Events
The Big Pineapple Festival, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. | Newsreel

Government

Events a $100m boost to Sunshine Coast region

Events on the Sunshine Coast pumped more than $100 million into the local economy last financial year. Sunshine Coast Mayor Rosanna Natoli said the Sunshine Coast Events
Read more 3 November 2025
Matildas. | Newsreel

Community

Matildas create Asian Cup ticket frenzy on Gold Coast

Matildas fans have rushed to secure their seats at the AFC Women’s Asian Cup next year, with first tickets to the national football team’s Gold Coast match sold
Read more 30 October 2025
Person on wheelchair under umbrellas. | Newsreel

Community, Events, Government, Local

Extra exposure for special inclusive places

A unique photography competition will showcase the Sunshine Coast’s most accessible and inclusive places. Sunshine Coast Council Strong Community Portfolio Councillor
Read more 22 October 2025
The Addams Family

Community, Events

The best Halloween events in Brisbane

By Susan Schwartz Prepare for fright night with our spooktacular roundup of some of the best ways to spend Halloween in Brisbane in 2025. Wynnum Halloween Parade The
Read more 21 October 2025
Crocodile

Community, Events

Crocs under the microscope at Qld Museum

Croc! Lost Giants to Living Legends is an interactive Queensland Museum exhibition which brings you face-to-face with the 130-million-year journey of this powerful and
Read more 21 October 2025
Diwali celebration

Community, Events

Let in the light with Diwali celebrations

The annual Diwali Festival of Lights celebrates a victory of good over evil, where knowledge beats ignorance, and light prevails in the darkness. Today marks the
Read more 20 October 2025

Health
Gap Daniel Keighran VC delivered a powerful speech about service and the importance of GMRs research

Education

Veteran health at the heart of 20 years of research

Two decades of research into veterans’ health has been marked at an anniversary gala in Brisbane. More than 400 guests gathered at Brisbane City Hall as Gallipoli
Read more 6 November 2025
Youth getting support

Community

Aussies turning to AI for mental health advice

More than 10 percent of Australians are turning to artificial intelligence for mental health advice, as loneliness and social isolation rates rise. A new report,
Read more 6 November 2025
Dr Lochlan Fennell

Community, Education, Health, Research & Science

New research hub hones in on inter-cell communication

Two South-East Queensland universities have joined forces to create a new research hub on the Sunshine Coast. Based at the Sunshine Coast Health Institute (SCHI), the
Read more 6 November 2025
QIMR Berghofer Director and CEO Professor Fabienne Mackay. | Newsreel

Community, Education, Health, Research & Science

White lab coats make way for black tie celebrations

QIMR Berghofer scientists swapped their lab coats for black ties to mark 80 years of medical research at the Queensland institute. QIMR Berghofer Council Chair Professor
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Premature baby. | Newsreel

Community, Education, Health, People, Research & Science, Support & Services

Aussies lead world in reducing number of pre-term babies

An Australian-based world-first initiative has reduced the number of pre-term births in this country by 10 percent. Since launched in 2018, a Australian Preterm Birth
Read more 31 October 2025
Elderly woman and child

Community, Federal, Government, Health, Support & Services

Saturday is independence day for older Australians

Elderly Australians will enjoy a new era of self-determination from Saturday, according to a leading advocacy group. Older Persons Advocacy Network CEO Craig Gear said
Read more 31 October 2025

Sport
Netball player. | Newsreel

Community

Netball shoots for a place at Brisbane 2032

More than 60,000 sporting fans have so far signed an online pledge to support netball being included in the Brisbane 2032 Games. The push is being led by Aussie netball
Read more 6 November 2025
Girls in front of sports locker. | Newsreel

Government

Free sports equipment tool trialled in Redlands

A free, on-demand, sports equipment vending machine is being trialled in two council parks in south-east Queensland. Redland City Council Major Jos Mitchell said Council
Read more 5 November 2025
Brisbane occupational therapist Jess Hill. | Newsreel

Brisbane 2032, Community, Sport

Hill climbs into fundraising for para athletes

A Brisbane occupational therapist (OT) is looking to help bridge the gap between ambition and participation for para athletes. Jess Hill plans to run 50km a day for 50
Read more 31 October 2025
Matildas. | Newsreel

Community, Events, Sport

Matildas create Asian Cup ticket frenzy on Gold Coast

Matildas fans have rushed to secure their seats at the AFC Women’s Asian Cup next year, with first tickets to the national football team’s Gold Coast match sold
Read more 30 October 2025
Passengers in airport queue. | Newsreel

Business, Community, Events, Sport, Tourism, Transport, Travel

Aussie airports land passenger records

A Thursday in September was the busiest day in Australia for airline travel since before the pandemic, with Brisbane Airport recording it busiest day ever in that
Read more 16 October 2025
Caxton Street, Brisbane. | Newsreel

Business, Community, Events, Government, Local, Retail, Sport, Tourism

Caxton Street lights up for future Suncorp events

Sporting teams which grace Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium in future years will have their colours put up in lights. Brisbane City Council plans to illuminate Caxton
Read more 10 October 2025