Crypto scams drive 25 percent jump in financial losses
Australians reported scam losses of $175 million in the first half of 2025, a more than 25 percent jump on the same time last year.
Australian Competition and Consumer
Read more25 August 2025Community
Australians love their sport … watching
Australia’s sport-loving reputation is heavily skewed towards watching rather than doing according to a new survey.
Australian Sports Commission’s (ASC) CEO Kieren
Read more25 August 2025
Expert panel to shape Queensland Para sport
An expert panel of Paralympians, disability advocates and high-performance experts will help shape the future of Para sport in Queensland.
State Olympic and Paralympic
Read more25 August 2025
Registers boost child safety in public and in care
Legislation to establish a public child sex offender register will be introduced into Queensland Parliament this week, days after a national register to track childcare
Read more25 August 2025
Flashing mouthguards are here to help head injury battle
By Nick Draper and Kevin Mangan
When the Women’s Rugby World Cup kicks off this weekend, spectators will witness more than the usual thrills, skills and physical
Read more25 August 2025
Disorderly weekends trigger new sleeping disorder
Weekend partying is not just leading to dusty Mondays. It has spawned a new sleeping disorder.
Researchers from Adelaide’s Flinders University found late nights,
Read more25 August 2025
Cassowary release first in Far North Queensland
For the first time, sibling cassowaries have been released into the wilds of Far North Queensland after almost a year in care.
State Wildlife ranger Jeffrey Lewis said
Read more22 August 2025
New waste treatment process targets fatbergs
Australian researchers have developed a new wastewater treatment system that will help prevent “fatbergs” forming.
Senior lead researcher Dr Biplob Pramanik, form
Read more22 August 2025
Cameras capture children exposed to unhealthy marketing
A study which placed cameras on children found they were exposed to unhealthy food, alcohol, and gambling marketing more than 70 times every day.
Researchers from the
Read more21 August 2025
More than 100 scam sites shutdown weekly. See examples
More than 100 scam investment websites are taken down in Australia every week, with social media ads now in the sights of the regulator.
Australian Securities and
Read more21 August 2025