Government

Gloomy Brisbane river. | Newsreel

Get set for a warm, wet winter in Sunshine State

Many Queenslanders are in for a warmer and wetter winter than usual. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) released its winter long-range forecast today, which stated warmer
Read more 29 May 2025
Students on a computer. | Newsreel

Virtual classroom to support thousands in regions

A virtual classroom is set to livestream specialist subjects to more than 4000 Queensland students this year. State Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek said the new
Read more 29 May 2025
Mustering on quadbike. | Newsreel

Off-farm income no longer barrier to disaster relief

More regional Queensland business will be able to access disaster relief funding with the definition of primary producer changed to include agricultural support
Read more 29 May 2025
Sussan Ley. | Newsreel

Coalition back, but drama lurks in the shadows

By Michelle Grattan Two Victorian Liberal women, Jane Hume and Sarah Henderson, have been dumped and a key numbers man has been promoted from the backbench to the shadow
Read more 29 May 2025
Snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef. | Newsreel

UNESCO rates Great Barrier Reef health as ‘very poor’

The Great Barrier Reef is on track to be included on the UNESCO World Heritage “in danger” list as early as next year. A draft report, which will be considered at a
Read more 29 May 2025
ICB

Finance industry urged to act as risks increase

Financial services businesses need to improve cross-departmental communications to avoid digital disruption and ensure compliance with a new regulatory standard which
Read more 29 May 2025
Roma North gasfield. | Newsreel

Nine new gas fields to explore in Queensland

Nine new gas exploration areas have been opened up in western Queensland. State Natural Resources and Mines Minister Dale Last said areas across the Cooper/Eromanga and
Read more 28 May 2025
Wynetta Dewis. | Newsreel

New panel to guide DFV reform in Queensland

Experts in the field of domestic and family violence will sit a new advisory panel tasked with guiding reform in Queensland. The new five-member independent Domestic and
Read more 28 May 2025
Story Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. | Newsreel

Double trouble for Story Bridge traffic Friday and Sunday

UPDATE: On Thursday (May 29) a Brisbane magistrate ruled the protest could not proceed, supporting a submission by the Queensland Police Service that the event could
Read more 28 May 2025
PFAS graphic. Newsreel

PFAS detected in 85 percent of Aussie population

More than 85 percent of all Australians have at least three types of PFAS in their system, with Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releasing statistics for the first
Read more 28 May 2025