Regions grappling with bumpy growth transition
Queensland’s regions are in the grip of a transition that is challenged by housing shortages, the war for talent, education shortfalls and the need to manage
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Speech professionals connect school communities
School-based speech pathologists are proving to be a vital link between students, educators and families across South East Queensland.
Brisbane Catholic Education is
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Prick test delivers quick Alzheimer’s screening
A finger-prick blood test has been developed to screen people for Alzheimer’s Disease.
Engineers at Monash University said the handheld device delivered “needle-in-a
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Time is right for Briana’s country passion
A Brisbane teenager plucked from a concert crowd to sing with Keith Urban is now supporting a The Voice US winner on his Australian tour, following the release of her
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New nasal COVID vaccine for all variants
A needle-free nasal COVID vaccine, effective against all variants, has being developed in Brisbane.
Griffith University researchers believe the next-generation mucosal
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Fake drugs help to manage stress
Fake drugs have been found to reduce symptoms in people with stress, anxiety and depression, even when the patients know the pills are placebos.
A team lead by the
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Thousands of galaxies scanned for alien life
An Australian telescope has been used in one of the most extensive searches for alien life ever, targeting thousands of distant galaxies.
A team from Curtin University,
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New study reveals the secrets of wisdom
Charles Dickens said: “There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart”. It turns out he was spot on. And this is fairly universal across the
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Higher gambling spend linked to increased crime
An Australian study has found the more people spend on gambling the higher the general crime rate.
Lead author Professor Donald Weatherburn, from the National Drug and
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Researchers find calls for a cull a load of croc
It would cost almost $90m and drive the species back to being critically endangered, for a crocodile culling program to have any impact on the number of fatal attacks in
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