Orica's Koorangang Island. | Newsreel

Extra $432 million to support renewable hydrogen

More than $400 million has been granted to a renewable hydrogen project in New South Wales. ARENA CEO Darren Miller said Orica’s Hunter Valley Hydrogen Hub (HVHH) was
Read more 7 July 2025
Bore water. | Newsreel

No clean water in Queensland town since December

A Central Queensland community which has not had access to drinkable water for more than seven months will see $18 million spent upgrading its water
Read more 7 July 2025
People have lunch in orchard. | Newsreel

Plate filling up at Coast’s premier food and drink festival

Some of the biggest events at this year’s signature Sunshine Coast food and drink festival have already sold out, but organisers are confident there is still plenty on
Read more 7 July 2025
Robot with family at home

Are we missing the real impact of AI?

By Shane Rodgers The current frenzy around the impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence reminds me a bit of the dot.com boom in the 1990s and the 3D printing fever
Read more 7 July 2025
Online sale on mobile phone. | Newsreel

Ghost stores rise up in the online marketplace

Australian consumers are being duped by an increasing number of ‘ghost stores’, where overseas companies pass themselves off as local operations. The Australian
Read more 7 July 2025
Rural firefighter battles bushfire. | Newsreel

Looking to nature to better prepare for disasters

A North Queensland trial is one of four under way across the country to test nature-based defences against natural disaster. The First-Nations led cultural fire
Read more 7 July 2025
Women clothes shopping. | Newsreel

Aussies loosen purse strings on non-essentials

Aussie households increased their spending on non-essential products in May after a number of subdued months. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data
Read more 4 July 2025
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli. | Newsreel

Queensland’s push to host Quad meeting

Queensland will lobby to host a future international Quad meeting to leverage relationships with the key Indo-Pacific trading partners. Premier David Crisafulli,
Read more 4 July 2025
Artist's impression of upgraded Sunshine Coast Stadium. | Newsreel

EOIs now open for Brisbane 2032 stadium upgrades

The Sunshine Coast Stadium upgrade is among the first Brisbane 2032 venues to be put out for tender. Expressions of Interests for work on the stadium, in the Kawana
Read more 4 July 2025
Elderly couple jogging. | Newsreel

Aussie life expectancy trumps United States numbers

The life expectancy of the most disadvantaged Australians is higher than that of an average American. A new study, from The Australian National University (ANU) found
Read more 4 July 2025