Thursday Island. Torres Strait, Australia.

Torres Strait in the frame for filmmakers

Emerging filmmakers from the Torres Strait are being encouraged to produce factual screen stories about their part of northern Australia. Head of Screen Queensland’s
Read more 29 August 2025
Children collection water. | Newsreel

One in four still lack safe drinking water

More than 2 billion people, one in four of the world’s population, lack access to safe drinking water. A new World Health Organization (WHO)-UNICEF report,
Read more 29 August 2025
Mars habitat. 3D render. | Newsreel

Australians work on blueprint to make metals on Mars

Australian scientists are looking forward to life on Mars and developing ways to produce construction materials on the red planet. CSIRO Scientist Deddy Nababan said
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Grok avatar Ani.| Newsreel

The risks of AI chatbots in a lonely world

By Daniel You, Micah Boerma and Yuen Siew Koo Within two days of launching its AI companions last month, Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot app Grok became the most popular app
Read more 28 August 2025
Salamanca Markets, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. | Newsreel

Hobart welcomes back its oldest capital city status

Hobart has replaced Adelaide as the oldest capital city in Australia. New Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed, in 2024, the Tasmanian capital’s media age
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David Sharpe. | Newsreel

Top cop to steer football operations at Perth Bears

The newest entry in Australia’s often scandal-plagued sport of rugby league is putting integrity at the heart the organisation. The Perth Bears Rugby League Club has
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Sports fans. | Newsreel

Fraudsters in form for footy finals frenzy

With tickets to the AFL finals on sale from today, footy fans are being warned to look out for scammers out for a big score. Australian Banking Association (ABA) CEO
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K'Gari, Queensland, Australia.

Voices unite to guide the future of K’Gari

A two-day conference on Queensland’s Fraser Coast will help shape the future one of Australia’s most iconic World Heritage-listed landscapes. The University of the
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The Butterfly Nebula. | Newsreel

Space telescope reveals Butterfly’s dying heart

The dying star of one of the Milky Way galaxy’s best studied planetary nebulae has been pinpointed through new images from the James Webb Space Telescope. An
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. | Newsreel

SEQ cities too hot in search for the Goldilocks zone

Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast have populations which cannot be sustainably supported by current infrastructure. That is the finding of a new study which
Read more 28 August 2025