Government

DNA testing. | Newsreel

Queensland DNA samples head to the United States

The first Queensland DNA samples will arrive in the United States today as part of a $50 million outsourcing testing program. State Attorney-General Deb Frecklington
Read more 29 August 2025
Artist's impression of The Paint Factory, Yeronga, Brisbane. | Newsreel

Lick of paint will deliver Australian first in Yeronga

Australia’s first fully integrated arts village will be developed on the site of an old manufacturing plant in the southern suburbs of Brisbane. Brisbane City Council
Read more 29 August 2025
Mining equipment. | Newsreel

Business lands new brand to enhance opportunities

Queensland has launched a new business brand to attract international investment. State Finance, Trade, Employment and Training Minister Ros Bates said the new brand,
Read more 29 August 2025
Salamanca Markets, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. | Newsreel

Hobart welcomes back its oldest capital city status

Hobart has replaced Adelaide as the oldest capital city in Australia. New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed, in 2024, the Tasmanian capital’s media age
Read more 28 August 2025
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. | Newsreel

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 more 28 August 2025
Elderly woman grieving. | Newsreel

Superannuation death wishes the great unknown

Thousands of grieving families are at risk of not being in control of one of their largest assets after a death. New research from Super Consumers Australia found more
Read more 28 August 2025
Adelaide Street Tunnel Brisbane. | Newsreel

Tunnel testing makes way for 24-hour weekend buses

Round-the-clock weekend Brisbane Metro services along the M1 route begin this weekend after the completion of comprehensive testing of the Adelaide Street tunnel. Lord
Read more 28 August 2025
An artist's impression of the Gold Coast Arena | Newsreel

Arena EOIs open with outside the box ideas encouraged

Developers keen to build the “anchor point for the Gold Coast’s Olympic legacy” can throw their hats in the ring from this week. Invest Gold Coast Chair Will
Read more 27 August 2025
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). | Newsreel

Iranian ambassador’s expulsion first since World War II

By Ali Mamouri In an extraordinary announcement, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Iran directed at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia, including
Read more 27 August 2025
Homeless child. | Newsreel

One Australian child dies every week homeless and alone

Thousands of Australian children are homeless without a parent or guardian and hundreds have committed suicide despite being known to specialist homelessness
Read more 27 August 2025