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Woman flossing. | Newsreel

Study delivers vaccines via dental floss

Future vaccines may be delivered via dental floss, following a study in the United States. Researchers at North Carolina State University have used floss to introduce
Read more 29 July 2025
Airplane taking off. | Newsreel

$18 airfare costs Webjet $9 million

Online travel agency Webjet has been fined $9 million for misleading travellers about flight prices. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Deputy Chair
Read more 29 July 2025
Glossy black cockatoo. | Newsreel

Australia’s first Conserved Area in western Queensland

A property in Queensland’s Western Downs will become the first area of land in Australian to be conserved under a new environmental status. Weranga Scarps, a
Read more 28 July 2025
Solar panels and wind farm. | Newsreel

$90 billion a year price-tag for net zero in 2050 not enough

Despite record investment in renewables, Australia needs to almost triple spending to remain on target for net-zero by 2050, while community groups call for that goal to
Read more 28 July 2025
Kokoda Park, Lockyer Valley

First ‘reset’ program for at-risk youth rolls out

The Queensland Government’s first early intervention program for at-risk youth will be run out of the Lockyer Valley, south-west of Brisbane. Premier David Crisafulli
Read more 28 July 2025
Young child drinking water. | Newsreel

Australia rated in new WHO data release

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated country-specific report cards on the state of health and the environment across the globe. WHO Department of
Read more 25 July 2025
Hulk Hogan. | Newsreel

Wrestling great Hulk Hogan dies following heart attack

Hulk Hogan, the man who led wrestling’s rise in popularity in the 1980s, has died, aged 71, following a heart attack. A statement from the Clearwater Police Department
Read more 25 July 2025
Ekka 2025

Skip the Ekka queue for Strawberry Sundaes

By Susan Schwartz For the first time ever visitors to the Ekka will be able to pre-order their Strawberry Sundae, plus all children who attend on August 14 and 15 will
Read more 25 July 2025
Sunshine Coast Mayor Rosanna Natoli. | Newsreel

10,000 invites for inaugural citizen’s panel

Fifty Sunshine Coast residents will soon form a citizen’s panel to ensure community views are heard by Council, with 10,000 invited to apply. Sunshine Coast Mayor
Read more 25 July 2025
Women walking

No excuse for not stepping out with lower daily target

Aussies struggling to reach their 10,000 steps a day can relax, with scientists now suggesting a lower step target will do the trick. A new study, published in The
Read more 25 July 2025