Regional telco customers on hold for reliable service
Regional telecommunication customers are waiting years for reported faults to be fixed and are being sold mobile plans for areas with no coverage.
New data collected by
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Largest solar farm aims to export power to Asia
Australia’s largest solar farm has received Federal Government approval, with plans to export the power it produces to Singapore.
SunCable’s Australia-Asia Power
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Coast building approvals hit $2.3 billion
The value of building approvals on the Sunshine Coast increased by $100 million in the past year to hit $2.3 billion.
Sunshine Coast Council Mayor Rosanna Natoli said
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Sustainable aviation fuel facility for Brisbane
Aviation behemoth Boeing will be an early investor in a sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) production facility to be built in Brisbane.
Wagner Sustainable Fuels will build
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Home ownership goal losing its appeal
Almost half of Australia’s young adults no longer list home ownership as a major life goal.
New research from Macquarie University found young adults were delaying, or
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This week is once in a blue moon
We are told that rare things happen “once in a blue moon”. Over the next three days, there will indeed be a blue moon.
According to NASA, the moon event this week is
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Baldwin named top restaurant personality
Brisbane chef Sarah Baldwin has been named Australia’s Restaurant Personality of the Year.
Ms Baldwin, who owns and operates the 10-seat Joy restaurant in Fortitude
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Call for crackdown on mandatory blood tests
A new report has called for the Federal Government to crack down on workers being required to consent to blood tests as part of applying for a job.
The Australia
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Push for high-density, automated orchards
A multi-million program is aiming to develop smaller, high-density and automated orchards to improve crop yields and overcome labour shortages.
Hort Innovation Chief
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More rights for workers in ‘gig economy’
By Juan Diaz-Granados and Benedict Sheehy
Monday, August 26, is when the government’s updated Fair Work legislation comes into force.
The new laws will offer new
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