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Rates of lethal “silent” cancer set to grow by 20 percent

The incidence of gynaecological cancers, which kill six Australian women each day, is expected to jump my more than 20 percent by 2035. A new report from the Australia
Read more 1 September 2025
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Bundesliga agreement to boost football in Queensland

Top-tier German soccer teams will play In Queensland under a new deal with one of the strongest European football leagues, the Bundesliga. State Environment and Tourism
Read more 1 September 2025
Man taking a pill. | Newsreel

Daily aspirin warning for healthy older Australians

Taking aspirin daily does little to prevent heart attack or stroke in healthy older adults and may increase the risk “hazardous bleeding complications”. Research
Read more 1 September 2025
Couple with suitcases. | Newsreel

Short-term rentals add millions to Budget pain

Negative gearing of property being used for short-term accommodation is costing the Federal Government hundreds of millions of dollars. New analysis from the
Read more 1 September 2025
Grandmother and baby. | Newsreel

You now have less chance of an 100th birthday party

The increase of life expectancy in humans has slowed, with a time when the average age is 100 slipping further into the future. A new study compared the life
Read more 1 September 2025
Sir Donald Bradman's baggy green cap. | Newsreel

$438,550 paid to preserve Bradman’s baggy green

The National Museum of Australis has spent more than $400,000 to secure a baggy green Australian cap worn by cricket legend Sir Donald Bradman. The historic cap was worn
Read more 1 September 2025
Scientist looking at brain activity. | Newsreel

New direct link measures brain networks in real-time

A technological breakthrough, being tested in Brisbane, which interacts directly with the brain has the potential to provide a new tool to combat the mental health
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DNA testing. | Newsreel

Queensland DNA samples head to the United States

The first Queensland DNA samples will arrive in the United States today as part of a $50 million outsourcing testing program. State Attorney-General Deb Frecklington
Read more 29 August 2025
Artist's impression of The Paint Factory, Yeronga, Brisbane. | Newsreel

Lick of paint will deliver Australian first in Yeronga

Australia’s first fully integrated arts village will be developed on the site of an old manufacturing plant in the southern suburbs of Brisbane. Brisbane City Council
Read more 29 August 2025
Children collection water. | Newsreel

One in four still lack safe drinking water

More than 2 billion people, one in four of the world’s population, lack access to safe drinking water. A new World Health Organization (WHO)-UNICEF report,
Read more 29 August 2025