Major changes coming for Brisbane building rules
Major changes to building rules will come into effect next month as Brisbane City Council continues to push through its plan to create more housing in key areas.
Changes
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Regions responding to rising infrastructure demand
Regional Australia is continuing to transform through major infrastructure delivery, improved lifestyle amenity and growing economic confidence.
That is the observation
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Port of Brisbane strives to be a ‘good ancestor’
A famous Swiss watchmaker says you never really own one of its products, instead you merely look after it for the next generation.
Port of Brisbane CEO Neil Stephens has
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Oral exams return to crack down on cheating
Analysis – Nicole Brownlie
Universities are increasingly turning to oral exams to stop students using artificial intelligence (AI) to cheat.
Some unis say it
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Excess light rail equipment being sold at auction
Surplus equipment and materials from the Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 3 are being sold at auction.
Bidding for more than 600 batches of civil construction and industrial
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Ban on card surcharges may have big rent impacts
By Fengfei Li
From October 1, businesses will no longer be able to add surcharges to payments made on the EFTPOS, Visa or Mastercard networks, following reforms by the
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Australia needs to ‘move up the AI value chain’
By Michelle Grattan
Australia must move up the Artificial Intelligence (AI) value chain rather than simply hosting data centres, the Assistant Minister for Science,
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New minimum pay rates start for gig workers
On-demand delivery workers will be required to be paid a minimum pay rate of at least $31.30 under new rules that take effect this week.
The new minimum standards cover
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Negative home equity a low risk in the long run
By Steven Rowley
For most people who buy a home, a mortgage represents the single largest debt they will take on in their lives.
But what happens if the market value of
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European Union mandates AI labels to combat deep fakes
As the world is increasingly flooded with deepfakes, the European Union is taking action to help people distinguish what is real and what is not.
It recently started
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