Business

Kmart store. | Newsreel

‘Trendy’ Kmart top brand for budget-conscious Gen Z

Australian retailer Kmart is the top local brand in the eyes of Gen Z. The latest Australia’s Top 100 Youth Brands Report has revealed cost-of-living pressures have
Read more21 August 2025
New homes under construction. | Newsreel

Five ways housing can drive up productivity

By Emma Baker, Andrew Beer and Rachel Ong ViforJ Most Australians invest much of their income into housing, making employment, education and retirement decisions based
Read more20 August 2025
Artist's Impression Victoria Park stadium. | Newsreel

Victoria Park green space condition of Federal Games funds

Improved access to green space in a redeveloped Victoria Park is a condition of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games funding agreement, signed this
Read more20 August 2025
Wendy's. | Newsreel

Lions help Queen Street Mall roar back to life

The granite pavers of Brisbane’s Queen Street Mall weathered the footsteps of almost eight million pedestrians last month. The Queensland capital’s main CBD
Read more20 August 2025
ADF drones. | Newsreel

Grabba Technologies delivers on ADF drone mission

A Brisbane technology manufacturer has delivered its first batch of drones to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) under a multi-billion-dollar Federal Government
Read more20 August 2025
Peter Beattie. | Newsreel

Beattie new Chair of Brandon BioCatalyst

Former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie is the new Chair of Brandon BioCatalyst, a collaboration of more than 50 of Australia and New Zealand’s leading medical
Read more20 August 2025
Space Surveillance Telescope, Western Australia. | Newsreel

Australian Defence telescope scans for threats from space

A decade-long plan to shift space surveillance technology from the United States to Australia is complete with a new telescope now operational. Australian Defence Force
Read more19 August 2025
Energy bill. | Newsreel

Energy retailers a designated target for ACCC

Energy retailers will be investigated for misleading consumers over energy plans in only the second probe under a new complaints framework. Australian Competition and
Read more19 August 2025
Story Bridge footpath repairs. | Newsreel

Council steels itself to open Story Bridge footpath

Pedestrian access on one side of Brisbane’s Story Bridge will be restored by the end of the year with work under way to install 1.5km of steel supports. Lord Mayor
Read more19 August 2025
The Wharf Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

The Wharf hits the market after 10-year ‘passion project’

A Sunshine Coast tourism hotspot, which attracts more than two million visitors a year, is up for sale after an almost decade-long rejuvenation. The Wharf Mooloolaba has
Read more19 August 2025