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Rolls of steel on back of truck

Can the PM win an exemption from Trump’s steel tariffs?

By Michelle Grattan The Albanese Government is set to mount a major effort to win an exemption from a proposed 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminium imports to the
Read more 10 February 2025
Brisbane ferry and Story Bridge, Queensland, Australia. | Newsreel

50 cent investment returns $180 million to passengers

Public transport use across South-East Queensland jumped by almost 20 percent across the six-month trial of 50 cent fares. Queensland Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg
Read more 10 February 2025
Bay of Fires, Tasmania. | Newsreel

Australia’s Top 10 beaches revealed. See the photos

Tasmania has the best beach in Australia, according to Tourism Australia’s 2025 list of the nation’s Top 10 stretches of sand. Tourism Australia Managing Director
Read more 10 February 2025
Scientists looking at prototype. | Newsreel

Prototyping facility the missing link in manufacturing

Australia is missing a national prototyping network which help would keep local ideas, innovation and entrepreneurs onshore. Science & Technology Australia (STA)
Read more 10 February 2025
Brisbane CBD. | Newsreel

Increased supply lifts Brisbane CBD office vacancy rates

Brisbane’s city office vacancy rates passed 10 percent in the second half of last year, as new supply came online. Property Council Chief Executive Mike Zorbas said
Read more 7 February 2025
Chicken being tested. | Newsreel

Bird flu eradicated from Aussie flocks, but H5 threatens

Australia has been declared free of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI), as another strain of bird flu threatens. The Federal Government has advised the World
Read more 6 February 2025
Professor Chuan Zhao with battery. | Newsreel

New proton battery safer and greener than lithium-ion

Australian scientists have developed a new rechargeable battery which uses protons, making it safer and more environmentally friendly than lithium-ion
Read more 6 February 2025
Clothes shop worker. | Newsreel

Retailers keen on action to cut crime and red tape

A change in the definition of a small business and a concerted effort to address retail crime are among the issues peak retail bodies want the Federal Government to
Read more 6 February 2025
Construction workers. | Newsreel

New employment laws drive spike in collective bargaining

A report on the impact of new Federal employment laws has shown an increase in collective bargaining and real wages since the legislation was passed, but has been
Read more 5 February 2025
Canola field. | Newsreel

Native vegetation proximity boosts crop yields

Planting crops near native vegetation can boost yields by up to 20 percent. Ecologists from the University of South Australia say they have proof native vegetation is
Read more 5 February 2025