Capped interest rate call for first home buyers
An interest rate cap for first-home buyers would provide a much needed boost to those struggling to enter the housing market, according to the Property Council.
Chief
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Mobile phone ban improving classroom behaviour
A national restriction on mobile phones in classrooms had reduced incidents in public schools, according to new data.
A year after Education Ministers agreed to put the
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Skywhales loom on Sunshine Coast horizon
Festival goers can expect a whale of a time at the Sunshine Coast’s Horizon 2025 contemporary arts event in May.
Sunshine Coast Mayor Rosanna Natoli said while the
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MedicAlert partnership a boost for Queensland police
A new partnership will help police locate Queenslanders with diminished capacity that become lost or are reported missing.
Queensland Police Service (QPS) Detective
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Aussie firm to develop world’s first mobile full-body CT
An Australian company will build the world’s first mobile full-body CT, which will be rolled out in rural America.
Adelaide-based Micro-X will develop the scanner
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Road safety messaging targets “other drivers”
A new road safety campaign in the United States is leaning into research that shows most drivers think other road users are the problem.
Transurban, which operates toll
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Mercury-munching fish set to be pollution busters
Australian scientists have genetically engineered fish and flies which can break down one the most dangerous forms of mercury pollution.
The team from Sydney’s
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Williams new Queensland Under Treasurer
A 30-year veteran in the banking and property industry has been appointed to lead Queensland Treasury.
State Treasurer David Janetzki said Paul Williams, the current
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Predictive tool joins battle to save Great Barrier Reef
A real-time monitoring system has been developed with the goal of stalling the decline of the Great Barrier Reef.
A University of South Australia (UniSA)-led project has
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Don’t accept band-aid solutions in election campaign
By Dr Ashley Craig
Australia heads towards a federal election campaign facing enormous economic challenges and we’re dangerously complacent because of decades of
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