry
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2 May 2025
Education, Schools
Guidance and a safe space at school
As children face mounting pressures on multiple fonts, finding a safe space at school is increasingly important.
Brisbane Catholic Education (BCE) is highlighting the
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Community, Government, State, Travel
New train services bolster Cleveland and Ferny Grove lines
More than 100 extra weekly train services will be added to the south-east Queensland network over the coming weeks.
State Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg the new
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7 May 2025
Business, Community, Government, Health, Retail, State
Queensland Health leads raids to seize illegal vapes
More than $20m worth of illegal cigarettes and vapes have been seized in Queensland, in the nations’ largest haul of its type by a health authority.
State Health
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7 May 2025
Business, Community, Government, State, Transport, Travel
E-scooters in sights of Government inquiry
A more than doubling of injuries related to personal e-mobility device (PMD) use in Queensland has sparked a Government inquiry.
State Transport Minister Brent
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1 May 2025
Community, Government, State, Support & Services
New DV laws provide police with on-the-spot powers
Police will be able to issue on-the-spot 12-month Protection Directions under new legislation being tabled in Queensland Parliament this week.
State Minister for the
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30 April 2025
Business, Economy, Finances, Government, Property, State
Stamp duty on new homes disappears for first-time buyers
The abolition of stamp duty on new homes for first homes buyers in Queensland begins tomorrow (May 1).
Premier David Crisafulli said the initiative would deliver an
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30 April 2025
Economy, Finances
Living cost increases hit every household type
All Australian households experienced increases in the cost of living last quarter, with welfare recipients the hardest hit.
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics
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7 May 2025
Business, Community, Economy, Events, Finances
Finance stars converge for Queensland summit
A raft of leading finance executives will share their insights at this year’s Queensland Finance Summit.
Hosted by the Queensland Futures Institute (QFI), the summit,
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7 May 2025
Economy, Finances
Household spending and building approvals take a hit
Both household spending and housing approvals fell in March.
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows household spending fell 0.3 percent, while the
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6 May 2025
Economy, Finances
Cyclone Alfred gives then takes away in retail figures
Queensland residents stockpiling in the lead-up to Tropical Cyclone Alfred was not enough to prevent a drop in retail turnover in the State in March.
The latest
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2 May 2025
Community, Economy, Education, Finances, Health, Research & Science
Time to wake up to $75 billion sleep problem
The annual economic impact of sleep-related health issues in Australia is growing, soaring past $75 billion.
A new report, led by Flinders University, revealed that
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1 May 2025
Arts, Film & Television, Music, Theatre
Brisbane date for Dirty Dancing in Concert
No one will be put in the corner when Dirty Dancing in Concert hits Brisbane in October.
Tickets go on sale from tomorrow (May 7) for the Australian tour of the
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7 May 2025
Arts, Film & Television
Funded content targets audiences where they are watching
Almost $20 million has been invested in local content production, supporting more than 110 projects.
Screen Australia Director of Narrative Content Louise Gough said
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1 May 2025
Arts, Business, Film & Television, Tourism
Bluey’s World tipped to pump $18m into city economy
After attracting more than 200,000 visitors in less than six months, Brisbane attraction Bluey’s World will extend its season.
Queensland Tourism Minister Andrew
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30 April 2025
Arts, Film & Television, Music
Top 10 videos over 20 years of YouTube
Video-sharing platform YouTube turned 20 this month and now sees more than 500 hours of content uploaded to it every minute.
Independent music blog Stereogum crunched
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29 April 2025
Appointments, Arts, People, Theatre
Bezzina new CEO of Brisbane Powerhouse
Brisbane Festival Artistic Director Louise Bezzina is the new CEO of Brisbane Powerhouse.
Brisbane Powerhouse Chair Valmay Hill said Ms Bezzina, who will also be the
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24 April 2025
Community, Health, People
High cholesterol impacts one in four First Nations adults
Diabetes and high cholesterol are impacting the lives Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults in varying degrees, depending on where they live.
New data from the
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7 May 2025
Community, Education, Environment, Research & Science
Tassie’s clean air the baseline for climate change research
Australian scientists hope to measure the impact of climate change on the quality of earth’s atmosphere by sampling the cleanest air in the world.
A team from the
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7 May 2025
Community, Federal, Government, Health, Safety
‘Tidal wave’ of date rape drug hitting Aussie shores
The main driver of GHB overdoses in Australia is reaching our shores in unprecedented volumes.
Australian Federal Police Acting Assistant Commissioner Paula Hudson said
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7 May 2025
Community, Education, People, Research & Science, Support & Services
Time following a divorce does heal all wounds
A study into the long-term impacts of a mid-life divorce or separation has found Australian woman could return to pre-separation levels of life satisfaction in less than
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6 May 2025
Community, Health
33 percent jump in children unable to access vaccines
Vaccination saves around 4 million lives around the world each year, but that remains well short of global targets.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) stated nearly 4.2
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6 May 2025
Business, Economy, Finances, People, Retail
Millions opt out of Mother’s Day celebration
Almost three million fewer Australians are expected to celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday, compared to last year.
A survey by the Australian Retailers Association (ARA)
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7 May 2025
Appointments, Business, Federal, Government, People
Proudfoot’s ACCC CEO role now official
Sarah Proudfoot is officially the new Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
ACCC Chair Gina-Cass Gottlieb said Ms
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6 May 2025
Business, Community, Education, People, Research & Science, Support & Services
Opportunity for workplaces to combat loneliness
Businesses are well positioned to tackle loneliness, with a new report urging organisations to take a leading role in combating the societal issue.
The University of
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2 May 2025
Appointments, Business, Government, People, Rural, State
McConnel first female chair of QRIDA
Caitlin McConnel will become the first female chairperson of the Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority Board (QRIDA).
Ms McConnel, a sixth-generation
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1 May 2025
People
Nine (updated) facts about Aussies born overseas
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released the annual update to Australia’s population by country of birth.
With data for 2024 now available, here are nine
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1 May 2025
Federal, Federal Election, Government, Perspectives
Election promises made. Now it’s time to deliver
By Michelle Cull
With a convincing win for a second term of government, the pressure is now on the new Labor government to deliver the economic policies central to its
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6 May 2025
Federal, Federal Election, Government, Perspectives
Federal Labor returned with increased majority
By Michelle Grattan
The Albanese government has been re-elected with a substantially increased majority, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has lost his seat, in a
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4 May 2025
Perspectives
Finding your audience in an information superstorm
By Shane Rodgers
Some 30 years ago media was a relatively simple beast. To reach big audiences you needed a radio or television licence, or a printing press and
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2 May 2025
Brisbane 2032, Community, Perspectives
Olympic opportunity for gold-medal security
By Rodger Cook
In a perfect world, the Olympic Games would be only about sport.
In reality, every host city carries a heavy, often hidden, burden: the responsibility to
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1 May 2025
Business, Economy, Perspectives
Rising uncertainty risks business paralysis
By John Simon and Ben Wang
Uncertainty is everywhere these days. There is even uncertainty about the uncertainty.
The Reserve Bank of Australia, for example, noted in
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30 April 2025