Danish royals to tour Australia in March
King Frederik X and Queen Mary will tour parts of Australia next month as part of their fourth official visit since taking over the Danish Throne in 2024.
For Queen
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300 new council traineeships to be created
Around 300 new council jobs are being created under the latest $6 million Queensland Government First Start funding.
The funds injection will support 64 councils and one
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$30,000 grants to help businesses tackle global markets
The Queensland Government has opened its Market Accelerator Program to help exporters secure new international contracts.
The $750,000 program provides matched funding
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Valentine’s Day gift ideas for all budgets and tastes
By Susan Schwartz
Ahhh Valentine’s Day – the day for lovers and also for the loved-up confused.
Do you buy your beloved something?
Or have you got an agreement
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Cultural superstar Glasshouse Theatre to open March 7
Queensland’s “cultural superstar” – the 1500-seat Glasshouse theatre is set to open on March 7, 2026, making QPAC the largest performing arts
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Brisbane dinosaur fossil found to be Australia’s oldest
A dinosaur fossil found in Brisbane in the 1950s has been found to be Australia’s oldest at 230 million years.
University of Queensland research has confirmed the
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The last US-Russian nuclear treaty is about to expire
By Tilman Ruff
The New START treaty, the last remaining agreement constraining Russian and US nuclear weapons, is due to lapse on February 4, 2026.
There are no
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Honouring the rare genius of Catherine O’Hara
By Ben McCann
Catherine O’Hara, the beloved actor and comedian who has died aged 71, occupied that rare position in contemporary screen culture: a comic actor, a cult
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30 percent increase in childhood blood cancer
The number of children with blood cancer has risen by almost 30 percent over the past 20 years, according to Leukaemia Foundation figures.
The foundation said that, if
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Schools principals facing growing abuse by parents
Nearly one in 10 Australian public school principals say they have experienced inappropriate, abusive behaviour from parents.
This included incidents of stalking,
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