Storm in Brisbane. | Newsreel

Sunday storms deemed “significant’ by Insurance Council

Sunday’s wild storms that wreaked havoc across south-east Queensland have been declared a Significant Event by the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA). ICA CEO Andrew
Read more 29 October 2025
Group of young people. | Newsreel

5 charts that show the desperate plight of youth

By Intifar Chowdhury Australia is becoming increasingly unequal. The story is unmissably generational: young Australians today face a tougher reality than their parents
Read more 29 October 2025
Traffic Brisbane. | Newsreel

Tolerance for commuting grows as travel times top an hour

The average Aussie is now spending more than hour commuting to and from work each day, with travel times busting the 60-minute mark over the past three years. New data
Read more 29 October 2025
Jessica Alba and Tom Hopper. | Newsreel

Jessica Alba and Tom Hopper film The Mark on Gold Coast

Hollywood stars Jessica Alba and Tom Hopper are on the Gold Coast with filming of spy thriller The Mark under way. Screen Queensland CEO Jacqui Feeney said the Highland
Read more 29 October 2025
AI worker replacing human. | Newsreel

AI replacing up to one-in-three entry-level roles

New data showing almost 20 percent of businesses have replaced entry-level accounting roles with artificial intelligence (AI), has prompted a warning from the
Read more 29 October 2025
Apprentice mechanic. | Newsreel

New schools-based pathway to automotive career

A new Queensland school-based career pathway has been established to overcome a skills shortage in the automotive industry. State Finance, Trade, Employment and Training
Read more 29 October 2025
Obese man. | Newsreel

Lifestyle trumps drastic weight loss in fertility stakes

Weight loss, by itself, is not enough to boost male fertility, according to a new Australian study. University of Adelaide researchers have analysed 32 global studies
Read more 29 October 2025
Air traffic control tower and plane

Risks loom as “infrastructure of the sky” reaches end-of-life

A $40 billion investment in Australian airports is at risk of being under-utilised as a “largely invisible” piece of infrastructure approaches the end of its
Read more 29 October 2025
Man looking at invoice on computer. | Newsreel

Cybercriminals circle Brisbane 2032 construction boom

The large pipeline of construction activity in Queensland offers a tempting target for cybercriminals. With figures of around $200 billion worth of committed and
Read more 29 October 2025
Deputy Commissioner Shane Chelepy. | Newsreel

Deputy Commissioner Chelepy retires after 40 years

A senior police officer who guided Queensland through a range of natural disasters, and stepped up to guide the Queensland Police Service (QPS) for a short time, is
Read more 28 October 2025