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Growing pains for $16 trillion tourism industry
The global tourism sector will need to employ 100 million more people to meet demand within the next decade.
A new World Economic Forum report also found the $16
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9 July 2025
Business, Transport
Qantas releases customer-specific data breach information
Qantas customers impacted by the recent cyber-attack on the national carrier’s contact centre will soon be able to see how much of their data is stored on the
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9 July 2025
Business, Community, Economy, Tourism, Travel
Growing pains for $16 trillion tourism industry
The global tourism sector will need to employ 100 million more people to meet demand within the next decade.
A new World Economic Forum report also found the $16
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9 July 2025
Business, Products, Retail
Weird to wacky gifts with the click of a mouse
By Susan Schwartz
If you love working from home but your boss is on your back about returning to the office, now might be a great time to send him a life-size version
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9 July 2025
Business, Retail, Transport
Favourite car colour is black and white for Australians
The myth has been busted. Red cars don’t go faster. At least not out of the showroom.
New data from Brisbane-based insurer Budget Direct found only 10 percent of car
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8 July 2025
Business, Property, Tourism
Whitsunday’s South Molle Island on the market
If your dream is to own an island in the Whitsundays, you only have a few weeks to stake your claim.
South Molle Island is up for sale, with expressions of interest
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8 July 2025
Business, Defence & Aerospace, Education, Federal, Government, Research & Science
Aussie quantum clock leaves rivals, and GPS, all at sea
A quantum clock built for the Australia Defence Force, as a back-up to GPS, has outperformed rivals and the Global Positioning System itself.
Developed at the University
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9 July 2025
Community, Education, Health, Research & Science
Anti-ageing compound in psychedelic mushrooms
Psychedelic mushrooms have been found to have anti-ageing properties.
New research from the United States suggests psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic
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9 July 2025
Community, Education, Health, Research & Science
Bust the beer belly and dodge dementia
Men can reduce their risk of dementia by almost 40 percent through ditching the beer belly and maintaining a balanced body mass.
A new Melbourne Monash University study
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9 July 2025
Arts, Education, Music, People, Research & Science
Learning an instrument at any age preserves memory
Learning to play a musical instrument can delay memory decline and new research has shown you are never too old to start.
Scientists in Japan have found that practicing
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8 July 2025
Education, Research & Science
QIMR salutes regions in medical research milestone
Regional input into world-leading medical breakthroughs have been put in the spotlight on the Sunshine Coast.
To mark 80 years of pioneering medical research, a team
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Business, Community, Education, Environment, Government, Local, Safety, Schools, Transport, Travel
World-leading active transport program on Sunshine Coast
A Sunshine Coast active school transport program has received international recognition by exceeding global benchmarks.
The top-tier international Journal of Transport
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9 July 2025
Early Learning, Education, Government, State
Early Years Institute to support sector workforce
An Early Years Institute is the cornerstone of a new workforce strategy for the sector in Queensland.
State Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek said the Queensland
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9 July 2025
Business, Community, Energy & Resources, Environment, Federal, Government, Rural
Solar farm approval at the speed of light (sort of)
A Queensland solar farm project, designed to minimise environmental impact, has been approved in less than three weeks.
Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt said the
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9 July 2025
Community, Federal, Government, Support & Services
Robodebt inquiry recommendations yet to be implemented
Key recommendations from the Robodebt Royal Commission are yet to be implemented two years after the findings were handed to Government.
ACOSS Program Director of Social
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7 July 2025
Community, Environment, Federal, Government, State, Tropical Cyclone Alfred
Extra boost to Cyclone Alfred recovery efforts
Almost $170 million in extra funding has been promised for restoration efforts in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
Both the Queensland and Federal governments have
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7 July 2025
Business, Economy, Finances, Rural
Ag sector looks for opportunity in global uncertainty
Australian primary producers are optimistic about the short-term outlook, despite increased volatility in overseas markets.
Bendigo Bank’s 2025 Mid-Year Australian
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9 July 2025
Business, Economy, Rural
Aussies shore up Indian market and topple Kiwis
Australia has knocked New Zealand off its number one perch as the world’s top exporter of lamb and mutton to a key market.
Austrade figures show Australia’s frozen
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7 July 2025
Economy, Finances
Aussies loosen purse strings on non-essentials
Aussie households increased their spending on non-essential products in May after a number of subdued months.
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data
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4 July 2025
Business, Economy, Finances, Property, Retail
Fashion and apartments drive lift in key indices
Retail turnover and dwelling approvals rose in May, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data.
Australian retail turnover rose 0.2 percent,
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2 July 2025
Business, Community, Economy, Federal, Finances, Government, Health, Retail, Rural, Support & Services
Cheaper essentials delivered for remote communities
Essential groceries in more than 70 remote Australian communities will be cheaper from today through a new Federal subsidy scheme.
