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Baby with peanut butter on face. | Newsreel

Australia launches world-first peanut allergy program

Australia is set to become the first country to introduce a nation-wide peanut allergy program into mainstream care. Babies with peanut allergies across the country will
Read more 1 August 2024
Royal Flying Doctor Service plane in Mt Isa, Queensland. | Newsreel

Boost to emergency response in regions

Emergency services in regional Queensland will be boosted with two infrastructure projects announced this week. In Mt Isa, in the state’s north-west, the first sod was
Read more 1 August 2024
St Teresa’s Catholic College teachers

DV program enlightens and engages students

A school-based program, created by local teachers, has been awarded for raising student awareness of domestic and family violence. Five educators from St Teresa’s
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Brisbane Bullets CEO Malcolm Watts and QUT Vice-President Engagement and Chief Marketing Officer Professor Mark Harvey. | Newsreel

Bullets fans set for game-changing experience

Brisbane Bullet fans can expect their game-day experience to be taken to a new level next season. The Brisbane basketball franchise today signed a partnership with QUT,
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QAS officers as Aquinas College

Praise for quick-thinking Aquinas College students

The life-saving initiative of a busload of secondary school students was acknowledged this week as Queensland emergency services representatives attended a special
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Shark bite in windsurfer. | Newsreel

First-aid kits key to quick shark DNA capture

A testing process used during the COVID-19 pandemic is identifying sharks involved in attacks, with first responders now being asked to be at the forefront of sample
Read more 31 July 2024
Paris Day 4

Paris OIympics Results Australia: Day 4

Australian results at the Paris Olympics, Tuesday, July 30:   Beach Volleyball Men’s Preliminaries Pool C: Australia (Hodges/Schubert) 0 v Poland
Read more 31 July 2024
Researcher on computer. | Newsreel

AI predicts disease 10 years before diagnosis

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been used to predict a person’s risk of developing conditions such as Alzheimer’s and heart disease up to 10 years before a
Read more 31 July 2024
Sad child. | Newsreel

Partner violence impacts quarter of adolescent girls

Almost a quarter of adolescent girls will experience violence at the hands of a partner before they turn 20, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). New
Read more 31 July 2024
Boys in Ballet

Free ballet classes to halt drastic boys ballet decline

Queensland Ballet is offering free classes for boys aged 11-14 in a bid to stop a further drastic decline in male participation rates. There has been a 36 percent
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