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Electric trucks being charged/ | Newsreel

Billion-dollar upside to onshoring cleantech

A move from a “dig and ship” to a “mine and make” economy could generate $215 billion in revenue and create 53,000 jobs in Australia by 2035. A new report from
Read more 8 May 2024
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New robot skin to revolutionise carer industry

Robots with flexible human-like skin are a step closer following a breakthrough by researchers at the University of Texas. The research team developed a “first-ever”
Read more 7 May 2024
Cleanaway General Manager Solid Waste Services Aaron Carter and Cleanaway driver Cass Hughes. | Newsreel

Queenslanders lack confidence in recycling process

Almost half of Queenslanders believe the rubbish they place in recycling bins is not being properly recycled. The lack of confidence in the recycling process has
Read more 7 May 2024
Qantas plane in the air.| Newsreel

Phantom flights cost Qantas $120m

Qantas will pay a $100 million fine and re-pay customers $20 million after admitting it misled consumers by advertising tickets for flights it had already decided to
Read more 7 May 2024
Student on calculator looking at bill | Newsreel

Debt and placement support for students

Students have received cost-of-living support through two recent Federal Government announcements on debt and “prac” placements. On the weekend it was
Read more 7 May 2024
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What Taylor Swift can teach us about Olympic stadiums

By Shane Rodgers There was something very curious about two sets of economic data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in the past couple of weeks. They
Read more 7 May 2024
Performers The Kitty Kats. | Newsreel

Council future-proofs Coast’s events scene

The Sunshine Coast is set to become an events incubator with funds now dedicated to encouraging new, fresh and exciting drawcards. A new Emerging Events category has
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small possum-like marsupial | Newsreel

Call to review biodiversity offset scheme

A biodiversity offset scheme aimed at preserving natural habitat has not delivered on its goals, according to the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF). Under the
Read more 7 May 2024
Artist's impression of Toowoomba Hospital. | Newsreel

Work begins on $1.3b Toowoomba Hospital

Work began on a new Toowoomba Hospital as a new day surgery in the Darling Downs city was officially opened this week. The newly-opened $42 million Bunya Day Surgery
Read more 6 May 2024
QUT Professor Cassandra Cross. | Newsreel

Time to see scams as life-destroying crimes

Fraud needs to be elevated in the Australian conscience to better communicate the devastating impact it has on individuals and the wider community. QUT Professor
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