Poet Svetlana Sterlin. | Newsreel

Sterlin makes a splash to snare poetry prize

Brisbane poet Svetlana Sterlin has won Australia’s richest poetry prize. The former QUT Creative Writing student won the $40,000 Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award
Read more 22 March 2024
Bored students in classroom. | Newsreel

Fines beefed up for rogue training groups

Training organisations operating for less than two years old will not be able to expand courses under new laws established to weed out rogue operators in the vocational
Read more 22 March 2024
Group of people from different age groups. | Newsreel

Queensland takes bronze in population growth race

Queensland is in the bronze position on population growth despite the spike in infrastructure jobs and the lure of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Australian
Read more 21 March 2024
Women talking on phone holding credit card. | Newsreel

Identity theft hits 200,000 as digital crime escalates

Almost 200,000 Australians experienced identity theft last financial year as the digital evolution continued to open new crime frontiers. This was coupled with more than
Read more 20 March 2024
Forensic scientist taking photos at crime scene. | Newsreel

New agency to deliver state’s forensic services

Queensland will have a new Forensic Science Queensland agency with Parliament passing a bill to set up the framework to deliver forensic services in the state. The
Read more 20 March 2024
Students on escalator. | Newsreel

Care courses top fee-free TAFE enrolments

More than 350,000 Australians enrolled in fee-free TAFE courses last year, with early childhood education and care qualifications the most popular. Fee-free TAFE, which
Read more 20 March 2024
Massive Sulfide Nickel Ore Rock. | Newsreel

Support for SMEs eyeing critical minerals industry

Businesses looking to expand into the critical minerals industry can now access a free insights program. The CSIRO is encouraging small to medium enterprises to apply
Read more 20 March 2024
Dentist with elderly patient. | Newsreel

Costs bite into dental care for older Australians

More than a third of older Australians have delayed going to the dentist in the past 12 months due to financial pressures. A survey by advocacy group COTA Australia
Read more 20 March 2024
Festival-goer holding pill. | Newsreel

Green light for pill testing at Queensland festivals

Pill testing will be a regular feature at Queensland events with the State Government engaging two providers to deliver fixed site and event-based pill testing services
Read more 20 March 2024
Two people in lab. | Newsreel

$100 billion benefit from boost in R&D investment

The Australian economy would be $100 billion bigger and support an extra 42,000 new jobs if 3 per cent of GDP was invested in research and development, new analysis by
Read more 20 March 2024