Events
One of Brisbane's festive tiny doors - Newsreel

Community

Christmas festivities light up across the city

It is less than two weeks until the jolly man in the big red suit comes to your house, so get your Christmas cheer on with these festive happenings around town. Go
Read more 10 December 2024
St Ambrose’s Primary School Newmarket Grandfriends program. | Newsreel

Education

Grand times as friends bridge generation gap

Face-to-face greetings, a year in the making, helped mark the end of school for a group of Brisbane students and their “grandfriends”. St Ambrose’s Primary School
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First Nations performance at the North Australian Festival of Art.

Arts, Community, Dance, Events, Government, Local, Music

North Australian Festival of Arts stands alone in 2025

The national award-winning North Australian Festival of Arts (NAFA) will operate as an independent event next year, after transitioning from Townsville City Council
Read more 4 December 2024
First Nations event on the Sunshine Coast. | Newsreel

Arts, Community, Events, Government, Local

$2.7m invested in arts and heritage programs

Almost $2.8 million was invested in projects across the Sunshine Coast region last year with funds gathered through the council’s Arts and Heritage levy. Sunshine
Read more 25 November 2024
Live music performer. | Newsreel

Arts, Community, Events, Federal, Government, Music

Ticketing companies to front parliamentary inquiry

Event ticketing companies are set to front a Federal parliamentary committee to answer questions raised in recent media reports on ticket pricing. The House of
Read more 21 November 2024
Cribb St, Landsborough, Queensland

Business, Community, Events, Government, Local, Tourism

New heart to historic Sunshine Coast town

A three-year project to revitalise the main street of an historic Sunshine Coast town is complete, with a community day planned this weekend to mark the
Read more 19 November 2024

Health
Eating healthy food has been linked to lower levels of pain - Newsreel

Community

Healthy diets can reduce severity of chronic pain

Adopting a healthy diet has been found to reduce chronic pain, regardless of the person’s body weight. New research from the University of South Australia found
Read more 12 December 2024
Woman with sore wrist at work. | Newsreel

People

Growing arthritis numbers to impact workforce

Almost 5.5 million Australians will be living with arthritis by 2040, placing a $11.9 billion strain on the health system and impacting national productivity. A new
Read more 10 December 2024
Woman in hospital bed. | Newsreel

Business, Community, Federal, Government, Health, Professional Services

Health insurers warned to stop ‘product phoenixing’

Private Health insurers have been put on notice to end “product phoenixing” or risk Government intervention. An investigation from the Commonwealth Ombudsman
Read more 9 December 2024
The US is facing a major health crisis from rises in obesity and drug abuse - Newsreel

Community, Health

Obesity leading to ‘unimaginable’ health crisis

Health authorities in the United States are warning of a health crisis of “unimaginable scale” due to rising obesity levels. The situation is expected to start
Read more 9 December 2024
Man providing support to another man. | Newsreel

Community, Federal, Government, Health

Free Logan mental health clinic marks milestone

The opening of a free mental health clinic in Logan has marked the halfway point of a national rollout of government-funded centres. Federal Assistant Minister for
Read more 8 December 2024
Mosquito. | Newsreel

Community, Education, Health, Research & Science

Bio solution to chemical-resistant malaria mosquitoes

A new biopesticide has been developed which can kill malaria-carrying mosquitoes that have become resistant to chemical pesticides. Johns Hopkins Malaria Research
Read more 8 December 2024

Sport
Start to cycling race. | Newsreel

Community

Olympic cycling stars to call Brisbane home from January

Brisbane will be home to a national cycling centre of excellence as the sport gears up for both the Los Angeles and Brisbane Olympic and Paralympic Games. Queensland
Read more 8 December 2024
Clown Fish with Anemone on Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. | Newsreel

Community

Lions and Wallabies unite to help Great Barrier Reef

Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef will benefit from 30 sweaty men running around a rugby field multiple times in the middle of next year. The British & Irish Lions
Read more 27 November 2024
2024 Pacific Cup AFL, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. | Newsreel

Community, Government, Local, Sport

International Aussie Rules on Sunshine Coast

Australian Rules Football without an Australian on the field will draw spectators to the Sunshine Coast this week as the AFL goes international. The 2024 Pacific Cup
Read more 18 November 2024
Squash Australia Open player Youssef Soliman

Business, Community, Retail, Sport, Tourism

Brisbane to host new-look national squash titles

Next year’s Squash Australian Open will have a distinctive Brisbane feel as the best players in the world converge on the Sunshine State to contest an upgraded
Read more 12 November 2024
Artists impression Victoria Park stadium, Brisbane. | Newsreel

Brisbane 2032, Business, Community, Government, Infrastructure, Sport, State

Cricket and AFL call for new stadium amid Gabba frustration

Queensland Cricket has thrown its weight behind a new stadium for Brisbane ahead of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Queensland Cricket CEO Terry Svenson said the
Read more 11 November 2024
Electric roller at the Gabba, Brisbane, Queensland.

Community, Environment, Sport

Gabba rolls with the times and goes electric

The Gabba will become the first ground in Australia to use an electric roller to prepare turf cricket wicket. Grounds Manager David Sandurski moving away from
Read more 4 November 2024