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Tobacco tax push ‘unlikely to stop illicit cigarette trade’

By Becky Freeman, Christina Watts and Sam Egger One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has called for a 75 percent cut to the tobacco tax and a freeze on any price indexation
Read more20 August 2026
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COVID linked to reactivation of dormant viruses

COVID-19 has been found to reactivate certain chronic viruses that have been dormant in the body. Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital say there is emerging
Read more17 August 2026
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Hamilton site to house permanent food and arts market

A new permanent market, styled on Melbourne’s famous Queen Victoria Market, is being developed in the Brisbane suburb of Hamilton. A website has been established
Read more13 August 2026
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Tickling is a cross-cultural screaming sensation

By Anina Rich We’ve all been tickled. We all know our ticklish spots, and we all know how we respond when these are tickled: helpless laughter, attempts at escape,
Read more13 August 2026
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‘Trendy’ Mahjong is having a global moment

By Aaron Teo From designer tile sets and “mahjong parties” to growing numbers of clubs and classes, the centuries-old Chinese tile game Mahjong is becoming trendy
Read more13 August 2026
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New heart map opens the way for better treatments

Queensland researchers have created a highly detailed map of the chemical signals that control heart function. They say this will open “new avenues” for the
Read more13 August 2026
Brisbane City Council has released design concepts for the new western suburbs bikeway.

Details released for ‘missing link’ Brisbane bikeway

Brisbane City Council has announced details of a new cycling link between the Western Freeway Bikeway and the Bicentennial Bikeway. It says this will mean a safer, more
Read more12 August 2026
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New 20-year plan to revitalize Kedron Brook

A new 20-year plan aims to transform Kedron Brook in Brisbane’s north into one of the city’s “premier lifestyle and recreation corridors”. The Kedron Brook
Read more12 August 2026
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Climate ‘whiplash’ becoming more common and severe

By Linden Ashcroft What flashes to mind when you hear the word “whiplash”? Perhaps you picture someone’s head rocking back and forth during a car crash – a
Read more12 August 2026
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New leadership institute launched at QUT

QUT has launched a new institute that will focus on creating leadership growth as one of the legacies of the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The QUT
Read more11 August 2026