Person using credit card to pay for bus fare. | Newsreel

Caboolture buses trial Translink smart ticketing

Caboolture bus patrons can now use their credit cards to pay for fares, with the first trial of new contactless payment methods on South East Queensland buses
Read more 28 August 2024
Neville Bonner Bridge Brisbane. | Newsreel

Neville Bonner Bridge to carry 10,000 a day

Pedestrians will start flowing across the Neville Bonner Bridge tomorrow, as the new connection between Brisbane’s Queen’s Wharf and South Bank precincts
Read more 28 August 2024
QUT music student Briana Dinsdale. | Newsreel

Time is right for Briana’s country passion

A Brisbane teenager plucked from a concert crowd to sing with Keith Urban is now supporting a The Voice US winner on his Australian tour, following the release of her
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Nasal vaccine. | Newsreel

New nasal COVID vaccine for all variants

A needle-free nasal COVID vaccine, effective against all variants, has being developed in Brisbane. Griffith University researchers believe the next-generation mucosal
Read more 28 August 2024
Placebo pills found to help patients with stress and anxiety - Newsreel

Fake drugs help to manage stress

Fake drugs have been found to reduce symptoms in people with stress, anxiety and depression, even when the patients know the pills are placebos. A team lead by the
Read more 28 August 2024
Child watching content on tablet with headphones.

Business model focus for children’s content creators

A new funding initiative has been launched to encourage the Australian production of children’s content for digital platforms. Screen Australia and the Australian
Read more 27 August 2024
Radio telescopes. | Newsreel

Thousands of galaxies scanned for alien life

An Australian telescope has been used in one of the most extensive searches for alien life ever, targeting thousands of distant galaxies. A team from Curtin University,
Read more 27 August 2024
Australian Paralympian Taymon Kenton-Smith. | Newsreel

Medal incentive equity for Paralympians

Australia’s para-athletes will have the same financial incentives for winning medals at the Paris Games as our Olympians. Federal Sports Minister Anika Wells said
Read more 27 August 2024
Wheelchair rugby players. | Newsreel

Try wheelchair rugby then cheer on Steelers

The first day of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will be celebrated through a free event on the Sunshine Coast where locals, of all abilities, can try wheelchair rugby
Read more 27 August 2024
Alarming rise in obesity among Chinese young people - Newsreel

Westernisation linked to youth obesity in China

The image of fit and thin Chinese young people has been challenged by new research pointing to growing problems from obesity in the country. A paper published in the
Read more 27 August 2024