Manufacturing workers can now vote to leave CFMEU
The manufacturing members of the Construction Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) can now vote to leave the parent organisation after legislation was passed in
Read more3 July 2024
Database fast-charges battery connections
Queensland manufacturers can target new markets and opportunities through Australia’s first Battery Supply Chain Database.
Launched today, the database aims to help
Read more2 July 2024
Call to co-locate schools and retirement villages
The co-location of schools and retirement villages in high-density areas could help ease the growing pains caused Queensland burgeoning population.
A leading Brisbane
Read more2 July 2024
Second bridge to Bribie first election promise
With 116 days until the Queensland election, the Labor party has announced its first commitment, with a new bridge to Bribie Island.
Premier Steven Miles said a second
Read more2 July 2024
New bodies focus on improved mental health
Two new national peak bodies are being created to represent people with lived experiences of mental ill-health.
Federal Health Minister Mark Butler said the National
Read more2 July 2024
‘Super complainers’ line up ACCC
Consumer group CHOICE is one of Australia’s first ‘super complainers’.
The Federal Government today announced the advocacy group would be one the first
Read more2 July 2024
Multi-faceted approach needed in skills transition
New research has identified key insights into transitioning jobs and skills from the current energy sector to the emerging renewables landscape.
Commissioned by
Read more2 July 2024
Marine Rescue Queensland welcomes first units
Marine Rescue Queensland (MRQ), the state’s first single integrated volunteer-based service, welcomes its first units this week.
Mackay and Gladstone will become the
Read more2 July 2024
Australians living longer but are sicker
Australians’ life expectancy has increased by 40 percent since 2000, but our quality of life is dropping.
A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and
Read more2 July 2024
Parenting loses its appeal for new generations
The global fertility rate has dropped below population “replacement level” and the average age for women to give birth has edged above 30.
The trend has been linked
Read more2 July 2024