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Legal symbols and Australian flag. | Newsreel

Government funds free legal services for 430,000 Aussies

More than 430,000 Australians accessed Government-funded free legal services in the past financial year. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows 432,274 clients
Read more 8 May 2025
Former Australian Olympic Swimmer Cate Campbell. | Newsreel

Sporting stars to advise on QAS transition

Sporting greats dominate the new Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) Advisory Board. State Sports Minister Tim Mander said the new eight-member board would be chaired by a
Read more 8 May 2025
House at North Harbour, Queensland, Australia. | Newsreel

Moreton Bay priority area to deliver 3700 homes

Almost 4000 homes will be built over the next 15 years north of Brisbane with the declaration of a new Priority Development Area (PDA). Deputy Premier and State
Read more 8 May 2025
Commuter trains in Brisbane. | Newsreel

New train services bolster Cleveland and Ferny Grove lines

More than 100 extra weekly train services will be added to the south-east Queensland network over the coming weeks. State Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg the new
Read more 8 May 2025
Moggill Rd, Brisbane, Australia.

Indooroopilly Roundabout is finally a memory

The $257m Moggill Rd upgrade, in Brisbane’s south-west, is complete, with the corridor set to welcome free-flowing traffic this week. Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian
Read more 7 May 2025
Vape smoke. | Newsreel

Queensland Health leads raids to seize illegal vapes

More than $20m worth of illegal cigarettes and vapes have been seized in Queensland, in the nations’ largest haul of its type by a health authority. State Health
Read more 7 May 2025
Butanediol. \ Newsreel

‘Tidal wave’ of date rape drug hitting Aussie shores

The main driver of GHB overdoses in Australia is reaching our shores in unprecedented volumes. Australian Federal Police Acting Assistant Commissioner Paula Hudson said
Read more 7 May 2025
Advanced founder Alex Knight. | Newsreel

$25m funding milestone for Sunshine Coast start-up

A Sunshine Coast start-up, focussed on supporting business innovation, has reached a major funding milestone. Strategic capital firm Advanced, founded by former Coolum
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. | Newsreel

Election promises made. Now it’s time to deliver

By Michelle Cull With a convincing win for a second term of government, the pressure is now on the new Labor government to deliver the economic policies central to its
Read more 6 May 2025
Sarah Proudfoot. | Newsreel

Proudfoot’s ACCC CEO role now official

Sarah Proudfoot is officially the new Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). ACCC Chair Gina-Cass Gottlieb said Ms
Read more 6 May 2025