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Power of ballet supports people with brain injuries
The power of dance is being used to reduce the isolation experienced by many Queenslanders with a brain injury.
Queensland Ballet operates Ballet for Brain Injury
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12 August 2025
Business, Property
Building approvals up 13 percent, regions lead the way
Queensland has logged a 13 percent jump in home approvals compared to the same time last year, according to Master Builders CEO Paul Bidwell.
Mr Bidwell said the latest
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12 August 2025
Business, Manufacturing, Retail, Rural, Tourism
Small business backs training incentives plan
Australia’s small businesses have backed a Productivity Commission recommendation to introduce targeted financial incentives to increase work-related training across
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12 August 2025
Business, Economy, Finances, Infrastructure, Property
Build-to-Rent market jumps 40 percent in 12 months
The lines between traditional commercial and residential investment are blurring, with Build-to-Rent (BtR) projects gaining in popularity.
A new report from audit, tax
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12 August 2025
Business, Legal
McCullough Robertson wins prestigious pro bono award
McCullough Robertson Lawyers (McR) has won the Pro Bono Team of the Year Award at the 2025 Queensland Law Society Excellence in Law Awards, announced on the
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Brisbane 2032, Business, Community, Government, Infrastructure, Property, State
Sneak peek at new-look Ekka grounds 2032
Ekka visitors can imagine the look of the Brisbane Showgrounds circa 2032, with an artist’s impression released of the Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games
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11 August 2025
Community, Education, Health, Research & Science
Adding extra spark to deliver power walking
Power walking is taking on a new meaning with the development of a tool which turns footsteps into electricity.
A mechanical engineering major at Cornell University, in
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12 August 2025
Arts, Business, Education, Film & Television, Fine arts, Literature, Music, Research & Science, Technology
Noise shield to protect content from AI learning models
Australian researchers are developing a “noise” shield which can prevent unauthorised artificial intelligence (AI) systems learning from photos, artwork and
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12 August 2025
Community, Education, Health, Research & Science
Lifestyle choices leave chemical dementia warnings
With almost half of dementia cases preventable, Queensland researchers believe they have uncovered a new early warning system.
Study lead author Jacob Levenstein, from
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11 August 2025
Community, Education, Health, Research & Science
New centre focuses on real-time response to cancers
Patients with aggressive and late-stage cancers will benefit from a new world-class research centre which opened in Brisbane this week.
Based at QIMR Berghofer, in the
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8 August 2025
Business, Community, Education, Health, Manufacturing, Products, Research & Science, Retail, Technology
Hyaluronic acid creates new buzz in technology
A skincare ingredient has been used to create a new electricity-conducting material which the Australian developers say will revolutionise smartphones and wearable
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7 August 2025
Business, Government, Rural, State
Primary goal is a $30 billion industry by 2030
A six-month consultation process has shaped a 25-year blueprint for Queensland’s primary producers.
Premier David Crisafulli said Prosper 2050 was the state’s
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12 August 2025
Economy, Employment, Federal, Government
ABS counting on workers to support Census
Up to 30,000 jobs are on offer as the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS) looks to build its team to deliver the 2026 Census.
Census General Manager Jenny Telford said
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11 August 2025
Community, Government, Safety, State
Triple Zero calls spike in first half of 2025
Triple Zero phone calls jumped by more than 35,000 in the first half of this year, with more than 90 percent genuine emergencies.
New Queensland Police Service (QPS)
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11 August 2025
Business, Government, Infrastructure, Property, State
Northshore and Gabba plans open for comment
Consultation has opened on two pockets of inner-city land which will deliver 26,000 new homes.
Deputy Premier and State Development, Infrastructure and Planning Jarrod
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8 August 2025
Business, Government, Infrastructure, Rural, State, Transport
Supply chain resilience focus of sector roundtables
Busting supply chain bottlenecks in Queensland is the focus on a series of sector meetings, the first of which was held in Brisbane this week.
State Finance, Trade,
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6 August 2025
Economy, Finances
RBA cuts cash rate to 3.6 percent
The RBA has cut the cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.6 percent at its Board meeting today.
Here is it’s statement in full:
Inflation has continued to
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12 August 2025
Arts, Business, Economy, Film & Television, Finances, Music, Rural
Netflix and chow eating into households budgets
Almost a third of Aussies admit to spending hundreds of dollars a year on duplicated or unused subscriptions, while clocking up thousands on takeaway bills.
New research
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11 August 2025
Business, Economy, Finances, Infrastructure, Property
Growing capital interest in Queensland economy
A new report has underlined Queensland’s potential as an economic powerhouse in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Commercial real estate
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8 August 2025
Economy, Finances
Rate cuts reflected in latest cost of living numbers
Cuts to the official interest rate have helped slow cost-of-living increases for some Australian households.
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows
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6 August 2025
Business, Economy, Finances, Retail
Queensland spenders come back to the pack
Household spending in Queensland has slowed from the nation-leading highs of earlier this year.
