One Nation WA win ends Labor’s safe harbour
By Michelle Grattan
Neither Labor nor the Liberals needed the bruising Secret Harbour byelection to tell them One Nation had become a major player.
But Saturday’s
Read more31 August 2026
Ella Langley track keeps bouncing back to the top
Ella Langley’s Choosin’ Texas has gone back to the top of the ARIA singles chart for the 11th non-consecutive week.
The song was released in 2025 as the lead single
Read more31 August 2026
Haigh’s Chocolates finally opens in Brisbane
Australia’s oldest family-owned chocolate maker – Haigh’s Chocolates – finally has a store in Brisbane.
The store at Westfield Mt Gravatt (formerly known as
Read more28 August 2026
AI is about to change everything – Here is the checklist
By Shane Rodgers
Everything is about to change. Work. Life. Everything.
We can all feel it rising like a storm. Artificial intelligence, once the province of science
Read more28 August 2026
Social media revamp likely after landmark $18b settlement
By Rob Nicholls
Tech giant Meta will pay up to roughly US$18 billion, plus make major design changes to Facebook and Instagram, as part of a settlement it has agreed to
Read more28 August 2026
Backdown on mandating renewables to power data centres
By Ehsan Noroozinejad
It’s official: Australia’s data centre boom will not be solely powered by renewables.
At the National Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the
Read more28 August 2026
Nepal flash flood shows danger of cascading disasters
By Milad Haghani and Zahra Shahhoseini
A catastrophic flash flood has struck northern Nepal on the Tibetan border, killing at least 157 people and leaving hundreds
Read more28 August 2026
Linda Waugh appointed as Queensland’s new Ombudsman
Linda Waugh has been appointed as Queensland’s new Ombudsman and Inspector of Detention Services.
She has been the state’s Integrity Commissioner for the past three
Read more27 August 2026
New laws to accelerate state critical minerals projects
Queensland has passed new laws aimed at accelerating major critical minerals projects.
The State Government says it wants to speed up these projects without losing
Read more27 August 2026
‘Desperately needed’ Cunningham Highway fix begins
A 20km section of the Cunningham Highway between Tregony and Gladfield, south-west of Brisbane, will be upgraded.
The works include specialised pavement strengthening
Read more27 August 2026