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Older couple blowing out birthday candles. | Newsreel

Australians living longer but are sicker

Australians’ life expectancy has increased by 40 percent since 2000, but our quality of life is dropping. A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and
Read more 2 July 2024
Confusing options are preventing consumers from recycling - Newsreel

Confusing options stifling consumer recycling

Consumers are being stifled in their desire to recycle by confusing options and inadequate information on what can be recycled. Dr Bhavna Middha, from the RMIT Centre
Read more 2 July 2024
Nurse with patient. | Newsreel

Nurse-led clinic for Brisbane CBD

Queensland’s first nurse-led health clinic will open in the Brisbane CBD in September. Premier Steve Miles said the Adelaide St clinic would be the first of four to
Read more 2 July 2024
Tablets and stethoscope. | Newsreel

New PBS listings to save patients thousands

Australians with leukaemia, early breast cancer and types of lupus and insomnia will now have access to new and expanded treatment options under the Pharmaceutical
Read more 1 July 2024
Leeanne Bond

Bond to lead new energy board

A Queensland engineer who helped shape some of the nation’s largest energy projects is the chair of a new board which will advise on the state’s transition to
Read more 1 July 2024
Previously unmapped slush in Antarctica could mean higher sea level rises - Newsreel

Antarctic ‘slush’ could mean higher sea level rises

Scientists have discovered that high levels of “slush” sitting on Antarctica’s ice shelves could mean sea level rises from climate change have been
Read more 1 July 2024
Young child has temperature checked. | Newsreel

Dashboard tracks health of children

A new global dashboard is tracking the critical factors impacting the health of the world’s children. The dashboard, launched by the World Health Organisation (WHO),
Read more 1 July 2024
Queensland Rural Fire Service truck. | Newsreel

New Queensland Fire Department arrives

Queensland’s new fire-fighting force is here with the Queensland Fire Department officially in operation. State Fire and Disaster Recovery Minister Nikki Boyd said the
Read more 1 July 2024
Worker installing roof-top solar. | Newsreel

Sunshine State the solar champion

Queensland is living up to its Sunshine State status, leading the nation on solar installations. New research showed that Queensland had five of Australia’s top 10
Read more 1 July 2024
Nitrous Oxide levels continue to grow despite greenhouse fears _ Newsreel

Nitrous oxide emissions continuing to grow

Emissions of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas regarded as more potent than carbon dioxide or methane, have continued to rise over the past 40 years, a global study has
Read more 1 July 2024