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Brisbane CityCat ferry. | Newsreel

Smart travel trial on Brisbane city ferries

Brisbane River ferry passengers are the latest public transport users able to ditch their Go Cards and use bank cards and smart devices to pay for fares. From today,
Read more 16 April 2024
QCOSS CEO Aimee McVeigh. | Newsreel

Dedicated advocacy for domestic violence sector

Queensland’s social services peak body will add domestic and family violence support to its portfolio, following funding from the State Government. The Queensland
Read more 15 April 2024
Artist's impression The Wheelhouse in the Brisbane suburb of Hamilton. | Newsreel

Wheels turning on new innovation space

Construction has begun on a new $5.9 million co-working and innovation space in inner-northern Brisbane. The Wheelhouse, adjacent to Eat Street, in Hamilton, aims to
Read more 13 April 2024
Young person being consoled. | Newsreel

Young people empowered to shape care system

The Queensland Government will set up a ministerial youth advisory group to provide children who have lived in care the opportunity to share their experiences and help
Read more 11 April 2024
Bruce Highway being upgraded. | Newsreel

Enjoy a road-works-free drive to the Sunshine Coast

The Bruce Highway expansion between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast is officially completed. The $662.5 million project, which began in late 2020, widened 11km of
Read more 10 April 2024
Unhappy worker. | Newsreel

Public servants want leadership and career support

Many employees bemoan a lack of senior and executive leadership in the Queensland Public Service and a large majority say they do not receive any support to advance
Read more 10 April 2024
Artist's impression of Aldoga solar farm. | Newsreel

Build begins on 820,000-panel Gladstone solar farm

Construction has begun on a $500m solar farm in Central Queensland, with power expected to flow from mid-2026. Acciona’s Aldoga solar farm will be built on land owned
Read more 10 April 2024
Bus being manufactured. | Newsreel

No train. No worries. Here’s the replacement bus

When is a bus, not a bus? When it is rail replacement bus and Queensland now has a locally made one. The first of 200 rail replacement buses has rolled off the
Read more 10 April 2024
Steve Greenwood - CEO of Queensland Futures Institute. | Newsreel

Population policy needed to ignite the regions

Queensland needs a robust population policy to boost the appeal of regions and a 50-year plan to give certainty to investors, according to the head of the state’s
Read more 9 April 2024
Fortescue manufacturing facility in Gladstone. | Newsreel

Gladstone centre of green hydrogen manufacturing

Australia’s first manufacturing facility able to build hydrogen electrolysers at a commercial scale has been opened in Central Queensland. Fortescue’s Gladstone
Read more 8 April 2024