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Giving koalas a fair shot at survival

By Greg Kemp One of Australia’s most iconic animals is under threat, with chlamydial disease decimating koala populations in south-east Queensland. Professor Ken

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Is recreational reading plunging towards a death spiral?

By Shane Rodgers I hate to be the one to have to declare it, but reading for recreation may be in a terminal decline. And the thought terrifies me. There is a quote from

Why future workers will need ‘Hollywood’ agents

By Shane Rodgers For most of the past 200 years the idea of work has revolved around turning up at a factory, worksite or office, putting in the required hours and

Why Sunshine Coast can’t continue to be patient

By Rosanna Natoli Sunshine Coast Mayor As the newly-elected Mayor of the Sunshine Coast and indeed, this Council’s first female Mayor, I am filled with immense pride

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Permanently Cheugy: Are micro-trends killing fashion?

By Susan Schwartz Fashion’s hyper drive is in danger of creating its own black hole. Micro-trends are rising at such a rapid rate that ultimately fashion runs the risk

Tributes flow for golden era of popular music

By Shane Rodgers In the 1990s I read that, if the prevailing growth continued, by 2030 one in every five Americans would be an Elvis Presley impersonator. I think it was

Let’s build for Queensland not the Olympics

By Steve Zeppa Remember 2025. No, it’s not a tagline for Back to the Future 4. It’s a date which burned bright before the kerfuffle that is the Olympics cast its

Funding reform catalyst for first Indigenous faculty

By QUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Margaret Sheil AO Amidst the commentary on the Voice to Parliament referendum, the significance of recent amendments to Federal

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Is happiness at work a realistic expectation?

By Shane Rodgers Most of our pop culture depictions of work portray it as a grind that must be endured until the final whistle, when you bolt out the door like a

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