Phone in car. | Newsreel

Smart way to crowdsource real-time road conditions

Aussie engineers are using smartphones to map potholes in roads, with the goal of creating an app that builds a live map of road conditions across a city. A Monash
Read more 8 September 2025
Queensland State Police Operations Centre. | newsreel

Riverfire crowd keep the fireworks in the sky

Queensland police made limited arrests on Saturday night as hundreds of thousands of people  ventured into Brisbane City for Riverfire. With crowd estimates ranging
Read more 8 September 2025
Townsville, Queensland, Australia. | Newsreel

Queensland’s regions lure more capital city movers

Regional Queensland is growing in popularity for Australians leaving state capitals to escape city rat races. The latest Regional Mover Index (RMI) found, across the
Read more 8 September 2025
Cyber criminal. | Newsreel

40% jump in reports of online child sexual exploitation

Australian authorities battling child exploitation registered a more than 40 percent jump in reported cases over the past 12 months. Australian Federal Police (AFP)
Read more 8 September 2025
Former New South Wales Police Commissioner Mick Fuller. | Newsreel

Fuller new Director of Forensic Science Queensland

Former New South Wales Police Commissioner Mick Fuller is the new Director of Forensic Science Queensland (FSQ), following his recent work on the State’s DNA
Read more 8 September 2025
Fishway.| Newsreel

Waterway stairs help fish scale new heights

Special “stairs” will be built to help fish access breeding grounds in a Sunshine Coast waterway. Sunshine Coast Council Division 10 Councillor David Law said weirs
Read more 8 September 2025
Happy workers. | Newsreel

Great Resignation makes way for The Big Stay

By Georgina Pacor Just a few years ago, HR leaders were navigating the chaos of the “Great Resignation” – a mass exodus of talent that reshaped hiring
Read more 8 September 2025
Woman drinking coffee. | Newsreel

Sweet lure of caffeine replaces the fizz for Aussies

Fewer Australians are drinking soft drinks than a decade ago, but we’ve upped our coffee intake by almost 20 percent. New data released today by the Australian Bureau
Read more 8 September 2025
Fireworks Brisbane. | Newsreel

Police prepare for 400,000 Brisbane city visitors

Queensland Police are preparing for 400,000 people to descend on Brisbane city tomorrow for Riverfire. Riverfire Operations Commander Acting Superintendent Stewart Day
Read more 5 September 2025
Working from home. | Newsreel

Victorians rush to have say on work from home laws

The Victorian Government’s push to enshrine in law the right for employees to work from home at least two days a week has sparked one of the largest public responses
Read more 5 September 2025