Leaders fail to cut loose from rhetorical rut
By Shane Rodgers
You would think listening to latest “debate” between the two main contenders for Premier of Queensland that there are only four issues that
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Deception and manipulation target of new consumer laws
Businesses will no longer be able to ask consumers to create an account to make an online purchase under proposed changes to consumer law.
Prime Minister Anthony
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Extra focus on readiness in humanitarian priorities
The Federal Government will commit $5 million to a new Asia-Pacific Regional Humanitarian Fund as it launches a new national Humanitarian Policy.
Foreign Minister Penny
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$500,000 reward as 1990 fatal fire case reopened
A $500,000 reward is being offered in relation to fatal fire in Ipswich 34 years ago, which killed five men.
Queensland Police Service (QPS) Detective Senior Sergeant
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Australian weather images frozen in time. See them all
From rainbows and lightning to clouds and eclipses, all facets of Australia’s weather and celestial delights feature in the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BOM) Australian
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WHO calls for extra effort in drug resistance battle
A lack of urgency in finding new antibiotics to counter resistant illnesses is putting millions of lives at risk, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
In
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Government timeline to ban debit card surcharges
The Federal Government will look to ban debit card surcharges from 2026, as cash disappears from the economy.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, in the meantime, the
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India joins Australian working holiday program
Young Indians will join the thousands of working backpackers that descend on Australia from around the world each year, with the country added to the working holiday
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Extra funding to combat virulent avian flu strain
The rapid global spread of a dangerous strain of avian flu has prompted a $95 million boost to efforts to prevent it from arriving in Australia.
Federal Agriculture
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Gold Coast population to hit 1 million by 2040
The Gold Coast’s population is expected to exceed 1 million in around 15 years, as the city boasts one of the nation’s fastest growing economies.
Mayor Tom Tate said
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