Federal Minister for Indigenous
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1 July 2025
Appointments, Arts, Literature, People
Writing Australia a new chapter for creative body
The final piece of an expanded remit for Creative Australia is in place with the formation of Writing Australia.
Federal Arts Minister Tony Burke said Writing Australia
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9 July 2025
Arts, Music
Good Vibrations with The Beach Boys nostalgia
By Susan Schwartz
The death of The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson has created renewed interest in the band and their music, with the announcement of a number of shows
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7 July 2025
Arts, Film & Television
Hurry up and get on board to see Mr Squiggle
A drive down to Canberra these school holidays will also spark a trip down memory lane for many.
A mainstay in children’s television over 40 years, Mr Squiggle will be
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4 July 2025
Arts, Community, Events, Fine arts
Shape of Queensland talent on show at Mt Coot-tha
The Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens is set to be transformed into a vibrant outdoor gallery when the 2025 Brisbane Sculpture Festival returns later this month.
Sculptors
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1 July 2025
Arts, Dance, Theatre
Bogong’s song calls for children to wonder
The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) will host the world premiere of Bangarra Dance Theatre‘s newest creation in September.
One of Australia’s leading
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30 June 2025
Community, Education, Environment, Higher Education, Research & Science
Looking back 150,000 years to predict future monsoons
Evidence dating back 150,000 years points to future monsoon seasons across northern Australis being more intense.
Scientists from Townsville’s James Cook University
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9 July 2025
Community, Safety, Travel
Travellers warned to be wary of Devil’s Breath
Australians travelling overseas are increasingly falling victim to scams centred around dating apps and incapacitating drugs.
Brisbane-based travel risk management
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9 July 2025
Brisbane 2032, Business, Community, Education, Research & Science, Sport, Technology
World-first Aussie research looks at AI in sport
Aussie athletes at the Brisbane 2032 Games will have leveraged the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) thanks to a new collaboration.
The CSIRO and the Australian
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8 July 2025
Community, Education, Federal, Government, Research & Science, Safety
It’s a crime to deny how the AFP lit up Hollywood
Forty years ago the Australian Federal Police (AFP) invented a device which has changed the face of global forensics and Hollywood.
The iconic blue Polilight, featured
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7 July 2025
Community, Education, Environment, Research & Science
Micro approach to countering climate change
Greenhouse gas-munching microbes are the focus of new research out of Melbourne’s Monash University.
Study first author Francesco Ricci said the team hoped a closer
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7 July 2025
Appointments, Business, Legal, People
New partner for McCullough Robertson real estate team
McCullough Robertson Lawyers has announced the appointment of Matthew Glenn as a partner in its real estate team, based in Brisbane.
Mr Glenn joins the firm from Minter
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Business, Economy, Employment, Legal, People
Graduates help shape a new world of law
Law graduates are playing a key role in fostering a positive, nurturing culture within law firms.
McCullough Robertson Lawyers Graduate Partner Kate Peterson said
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Community, Education, Health, People, Research & Science
Aussie life expectancy trumps United States numbers
The life expectancy of the most disadvantaged Australians is higher than that of an average American.
A new study, from The Australian National University (ANU) found
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4 July 2025
Appointments, Community, Federal, Government, Health, People
Shuhyta new Illicit Tobacco and E-cigarette Commissioner
Canberra public servant Amber Shuhyta is Australia’s new Illicit Tobacco and E-cigarette (ITEC) Commissioner.
Previously the Assistant Secretary, Primary Care
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1 July 2025
Appointments, Community, People, Support & Services
Your Home Care makes Howden full-time CEO
Former journalist and experienced non-executive director Ashley Howden is the new CEO of South-East Queensland disability care provider Your Home Care.
After serving as
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30 June 2025
Perspectives
Fashion flaunts its true colours
By Susan Schwartz
Shopping for clothes once seemed to be such a simple thing. You’d be drawn in by certain colours and styles, and things that brought you joy found
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9 July 2025
Economy, Finances, Perspectives
Rates on hold. Why is the RBA so cautious?
By Stella Huangfu
The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept the cash rate at 3.85 percent, after cutting it in February and May.
Those earlier moves were aimed at
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9 July 2025
Perspectives
The legal reasons behind Erin Patterson’s guilty verdicts
By Rick Sarre and Ben Livings
After seven weeks of evidence, six days of summing up, and six and a half days of jury deliberation in the Victorian Supreme Court sitting
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8 July 2025
Perspectives
Social media activity shaping your political passport
By Samuel Cornell, Daniel Angus and T.J. Thomson
In recent weeks, the US State Department implemented a policy requiring all university, technical training, or exchange
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7 July 2025
Business, Perspectives, Technology
Are we missing the real impact of AI?
By Shane Rodgers
The current frenzy around the impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence reminds me a bit of the dot.com boom in the 1990s and the 3D printing fever
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7 July 2025