House under construction. | Newsreel

Supply barriers blunt new housing initiatives

An 18 percent drop in productivity in the construction sector and a skills shortage means the nation faces a large shortfall in housing needs. Master Builders Australia
Read more 9 April 2024
Sara Diana Faraj. | Newsreel

Youngest Fraser Coast councillor a new-style leader

Sara Diana Faraj’s parents fled to Australia as refugees from the Middle East before she was born. Now Fraser Coast Regional Council’s youngest elected councillor,
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Aboriginal business person. | Newsreel

Inquiry focus on First Nations business success

A Federal Government inquiry will investigate ways to improve outcomes for First Nations businesses. The Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Read more 9 April 2024
Sunshine Coast Mayor Rosanna Natoli. | Newsreel

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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Australian Tax Office sign. | Newsreel

Not-for-profits need to re-apply for tax exemption

Thousands of not-for-profit organisations will need to re-apply for income tax exemption status from July 1 this year. The Australian Tax Office (ATO) said around
Read more 9 April 2024
Affordable Art Fair Australian Director Stephanie Kelly. | Newsreel

Affordable Art Fair launches in Brisbane

For lovers of original art with limited budgets, the Affordable Art Fair is making its debut as part of Brisbane’s burgeoning art scene from May 9-12. More than 40
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
Couple rest after painting room. | Newsreel

Housing loans recover some momentum

Housing loans have recovered some momentum after the declines of the post-pandemic rapid-interest-rate-rise period. Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, released
Read more 8 April 2024
Rooftop solar being installed. | Newsreel

Call for policies to support energy reform at home

A broad cross-section of Australian advocacy groups have urged the Federal Government to use the upcoming budget to better invest in the clean economy. The group, which
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Rural firefighter battles bushfire. | Newsreel

20-year ‘mega droughts’ loom for our sunburnt country

Researchers have warned that Australia could be facing 20-year “mega-droughts” and that future dry periods may be “far worse than we imagined”. A research team
Read more 8 April 2024