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Future skills put to test in Brisbane

Hundreds of Australia’s best apprentices and trainees converge on Brisbane this week to contest the 2025 WorldSkills Australia National Championships. Queensland

A month each year lost to unnecessary meetings

With productivity making the headlines, new research has shown Australian employees waste up to three hours each week in unnecessary meetings. Office supplies company

Excessive screen time triggers vicious cycle in children

Excessive screen time increases the risk of a child developing behavioural problems, which then drives them back to screens to cope, creating a vicious cycle. The new

Apple’s updated Workout Buddy boosts the motivation

You now have a new supportive buddy when you exercise, with Apple adding new features to the latest software update for its watch. Apple’s Senior Director of watchOS

‘AI poverty’ risk for developing countries

Strategic intervention is needed to avoid developing nations falling into an artificial intelligence (AI) poverty trap. A research paper, produced in New Zealand, argues

1.5 million crypto holders facing capital pain

Up to a third of Australians who have sold Cryptocurrency over the past 12 months may be in for a shock when they lodge their tax return this year. A recent survey found

Autonomous tractors to crack Aussie nut industry

A multi-million-dollar project will look to retrofit Australia’s on-farm tractor fleet into autonomous vehicles, initially driving efficiency in the labour-intensive

Call to mandate ‘digital twins’ for Games infrastructure

A mandate to incorporate “digital twins” in all infrastructure projects for the Brisbane 2032 Games would help ensure a sustainable legacy for the region. Speaking

Australia’s first satellite to mobile text service launched

Telstra has won the space race to be the first provider to offer a satellite to mobile text messaging service in Australia. The technology, which effectively uses

3D-printed homes, in half the time, an Australian first

Australia’s first 3D-printed social housing project has been completed in half the time, and a lower cost, than a traditional build. The two homes in the New South

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