Disasters blow away barriers to RACQ Insurance takeover
RACQ Insurance’s challenges in disaster-prone Queensland have paved the way for its sale to a rival company.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Read more23 May 2025Community
Move to jail landlords who allow illegal tobacco sales
Tobacconists could soon face three-month closures and seizure of legal smoking products if they are caught selling illegal tobacco or vapes.
Queensland Health Minister
Read more23 May 2025
New modelling shows Earth is ill, but ‘not terminal yet’
All is not lost, with new global modelling outlining the path back to a healthy planet.
The first-of-its-kind study, out of The Netherlands, found that with bold and
Read more22 May 2025
Expanded laws for youth crime and a new Group
New crimes have been added to Queensland’s Making Queensland Safer legislation, with State Parliament approving amendments this week.
Premier David Crisafulli said the
Read more22 May 2025
Golden Beach seawall built for future demands
A seawall to protect a Sunshine Coast naval cadets site from increased exposure due the Bribie Island breakthrough is being built with the flexibility to add height in
Read more22 May 2025
Adolescents need more support to build a future
Almost three-quarters of the world’s adolescents will be living in cities within 25 years, raising fears of increased poverty and isolation for young people.
A new
Read more22 May 2025
Mud bug has killed 31 Queenslanders this year. Why?
By Thomas Jeffries
The outbreak of the deadly “mud bug” melioidosis in North Queensland has not yet abated since it began at the start of this year.
So far there
Read more22 May 2025
Bedshed fined for ‘misleading’ NDIS claims
Retailer Bedshed has been fined for falsely claiming certain products were approved by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb
Read more21 May 2025
Misleading energy bills cost consumers $65 million
Consumer group CHOICE has lodged it first “super complaint” to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), targeting energy retailers.
In July
Read more21 May 2025
Alfred response ‘strong’, but call to keep data system
A review into the Brisbane City Council response to Tropical Cyclone Alfred has urged council advocate for the continuation of soon-to-be-decommissioned real-time data
Read more21 May 2025