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Australian businesses face a ton of tax burdens

Reducing company tax and rationalising the number of taxes paid by businesses, which in some cases exceeds 100, is needed to boost productivity. In a new report, the

New flights tipped to land $190 million for Queensland

Three new flight routes into Brisbane and the Gold Coast are expected to inject almost $190 million into Queensland’s visitor economy. State Tourism Minister Andrew

Queensland business confidence back despite challenges

Despite profit and productivity concerns, Queensland businesses have reported the highest level of economic confidence in more than three years. Business Chamber

$600 million for pre-construction work on faster rail project

Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent next year on a project to deliver faster rail to the Gold Coast. Queensland Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg said a

Push to move record numbers of heavy equipment

A multi-million-dollar heavy equipment auction this week will feature an Australian record 3800 pieces of equipment. Global equipment auctioneer Ritchie Bros will mark

Weekend changes to Brisbane buses to test new tunnel

Live testing of the Brisbane bus network’s Adelaide Street Tunnel begins this month with changes to weekend bus services around the CBD made to accommodate the

World-first fixed-wing response to fire disasters

Australia’s largest private natural disaster responder has bolstered its capability by adding fixed-wing firefighting aircraft to its arsenal. Sunshine Coast-based

Qantas ends intra-Asia flights with Jetstar Asia closure

Qantas will shut-down its Singapore-based subsidiary Jetstar Asia and redeploy the fleet to Australia and New Zealand. Qantas Group CEO Vanessa Hudson said the Asian

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

Port of Brisbane sets course for 2060

Landside cargo movements at the Port of Brisbane will be autonomous and emissions-free in less than 35 years, under a new vision for the transport hub. Port of Brisbane

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