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Blood test. | Newsreel

Home-grown donors vital for blood cancer treatment

Around 80 percent of Australians diagnosed with blood cancer are relying on overseas donors to ensure life-saving treatment. Leukaemia Foundation CEO Chris Tanti said
Read more 19 September 2025
Children playing. | Newsreel

Hundreds of free school holiday activities across Brisbane

From BMX workshops to storytelling, hundreds of free school holiday events have been listed on the Brisbane City Council website. Council said 70 percent of the more
Read more 19 September 2025
Peter Kuruvita.

The Curated Plate lands record crowd as 2026 takes shape

An almost 50 percent increase in visitors is prompting a leading Queensland food and drink festival to “take it to a new level” next year. The Curated Plate, which
Read more 19 September 2025
Map of world in rainforest. | Newsreel

Climate change target announcement in the PM’s words

By Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Today, we’re announcing Australia’s next step in acting on climate change and seizing the economic opportunity before our
Read more 18 September 2025
Worker with children. | Newsreel

More Queensland occupations now need a blue card

More Queenslanders will need a blue card to continue working in their current jobs from this weekend. Changes to Queensland’s Working With Children legislation comes
Read more 18 September 2025
Judge and gavel. | Newsreel

New laws target “good blokes” committing sexual assault

Queensland sexual assault survivors will be protected from hearing “good character” references for perpetrators under new laws passed in State Parliament this
Read more 18 September 2025
Man in lab testing blood. | Newsreel

World-first cancer test unveiled in Brisbane

Research conducted at QIMR Berghofer has been commercialised into a product, to be launched in Brisbane this week, that better detects one of the most dangerous
Read more 18 September 2025
Inge Gajczak's photo Bongeen under the stars

Queensland bush the focus of admiration

Images of Queensland have dominated the winning entries in Rural Aid’s annual Spirit of the Bush Photography Competition. Rural Aid CEO John Warlters said the
Read more 18 September 2025
Rapeseed crop. | Newsreel

Billion-dollar sovereign bio fuel push

More than $1 billion will be invested in growing Australia’s sovereign low carbon fuel making capabilities. Federal Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Julie
Read more 18 September 2025
Archerfield Wetlands District Park, Brisbane

From wasteland to award-winning wetlands park

An old wastewater treatment plant is now Queensland’s best park, 12 months after its transformation. Brisbane’s Archerfield Wetlands District Park was awarded the
Read more 18 September 2025