Blood test. | Newsreel

Home-grown donors vital for blood cancer treatment

Around 80 percent of Australians diagnosed with blood cancer are relying on overseas donors to ensure life-saving treatment. Leukaemia Foundation CEO Chris Tanti said
Read more 19 September 2025
Children playing. | Newsreel

Hundreds of free school holiday activities across Brisbane

From BMX workshops to storytelling, hundreds of free school holiday events have been listed on the Brisbane City Council website. Council said 70 percent of the more
Read more 19 September 2025
Invest Gold Coast CEO Mark Girard. | Newsreel

Mark Girard new CEO of Invest Gold Coast

Seasoned Queensland business executive Mark Girard is the new CEO of Invest Gold Coast. Gold Coast Acting Mayor Mark Hammel said Mr Girard would play a crucial role in
Read more 19 September 2025
Peter Kuruvita.

The Curated Plate lands record crowd as 2026 takes shape

An almost 50 percent increase in visitors is prompting a leading Queensland food and drink festival to “take it to a new level” next year. The Curated Plate, which
Read more 19 September 2025
Map of world in rainforest. | Newsreel

Climate change target announcement in the PM’s words

By Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Today, we’re announcing Australia’s next step in acting on climate change and seizing the economic opportunity before our
Read more 18 September 2025
Worker with children. | Newsreel

More Queensland occupations now need a blue card

More Queenslanders will need a blue card to continue working in their current jobs from this weekend. Changes to Queensland’s Working With Children legislation comes
Read more 18 September 2025
Man looking at phone in waiting room. | Newsreel

Employment rate steady despite loss in full-time jobs

Australia’s unemployment rate remained steady in August, despite a drop of more than 41,000 in people employed full-time. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Head of
Read more 18 September 2025
Judge and gavel. | Newsreel

New laws target “good blokes” committing sexual assault

Queensland sexual assault survivors will be protected from hearing “good character” references for perpetrators under new laws passed in State Parliament this
Read more 18 September 2025
Man in lab testing blood. | Newsreel

World-first cancer test unveiled in Brisbane

Research conducted at QIMR Berghofer has been commercialised into a product, to be launched in Brisbane this week, that better detects one of the most dangerous
Read more 18 September 2025
Oil tanker. | Newsreel

Australia bans more of Russia’s “shadow fleet”

Australia has ramped up sanctions against Russia adding more vessels to country’s banned “shadow fleet”. Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said as well
Read more 18 September 2025