Rates up 3.97% in 2026-27 Brisbane City Council Budget
By Susan Schwartz
Ratepayers will pay an extra 3.97 percent in rates as part of the Brisbane City Council’s 2026-27 budget which includes a $135 million towards fixing
Read more17 June 2026
Review: Sometimes it takes a dancing pig
By Shane Rodgers
It took me a few days to find it. I went to the Beetlejuice The Musical Brisbane opening night last week and something about it hovered around for a few
Read more17 June 2026
Travel warnings wound back for areas of the Middle East
Travel warning for Australians travelling to the Middle East have been eased off the back of a ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran.
The Australian Government
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Taylor Swift matches Elvis and chases The Beatles
Taylor Swift has consolidated her place in music history with her 14th number one hit on the Australia charts.
That puts her equal with the legendary Elvis Presley. Only
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Korean drama nails the ‘classroom in crisis’ reality
By Yanyan Hong
Within a week of its release, Netflix’s new Korean drama Teach You a Lesson, directed by Hong Jong-chan, topped the platform’s global non-English
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Children find plenty of ways to bypass social media ban
By Lisa Given
As the UK prepares to introduce an “Australia plus” ban on social media for under 16s, many lessons can be learned from Australia’s experiment.
Many
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Preliminary design for new Brisbane bikeway
The Brisbane City Council has released the preliminary design for a 1.2km Shafston Ave bikeway extension at East Brisbane.
The dedicated two-way bikeway and separate
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New commission will coordinate child protection
A new Queensland Protection Commission will be set up to provide oversight, accountability and coordination of child protection.
This is part of the State Government’s
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Reserve Bank leaves interest rates on hold for now
Australian households have received some rare good news with the Reserve Bank voting unanimously to leave the cash rate target unchanged at 4.35 percent.
Despite this,
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Giant wave pulse may signal major El Nino weather event
NASA has detected a vast pulse of warm water in the Pacific Ocean that may signal the emergence of a major El Niño system.
The pulse is hundreds of kilometres wide and
Read more16 June 2026