Business advice to avoid criminal underpayment risk
The Fair Work Ombudsman has assured business owners only intentional underpayment of staff will be pursued under new criminal laws, which came into effect on January
Read more7 January 2025Business
$9 billion three-star plan for a safer Bruce Highway
Nine billion dollars will be invested to bring the entire length of Queensland’s Bruce Highway up to a minimum three-star safety rating.
Prime Minister Anthony
Read more6 January 2025
Time capsule reveals a life before Spotify and iPhones
A time when five Mooloolaba penthouses sold for an average of $500,000 each was relived last week as a time capsule was opened on the Sunshine Coast.
The capsule was
Read more6 January 2025
Art and technology merge in creative program
The arts and technology are merging through a creative development program on the Sunshine Coast.
Sunshine Coast Council Creative Director Megan Rowland said the
Read more6 January 2025
Capital city rent rises add to financial pain in 2024
Renters in Brisbane are paying, on average, more than $23 per week extra this Christmas than last year, slightly above the national average.
New analysis from housing
Read more6 January 2025
New one-step climate-neutral metal production process
A new way to produce metal and alloys has been developed which would make a process responsible for 10 percent of the world CO2 emissions climate-neutral.
Scientists
Read more5 January 2025
Queensland set for a $1 billion party in 2025
Queensland’s 2025 events calendar is tipped to inject more than $1 billion into the state’s economy this year.
State Tourism Minister Andrew Powell said more than
Read more5 January 2025
The seven technology developments to watch
By Lewis Endlar
In the grand scheme of things, 45 years is not a long time. Back in 1980, it would take me three weeks to run a computer program, written in the
Read more3 January 2025
Netflix and click a risky shopping combination
Distracted shoppers are driving risky online purchasing practices, which are up almost 10 percent in a year.
Research from payment platform PayPal found in an attempt to
Read more1 January 2025
Take charge of summer electric vehicle road trips
Electric vehicle (EV) owners are being urged to not fully recharge their cars when out and about these holidays to improve the efficiency of the charging network.
The
Read more1 January 2025