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Big4 Caloundra Holiday Park. Newsreel

Accessible coast camp kitchen open for all

A Sunshine Coast holiday park has opened a nation-leading accessible camp kitchen. BIG4 Caloundra started work on the concept in 2023, which was the Queensland
Read more 26 August 2024
Disabled woman with home automation system. | Newsreel

Home automation reduces carer dependency

Home automation for people with disabilities can reduce dependence on caregivers and have a long-term financial benefit to funding agencies, such as the NDIS. New
Read more 26 August 2024
Man looking at woman on phone. | Newsreel

Campaigns support new control and consent laws

The Queensland Government will launch two public awareness campaigns focussed on coercive control and sexual consent. State Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath said the
Read more 26 August 2024
Women less likely to drink when reminded of previous alcohol encounters - Newsreel

Alcohol memories turn women off drinking

Women are less likely to drink excess alcohol if they are reminded in advance of a previous drinking experience. Research led by the University of Portsmouth found that
Read more 26 August 2024
Doctor Sue-Ann Watson of James Cook University with the shell of a giant clam bivalve mollusc, Tridacna squamos. | Newsreel

Museum collections to predict climate change impact

A North Queensland university will use museum collections to predict how climate change will impact the world’s future food security. James Cook University Associate
Read more 26 August 2024
Qantas planes at Brisbane terminal. | Newsreel

Flight cancellations drop to four-year low

Domestic flight cancellations in Australia have dropped to their lowest levels in almost four years. New data from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Read more 26 August 2024
Rolls of aluminium sheets. | Newsreel

Johnson on new Federal green metals group

Brisbane mining and manufacturing executive Marghanita Johnson has been appointed to a new Federal Government green metals advisory panel. The CEO of the Australian
Read more 26 August 2024
Food waste in a bin. | Newsreel

Australia among world’s biggest food wasters

Australians throw away $8 billion worth of edible food each year and are among the biggest food wasters in the world. The latest ANZ Food For Thought report found
Read more 25 August 2024
Pregnant woman getting an injection. | Newsreel

Whooping cough cases jump 70-fold in Queensland

Pregnant women in Queensland are being urged to obtain a free whooping cough vaccine as cases skyrocket across the state. Health Minister Shannon Fentiman said the state
Read more 22 August 2024
Person manning phone line. | Newsreel

Cash for Crimestoppers to continue service

Crimestoppers has secured ongoing State Government funding as it celebrates its 35th anniversary. At a special commemoration ceremony at Parliament House this week,
Read more 22 August 2024