More than 400 jobs affected as Mater moves to external pathology providers
Mater has outsourced its pathology services in a move that will affect more than 400 staff. The announcement…
Men Matter Raceday: Bookies rally behind men’s mental health tri-code weekend
Bookmakers have banded together to support an expanded men’s mental health racing weekend in all three codes in…
Brisbane street artists tranforming public spaces ahead of 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Jarad Danby has transformed public spaces across the world with his art, and now, for the first time,…
Home auction clearance rates hit with yearly drop of 40 per cent thanks to interest rate fears
Brisbane’s clearance rates for the first week of spring dropped more than 40 per cent from the same…
Meet Luke Carpenter-Bundhoo, the Australian ecologist who found an ancient ‘vegan Dracula’ fish 900 miles beyond its known range |
Australian brook lamprey. Image Credit: David Moffatt In 2022, Australian ecologist Dr Luke Carpenter-Bundhoo set out to study…
Exercise programs play a vital part in preventing falls among older Australians
Falls are the leading cause of an injury requiring hospitalisation — and with them particularly common among older…
Dolphins Filmed Using Sea Shells as Tools in Rare Sighting off Australia
Marine biologists have documented Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) using large sea shells to hunt for fish off…
In 1965, a couple began counting pigeons in Queensland. Three years later, numbers fell from 4,692 to 1,451, beginning a 60-year conservation story |
A couple, Margaret and Arthur Thorsborne, travelled north from Queensland’s Gold Coast to Hinchinbrook Island, a place they…
Girl, 10, helps save stranded humpback whale at K’gari
A young girl’s quick thinking has helped save a stranded humpback whale, after it became stuck in shallow…
Critically endangered sawfish are still killed for teeth carved into cockfighting spurs; one rostrum can produce products worth roughly $8,000
Sawfish are some of the ocean’s most unusual animals. With their long, saw-like snouts and ancient-looking bodies, they…
Proposed laws to extend detention for people in Queensland to three days for mental health check
Concerns have been raised over proposed powers allowing a person to be detained for up to three days…
Every change hitting your wallet from July 1, 2026
Huge changes to wages, leave entitlements and superannuation are just some of the new reforms coming into effect…