Graphene Io Battery concept. | Newsreel

GMG explores graphene for cleaner battery

A Brisbane-based clean-technology company has secured a $2 million grant to support construction of an Automated Battery Pilot Plant. Graphene Manufacturing Group (GMG),
Read more 3 April 2024
Man looking at phone in waiting room. | Newsreel

Job vacancies may be coming off the boil

Job vacancies in Australia have fallen 23.5 percent below their May 2022 peak but remain above pre-pandemic levels. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) job vacancy
Read more 3 April 2024
Electric car charging. | Newsreel

Energy changes fill gaps but ‘need a closer look’

Three Federal Government energy bills recently introduced into Parliament will have serious implications and deserve closer scrutiny, according to a leading national
Read more 3 April 2024
Lithium mine in Western Australia. | Newsreel

Resources sector wary of dark clouds above and abroad

The resources sector has one eye on the clouds and one overseas as it looks to forecast the nation’s export earnings over the coming year. The March Resources and
Read more 3 April 2024
Indigenous child. | Newsreel

Data dashboard tracks Indigenous youth plight

A new online interactive dashboard aims to shine a light on the over-representation of First Nations youth in Australia’s child protection system. Launched by the
Read more 3 April 2024
Man throwing money in the air. | Newsreel

Billionaire boom boosts mega-rich ranks

In a world with a growing divide between the “haves” and the “have nots” the mega rich are amassing staggering fortunes. The annual Forbes rich list, released
Read more 3 April 2024
Two generations of happy women. | Newsreel

Aussies content despite generational ‘happy gap’

Australia has been ranked in the top 10 happiest countries in the world as new data shows a significant generational “happy gap” across the globe. The Gallup World
Read more 3 April 2024
Brisbane skyline from Southbank. \ Newsreel

Let’s build for Queensland not the Olympics

By Steve Zeppa Remember 2025. No, it’s not a tagline for Back to the Future 4. It’s a date which burned bright before the kerfuffle that is the Olympics cast its
Read more 2 April 2024
Net zero graphic. | Newsreel

New Authority to support transition to net zero

A new authority will be established to support the Australian economy’s transition to net zero. As global efforts to reduce emissions intensify, the $180m Net Zero
Read more 2 April 2024
Professor Richi Nayak and Dr Md Abul Bashar from QUT. | Newsreel

Modern machine learning returning ancestors home

Enhanced data mining can help speed up the process of returning ancestral human remains to countries of origin. In a new study, QUT computer scientists explain how
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