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SEQ rail network finally returning to full timetable

The South-East Queensland rail network will return to a full timetable on Monday, November 16 after months of commuter disruption. Timetables had been reduced for seven

Plastic, cigarette butts #1 litter in Clean Up Australia Day

By Susan Schwartz Plastic, followed by cigarette butts are the number one litter type in Australia, as Clean Up Australia Day calls for volunteers on the largest day of

Poor children tend to become poor adults

By Roger Wilkins and Esperanza Vera-Toscano About 757,000 Australian children aged under 15 lived in poverty in 2022-23 – more than all the people living in cities of

Ticket sales open for Christmas enchanted garden

Tickets sales have opened for the 2026 Redlands Coast Enchanted Christmas Garden. The Christmas display will be held at Redlands IndigiScapes Centre, Capalaba from

‘Doomsday Glacier’ melting at twice the predicted rate

A new study has predicted the melting of the so-called “Doomsday” Glacier in West Antarctica will cause sea levels to rise by 30mm by 2100 – twice the previous

Antarctic change puts global climate into the unknown

Every southern spring and summer, sea ice around Antarctica melts with the change of season. The melt injects fresh water into the sea, where it mixes and sinks, then

Robot delivery service launched on the Gold Coast

Australia’s first robot footpath delivery service has been launched on Queensland’s Gold Coast. Serve Robotics and DoorDash have started the service at the Gold

180,000 evacuated as severe cyclone closes on India

BHUBANESWAR- Trees crashed onto highways, electricity poles were uprooted and thousands took shelter against Arnab, a powerful cyclone which made landfall on

Governments urge people to ‘prep’ for turbulent times

By Jordan McKenzie and Fiona Whitelaw Around the world, governments are calling on their citizens to be prepared for turbulent times. In the United Kingdom, a new

More people dying from accidental falls

Accidental falls are killing 60 percent more people than a decade ago, new figures show. In 2025, 5519 people died from falls compared with 3461 in 2016. The increase

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