Chronic back pain wires into our self image
Scientists have uncovered why many treatments are ineffective in addressing chronic lower back pain.
It seems the affliction wires deeply into the human psyche –
Read more5 November 2026
Positive early results from Taroom Trough oil exploration
Early exploration in Queensland’s Taroom Trough is producing 300 barrels of high-quality light oil a day, the State Government revealed this week.
The results have
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Mystery of the missing layers of Earth’s history solved
By Santosh Dhungana and Nicolas Flament
Imagine opening a history book and finding several chapters torn out. This was what geologists looking into the rock records of
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Republican governors defeated in at least 5 states
The Democrats’ takeover of the US Congress was replicated at the state level, with the party flipping Republican-held governors’ offices in at least five
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US election breaks age-old rules of American politics
By Andrew Gawthorpe
Donald Trump’s Republican Party has received a stunning rebuke in the US midterm elections.
Republicans went into election evening hoping that the
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Trump defends Iran war despite big midterm rebuke
WASHINGTON – President Donald President Trump says the Iran war has been worth it despite acknowledging its role in losses in US midterm elections in which his
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Moreton Bay scores its own Monopoly game
Moreton Bay’s most-recognised landmarks from the shores of Redcliffe to the shipwrecks of Tangalooma have officially landed on the new Monopoly – Moreton Bay
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Moreton Bay Council signs MOUs with New Zealand
By Susan Schwartz
Queensland’s international alliances ahead of the 2032 games continue to grow with the Moreton Bay Council signing agreements with two major New
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US Democrats on target to take back Congress and Senate
WASHINGTON – Democrats scored stunning victories in the South Carolina, Texas and Ohio Senate races, seizing Republican strongholds and moving to the verge of
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Big sport and late flu drive spending habits
A late flu season and a run of big sporting events drove Australian consumer spending habits in September.
Australian Bureau of Statistics figures released today show
Read more4 November 2026