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Not-for-profit business executive Samantha Clark, Healthy Land & Water CEO Julie McLellan, Orange Sky Chief Operations Officer Shayne Herriott, Juiced TV Director Ben Forbes and QUT Professor Sarah Kelly. | Newsreel

For-purpose businesses can be the real deal

Some of Australia’s most prominent not-for-profit organisations have joined with a Brisbane university to create a pro bono centre to empower purpose-led businesses
Read more 19 August 2024
Data centre. | Newsreel

Brain’s ‘gears’ key to energy-efficient AI

The human brain could hold the key to minimising the climate impact of energy-hungry technology like ChatGPT. University of Sydney researchers are developing an AI
Read more 19 August 2024
Tree on house after storm

Extreme weather impact triples since 2000

The impact of extreme weather in Australia has more than tripled since the start of the century. New data released by the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) shows
Read more 19 August 2024
Palm Beach Headland, Sydney. | Newsreel

Stargazers centre of lighting pollution fight

A Sydney headland has become the first officially recognised city-based stargazing zone in the Southern Hemisphere under a program aimed to preserve night skies from
Read more 19 August 2024
Businessman with globe of Earth

Business can create both financial and social profits

A global study has found businesses can succeed financially by embracing critical global issues. The research, which involved Melbourne’s Monash University, explored
Read more 19 August 2024
Female traveller at airport. | Newsreel

Aussies heading overseas in pre-COVID numbers

Australia’s international travellers have officially returned to their pre-COVID habits. The latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show the
Read more 18 August 2024
SCNAP finalist Raoul Slater from Pomona, ‘Listen to Me 2023’

New media focus of Sunshine Coast art prize

Artists from all over the country have answered the call and now 40 of the best will be judged in this year’s Sunshine Coast National Art Prize (SCNAP). Sunshine Coast
Read more 18 August 2024
Couple getting married. | Newsreel

Aussies no longer in a rush to say ‘I do’

The pent-up passions of COVID-induced isolation has subsided with marriage numbers dropping last year. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed there
Read more 18 August 2024
Eiffel Tower with Olympic Rings

Brisbane should the be friendliest Games ever

Brisbane 2032 organisers can build on a decades-strong legacy and channel Australia’s volunteer spirit, an opportunity missed in Paris, according to one of the many
Read more 17 August 2024
The Beatles the Red Album

Lennon’s lenses felt fine with a little help

The drug-fuelled lifestyle of a rock star helped John Lennon delay wearing glasses, according to a Brisbane researcher. QUT Optometry Professor Stephen Vincent has
Read more 16 August 2024