Do plants grow better when you play them music?
By Lily Whelehan
When I’m in the lab studying my plants, I love to listen to music. But do my plants like it too, or do they just want some peace and quiet?
It turns
Read more28 September 2026
China no longer easy pickings for exports and students
By Christoph Nedopil
For decades, China’s market of 1.4 billion people and extraordinary economic growth gave Australian exporters seemingly endless opportunities.
The
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Farnham’s Whispering Jack back on top after 40 years
John Farnham’s classic Whispering Jack album is back at number one on the ARIA “on replay” albums chart off the back of the tribute concert to honour the
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Story Bridge to close over Christmas period
Brisbane’s Story Bridge is being closed to traffic for three weeks over the upcoming Christmas period.
It will be closed from 1am Sunday, December 27, 2026 until 5am
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Top father-daughter cellist-pianist duo to tour
One of the world’s greatest living cellists, Mischa Maisky and his daughter acclaimed pianist Lily Maisky will tour Australia with a performance in Brisbane on
Read more24 September 2026
Unemployment rises as people reactivate job ambitions
People who were previously not looking for work started moving back into the workforce as the job market tightened in August.
Seasonally adjusted unemployment rose to
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Exercise more effective than common pain meds
Exercise can be 60 percent more effective than common pain relief medication, a new comprehensive Adelaide University study of 221,279 participants has
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Trump’s war on the media poses risk to democracy
By Matthew Ricketson
Amid the tumult over US President Donald Trump’s latest assault on press freedom, it’s easy to lose sight of what exactly journalism is and
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Half of the workforce are overqualified for their jobs
By Inga Lass
Close to half of Australians believe they have more education than their job requires, a dynamic that is associated with lower job and life satisfaction.
A
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Australia signs new security agreement with Ukraine
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have signed a new Bilateral Security Agreement.
The agreement provides “a
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