Hot spots revealed for peak bird swooping season
Brisbane’s swooping birds have switched their focus this year with different suburbs becoming hot spots for Council callouts.
With spring here and peak beak awareness
Read more15 September 2025Environment
Land of flooding rains lifts size of inland water bodies
Australia’s inland water bodies are the largest they have been in more than 20 years and have more than doubled in size over the past five years.
Australian Bureau of
Read more12 September 2025
Migrating microbes set to change the shape of the tropics
Tropical ecosystems are at risk as warming sea temperatures impact ocean microbes, which are the foundation of the marine food chain.
New research from the University of
Read more10 September 2025
Global river experts flood into Brisbane
River experts from around the world have descended on Brisbane this week for an international convention.
Hundreds of delegates are gathering in our own River city for
Read more9 September 2025
Sky Country stories part of Biosphere celebration
Hearing and seeing the stories of our country told in the skies will be a highlight of a star-studded festival on the Sunshine Coast.
The Biosphere Festival, which runs
Read more9 September 2025
Queensland’s regions lure more capital city movers
Regional Queensland is growing in popularity for Australians leaving state capitals to escape city rat races.
The latest Regional Mover Index (RMI) found, across the
Read more8 September 2025
Waterway stairs help fish scale new heights
Special “stairs” will be built to help fish access breeding grounds in a Sunshine Coast waterway.
Sunshine Coast Council Division 10 Councillor David Law said weirs
Read more8 September 2025
Winter chill reduces electric vehicle battery life
Electric vehicle owners in Australia’s colder climates will need to factor in greater electricity use in winter months.
A study which looked at EV usage in New
Read more2 September 2025
Voices unite to guide the future of K’Gari
A two-day conference on Queensland’s Fraser Coast will help shape the future one of Australia’s most iconic World Heritage-listed landscapes.
The University of the
Read more28 August 2025
SEQ cities too hot in search for the Goldilocks zone
Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast have populations which cannot be sustainably supported by current infrastructure.
That is the finding of a new study which
Read more28 August 2025