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Artists impression Victoria Park stadium, Brisbane. | Newsreel

Brisbane 2032 starter’s pistol re-loaded for March 25

The infrastructure plan for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be released to the public on March 25. Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie said the State
Read more 19 February 2025
Solar-powered flow reactor. | Newsreel

New solar-powered reactor converts CO2 into fuel

A reactor has been developed that pulls carbon dioxide from the air and converts it into fuel, using sunlight. Researchers from the University of Cambridge believe their
Read more 19 February 2025
Video creator. | Newsreel

YouTube turns 20. Read its eight steps of disruption

By Alex Connock The world’s biggest video sharing platform, YouTube, has just turned 20. It was started inauspiciously in February 2005 by former PayPal employees Chad
Read more 19 February 2025
Virgin Australia plane. | Newsreel

ACCC urges airlines to increase seat capacity

Most flights between Australia’s major cities are more than 90 percent full, the highest capacity rate in more than six years. In releasing the latest Domestic Airline
Read more 19 February 2025
CSIRO lead scientist Nina Welti. | Newsreel

Food fingerprint database to support sustainability

A new national database aims to maintain the integrity of Australia’s reputation in producing safe and sustainable food. The CSIRO has launched a website that
Read more 19 February 2025
Child and AI chatbot. | Newsreel

Children exposed to disturbing chatbot conversations

AI-driven chatbots are exposing Australian children to interactive content across a range of topics from sex to drug-taking, self-harm, suicide and serious illnesses,
Read more 18 February 2025
Airport departures Melbourne. | Newsreel

Police respond to 4200 airport incidents over holidays

Police were called to more than 4000 incidents at Australia’s major airports over the Christmas-New Year holiday period. Australian Federal Police (AFP) Aviation
Read more 18 February 2025
Woman applying sunscreen. | Newsreel

ATO clarifies smokescreen around sunscreen

If the price of your favourite skin care product goes up, don’t blame the ATO. That’s the message the Australian Taxation Office after recent reports suggested the
Read more 18 February 2025
House sold sign. | Newsreel

Beefed up housing ban on foreign investors

Foreign investors will be banned from buying established homes in Australia for at least two years. Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers said foreign purchases of established
Read more 18 February 2025
Former Queensland Governor Paul de Jersey. | Newsreel

De Jersey new chair of Legal Aid Queensland Board

Former Queensland Governor Paul de Jersey is the new Chair of the Legal Aid Queensland Board. State Attorney-General Deb Frecklington said Mr de Jersey would succeed
Read more 18 February 2025