Land use policies crippling housing affordability
A global obsession with limiting urban sprawl has played a major role in the collapse of housing affordability, which sees Australia’s five major mainland capital
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Defence Force reveals first laser weapon
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is trialing its first laser weapon, which can burn through steel and destroy objects a kilometre away.
The ADFs Fractl Portable High
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Billions of untapped potential in migrant workers
Queensland’s skills shortage would be eased and the economy boosted by almost $2 billion if existing migrant workers were employed based on their qualifications, a new
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Koalas predict hot days and cool down
Koalas can predict a coming summer scorcher and lower their body temperature in advance.
Researchers from the University of Sydney have observed free-ranging wild koalas
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McCullough Robertson appoints new Sydney partner
McCullough Robertson Lawyers (McR) has appointed leading construction lawyer Mark Riddington as a partner, based in the firm’s growing Sydney office.
Mr Riddington
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Self-repairing machines no longer sci-fi
A self-repairing submarine is one of the innovations researchers are hoping to produce with the development of new polymer composites.
Dr Nisa Salim from
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Kelvin Grove mural celebrates Pride Month
A vivid mural celebrating QUT’s LGBTIQA+ community has been installed at the Kelvin Grove campus to celebrate International Pride Month.
Designed the Brisbane
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Emotional bias the same for all faces
Face-value has taken on a new meaning, with researchers finding our brain assigns the same bias when seeing faces in inanimate objects as it does to human faces.
A QUT
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From oil to AI for Dubai by 2031
One of the world’s leading oil producers has plans to pivot to an artificial intelligence-led economy within a decade, with an Australian among one of their guiding
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Murder warning signs in judges’ comments
A study of judges’ comments during the conviction of men who murdered women has found many of the crimes could have been prevented.
The Monash University report found
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