Wimbledon drops line judges after 147 years
The legendary Wimbledon tennis championship will break a 147-year tradition in 2025 when it phases out human line judges.
They will be replaced by electronic line
Read more10 October 2024Community
Alzheimer’s disease to affect 1.2 million by 2050
More than a million Australians will have Alzheimer’s disease by 2050, with a $17 billion impact on the economy, according to a new report.
The health advisory company
Read more10 October 2024
OECD warning over ‘dark commercial patterns’
Deceptive commercial tactics are impacting 90 percent of global consumers, sparking a warning from the OECD.
A new survey from the intergovernmental economic
Read more10 October 2024
Warmer Antarctica is greening dramatically
Antarctica has 10 times more vegetation than 40 years ago despite the challenging growing conditions.
The greening of the Antarctic Peninsula has been linked to warmer
Read more10 October 2024
Lights going out on Brisbane Festival favourite
One of the last remnants of this year’s Brisbane Festival will fade to black this weekend as Lightscape closes.
The multisensory experience of light, colour and sound
Read more9 October 2024
Disasters signal march to 2.7 degrees of warming
By Thomas Newsome and William Ripple
You don’t have to look far to see what climate change is doing to the planet. The word “unprecedented” is everywhere this
Read more9 October 2024
Professor Kelly steps down as Australia’s CMO
The medical face of Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly, is stepping down.
Federal Health Minister Mark Butler
Read more9 October 2024
Queensland ground zero for nation’s disasters
More intense bushfires and sustained heatwaves are joining cyclones to form the trinity of devastation, as Queensland is labelled Australia’s most disaster-prone
Read more9 October 2024
Satellite data suggests emissions under-reported
More than half of Australia’s methane “hotspots” are in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, with new data showing current national emissions levels may be twice as much as
Read more9 October 2024
Qantas fined $100m for selling tickets on cancelled flights
Qantas has been ordered to pay a $100 million fine for selling tickets on flights that didn’t exist.
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chair Gina
Read more9 October 2024