More places needed in fledgling home support scheme
By Luke Traini, CEO, Trilogy Care
Hundreds of thousands of older Australians on the waiting list for home care packages were justifiably hopeful when Support at Home
Read more30 April 2026
Emerging urban heat islands put billions at risk
By Hamish Lewis and Luke Harrington
We tend to think of climate change impacts as dramatic and destructive. Storms and floods that bring down landslides and swamp
Read more30 April 2026
Female stars being banished to the ‘Khia Asylum’
By James Hall
What do Bebe Rexha, Katy Perry, Meghan Trainor and Rita Ora all have in common? They’re all trapped in the “Khia Asylum”.
The Khia Asylum
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20,000 seafarers stranded in the Strait of Hormuz
By Claudio Bozzi
As the closure of the Strait of Hormuz drags on, the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization has sounded the alarm over a related
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Third area declared a Special Wildlife Reserve
The Queensland Government has declared a 229,000-hectare area south-west of Mount Isa a Special Wildlife Reserve.
The Pilungah Special Wildlife Reserve, owned by Bush
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Mass sand pumping on Sunshine Coast beaches
Around 100,000 cubic metres of sand – equivalent to 10,000 truckloads – will be pumped into the beach at Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast over the next four
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India tops number of immigrants to Australia
More than 30 percent of Australia’s residents are born overseas, with India representing the largest number of immigrants in 2025, overtaking England for the first
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Major Brisbane artery road upgrade complete
Work has been completed on the $10.9 million Wynnum Road and Hemmant-Tingalpa Road intersection upgrade.
It was designed to improve safety and traffic flow, with the
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Australia’s inflation moves into danger zone
Australia’s inflation struggles are continuing with the Consumer Price Index rising 4.6 percent in the year to March off the back of fuel cost blowouts.
The annual
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David Jones earnings up 325 percent, reports growth
David Jones has reported a surge in profitability and a return to growth in its 2026 financial year-to-date trading update.
Earnings (EBITDA) increased 325 percent for
Read more29 April 2026