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Worried mother and daughter. | Newsreel

Aussie life satisfaction drops to COVID lockdown levels

Life satisfaction of Australians has dropped to its lowest level since the COVID-19 lockdowns. Results from the latest Australian National University (ANU) Election
Read more 11 March 2025
Homes flooded in Brisbane. | Newsreel

Personal hardship payments activated in Alfred’s wake

Personal hardship grants are now available for Redlands, Gold Coast and Logan City residents directly impacted by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Federal Minister for
Read more 11 March 2025
Queensland police car. | Newsreel

Police operation to stop looting after Alfred

Queensland police have launched an operation to prevent looting in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Queensland Police Service (QPS) Deputy Commissioner Cheryl
Read more 10 March 2025
Classroom with chairs on desks. | Newsreel

NAPLAN delayed as 700 schools remain closed

Queensland schools impacted by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred will be able to delay NAPLAN testing, which was due to start this week. State Education Minister John-Paul
Read more 10 March 2025
Car stuck in flooded road. | Newsreel

Time to remember “if it’s flooded, forget it”

Queensland Police have reinforced road safety messages for South-East Queensland motorists as Cyclone Alfred is downgraded to a tropical low and crosses the coast north
Read more 10 March 2025
Person in handcuffs. | Newsreel

DV offenders rise as overall numbers hit record low

Australia recorded the lowest number of criminal offenders in more than 16 years last year, but domestic violence offenders still increased. New data from the Australian
Read more 10 March 2025
Wind towers. | Newsfeel

Approved renewables output enough to power all homes

A number of new wind farms have lifted approved renewable energy projects to a level they could power the equivalent of nearly every household in Australia. Federal
Read more 8 March 2025
Doctor with patient. | Newsreel

With 50 more on the way, are urgent care clinics working?

By Henry Cutler Over the weekend the Australian government announced $644 million to build an extra 50 Medicare urgent care clinics around Australia. This is on top of
Read more 8 March 2025
Eroded beach Sunshine Coast Queensland. | Newsreel

Dune and seawall instability triggers Council warning

Sunshine Coast Council has urged people to stay off coastal dunes and seawalls as Tropical Cyclone Alfred continues to lash the region’s beaches. In a statement,
Read more 7 March 2025
Beekeeper. | Newsreel

First Queensland detection of damaging honey bee pest

One of the most damaging pests to honey bees has been detected in Queensland for the first time. An alert from Biosecurity Queensland revealed the varroa mite (Varroa
Read more 6 March 2025