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows a lift of 0.5
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5 August 2025
Arts, Community, Dance, Health, Support & Services
Power of ballet supports people with brain injuries
The power of dance is being used to reduce the isolation experienced by many Queenslanders with a brain injury.
Queensland Ballet operates Ballet for Brain Injury
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12 August 2025
Arts, Community, Events, Theatre
QPAC celebrates 40 years with backstage tours
Step behind the theatre curtain at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) with a rare opportunity to enjoy a free backstage tour.
QPAC will celebrate its 40-year
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12 August 2025
Arts, Film & Television
Barnsey, Ken Done and romantic AI chatbots snare funding
Rock legend Jimmy Barnes and colourful artist Ken Done are among a list of Aussies set to be further immortalised as subjects of upcoming documentaries.
Screen Australia
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11 August 2025
Arts, Film & Television
Support for short path to screen success
Queensland’s short film makers are the focus of a new support program to boost local talent.
Screen Queensland has launched a new Short Film Fund, offering grants of
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8 August 2025
Arts, Music
Aussie artists not keen to feed the AI machine
A Productivity Commission proposal to exempt tech companies from copyright rules so they can train artificial intelligence (AI) models has been criticised by the music
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7 August 2025
Community, Events
Foodie paradise at Moreton Bay Festival
The Moreton Bay Food and Wine Festival could be where your self-control goes to die in 2025.
A general admission ticket will get you access to live cooking demos from
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12 August 2025
Community, Health
Billions being misled by birth control ‘advice’
The majority of TikTok videos featuring birth control advice, that have billions of views, are providing misleading information.
A new study by La Trobe University, in
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12 August 2025
Business, Community, Transport, Travel
Airlines struggle to offer pre-pandemic seat numbers
Domestic airline passenger numbers have returned to pre-pandemic level, but seats on offer have not kept up with increased demand.
The latest Australian Competition and
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12 August 2025
Community, Events, Fine arts
More than 80 outdoor sculptures at SWELL Festival
They say that sculptures tell their own unique stories and you can catch more than 80 of them at Queensland’s largest sculpture exhibition on Currumbin Beach.
The free
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11 August 2025
Community, Health
Australian amputation rates in young males increasing
A rise in amputation rates for Australian males under 40 has sparked a strategy to tackle diabetes-related foot disease (DFD).
Associate Professor Byron Perrin, from the
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11 August 2025
Community, Education, Health, People, Research & Science
$20 million diary mix-up a boost for QIMR Berghofer
A diary mishap and chance meeting with a Prime Minister led to a $20 million bonus for the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.
In the first of a special podcast
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12 August 2025
Education, People, Research & Science
Happy Kiwis embrace ‘voluntary simplicity’
Our neighbours across the ditch enjoy the simple life and are happier for it.
A study led by the University of Otago found Kiwis were happier and more satisfied when
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12 August 2025
Appointments, Business, Government, People, State, Transport
Wellington is all aboard at Queensland Rail
The Queensland Rail board has a new look with a new Chair among four appointments.
State Transport and Main Roads Minister Brent Mickelberg said Andrew Wellington, a
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11 August 2025
Appointments, Community, Government, People, Safety, State
O’Brien to chair State Sentencing Advisory Council
Retired Chief Judge Kerry O’Brien is the next Chair of the Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council.
Attorney-General Deb Frecklington said Mr O’Brien, the former
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7 August 2025
Appointments, Community, Government, People, State, Support & Services
Former NSW top cop leads forensic examination
Former New South Wales Police Commissioner Mick Fuller will lead a new Expert Team to overhaul forensic operations in Queensland.
The appointment follows damning reports
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5 August 2025
Economy, Employment, People, Perspectives
Aussie workers likely to change career at least twice
By Catherine de Fontenay and Alex Robson
Over the next two decades, the average Australian worker is likely to change occupations at least twice.
Rapid technological
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12 August 2025
Federal, Government, Perspectives
Australia will recognise Palestine as a state
By Michelle Grattan
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced Australia will recognise Palestine as a state at the United Nations leaders’ week in late
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11 August 2025
Business, Economy, Employment, Perspectives, Technology
AI eyes 32 percent of jobs. Are you in its sights?
By Janine Dixon and James Lennox
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia made headlines when it announced last week it would cut 45 call centre jobs, thanks to the
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8 August 2025
Business, Economy, Federal, Finances, Government, Perspectives, Property
ACTU negative gearing plan would impact 300,000 Aussies
By Martin Duck
The Australian Council of Trade Unions is pushing to limit negative gearing and capital gains tax discounts to just one investment property.
So who stands
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7 August 2025
Perspectives
The Art of allowing your brain to wander and reset
By Anna Kenyon
Every day, we’re faced with constant opportunities for stimulation. With 24/7 access to news feeds, emails and social media, many of us find ourselves
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6 August 2025