Elderly lady with electric fan. | Newsreel

No escape from heat for state’s disadvantaged

Many Queenslanders feel trapped in their over-heated homes and are batting serious health issues as a result. Around 80 percent of respondents to the latest QCOSS Heat
Read more 22 March 2024
Play Well Leadership group. | Newsreel

Well-credentialed group all ready to play

The founder of parkrun Australia, a four-time Paralympian and the President of the Royal Life Saving Society are part of a new leadership group which will help deliver
Read more 22 March 2024
Handshake. | Newsreel

New starters at RTA and Energy Queensland

Check out some recent senior appointments in Brisbane. Email your senior appointments to contact@newsreel.com.au Cassandra Broomfield is the new Chief People Officer
Read more 22 March 2024
Brisbane Broncos rugby league fans. | Newsreel

Broncos set NRL membership record

The Brisbane Broncos have become the first NRL club to sign-up more than 50,000 members. The milestone was reached before the season kicked off while the team was in
Read more 22 March 2024
Artist's impression of lunar rover on moon. | Newsreel

Brisbane’s Raytracer shoots for the moon

A Brisbane-based space technology company has joined the team tasked with designing Australia’s first lunar rover. Raytracer, headquartered in Bowen Hills, has joined
Read more 22 March 2024
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