Rolls of steel on back of truck

Can the PM win an exemption from Trump’s steel tariffs?

By Michelle Grattan The Albanese Government is set to mount a major effort to win an exemption from a proposed 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminium imports to the
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Brisbane ferry and Story Bridge, Queensland, Australia. | Newsreel

50 cent investment returns $180 million to passengers

Public transport use across South-East Queensland jumped by almost 20 percent across the six-month trial of 50 cent fares. Queensland Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg
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Woman with a doctor. | Newsreel

$573m bump over five years for women’s health

More than half a billion dollars will be invested to lower the cost of women’s health care. Federal Health Minister Mark Butler said the $573.3 million package, to be
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Para athlete. | Newsreel

$4m Para-sport unit to remove barriers to Brisbane 2032

A new $4.3 million Para-sport unit will be created within the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) in an attempt to double the pipeline of Paralympians in the lead up to
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Canberra, Australia. | Newsreel

Student travel support boosted for Canberra trips

Australian school students will be encouraged to visit the centre of the country’s democratic processes through increased travel grants. The Federal Government is
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Bay of Fires, Tasmania. | Newsreel

Australia’s Top 10 beaches revealed. See the photos

Tasmania has the best beach in Australia, according to Tourism Australia’s 2025 list of the nation’s Top 10 stretches of sand. Tourism Australia Managing Director
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Queensland Symphony Orchestra The Rite of Spring. \ Newsreel

QSO season launch delivers shock and energy circa 1913

It will be a symphony for all the senses when Queensland’s premier orchestra joins forces with an internationally acclaimed circus company to launch its 2025 season
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Scientists looking at prototype. | Newsreel

Prototyping facility the missing link in manufacturing

Australia is missing a national prototyping network which help would keep local ideas, innovation and entrepreneurs onshore. Science & Technology Australia (STA)
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Hobart harbour, Tasmania, Australia. | Newsreel

Healthy Hobart shines in new national index

A new measure for healthy living has identified Hobart as the healthiest city in Australia, with Brisbane hovering around the national average, but declining. The Monash
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Glossy black cockatoo. | Newsreel

537ha linked and protected in Sunshine Coast hinterland

A vital link between two nature reserves in the Sunshine Coast hinterland is now protected with Council purchasing the 108ha block. The $2 million acquisition of two
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