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The best Halloween events in Brisbane

By Susan Schwartz Prepare for fright night with our spooktacular roundup of some of the best ways to spend Halloween in Brisbane in 2025. Wynnum Halloween Parade The
Read more 21 October 2025
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Crocs under the microscope at Qld Museum

Croc! Lost Giants to Living Legends is an interactive Queensland Museum exhibition which brings you face-to-face with the 130-million-year journey of this powerful and
Read more 21 October 2025
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Let in the light with Diwali celebrations

The annual Diwali Festival of Lights celebrates a victory of good over evil, where knowledge beats ignorance, and light prevails in the darkness. Today marks the
Read more 20 October 2025
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Hunter new Ambassador for Cyber Affairs

Australia has a new Ambassador for Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Jessica Hunter would replace Brendan Dowling and lead
Read more 20 October 2025
Bullying at school. | Newsreel

Ministers back national plan to counter school bullying

$10 million will be injected into a new national campaign to counter bullying at Australian schools. Federal Education Minister Jason Clare said all state and territory
Read more 20 October 2025
Drones Moreton Bay. | Newsreel

Fire-starting drones help reduce bushfire risk

Specialised aerial incendiary drones are being used to start controlled fires and reduce bushfire risk north of Brisbane. The City of Moreton Bay has been flying the
Read more 20 October 2025
Cigarettes. | Newsreel

New group targets all links in illicit tobacco market

More than 10 government agencies will work together in a “first-of-its-kind whole-of-Government” capability to tackle the illicit tobacco market. Australian Border
Read more 20 October 2025
Dentist and patient. | Newsreel

New guidelines for dentists as $817m pulled from super

A more than 50 percent jump in the amount of superannuation accessed for dental work has sparked the release of new guidelines from the dental profession’s peak
Read more 20 October 2025
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Call for widespread needle-free vaccines as flu cases soar

With Australian vaccination rates the lowest since the pandemic, flu cases have sored past 400,000 to set a new record. Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President
Read more 20 October 2025
Woody biomass in rainforest. | Newsreel

Australia’s carbon sinks leaking emissions

The deteriorating health of tropical rainforests are turning them into carbon emitters, as opposed to the traditional carbon sinks relied on to combat the greenhouse
Read more 20 October 2025