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Peak ... Translink trains arrive at Kippa Ring rail station on Wednesday, August 27, 2025. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Peak hour services to be partly restored across SE Qld rail network

Peak hour services will be only partly restored across Brisbane and Gold Coast as of Monday (August 17), Queensland Rail says. The return of some services comes after some striking staff returned to work to clear a  maintenance backlog caused […]
Bety the steam engine at Roma Street station last year. This year, Bety carried passengers to the Ekka show during the city holiday on Wednesday, August 12, with eight services on the day. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Ekka show’s future ‘secure’ with $287m transformation due to start in September

The Ekka Show in Brisbane will stay put at the RNA Showgrounds up to and beyond the 2032 Olympic Games, the Queensland Government says. But it is funding a $287.5 million transformation of the showgrounds and precinct that involves an […]
roads ... SA Premier Peter Malinauskas addresses media after a tour of new building works at the Osborne Naval Shipyard last month. The press conference was to announce an extra $4.6bn will be spent on the AUKUS nuclear submarine yard. It will grow 10 times in size to around 600,000 square metres of floor space and more than 50 new structures. Photo: Department of Defence

Roads leading to AUKUS nuclear submarine yard in Adelaide starts to take shape

New roads needed to start construction of a new nuclear submarine yard are starting to take shape at Osborne in Adelaide, South Australia. The road works will prepare the Lefevre Peninsula to become the home of the country’s AUKUS nuclear-powered […]
Wallaby and Queensland rugby is adding Townsville to the list of their regular Test fixtures

Wallaby, Queensland rugby add Townsville to regular fixtures list

Wallaby and Queensland rugby have added Townsville to the list of their regular Test fixtures in a new deal. The Queensland Government has signed a three-Test deal to play in Townsville up to 2030 as well as a six-season deal […]
Bird flu vaccines have arrived for Little penguins (pictured here on Phillip Island), the state government says. Photo: Philip Island Nature Parks.

Bird flu vaccines arrive for Victoria’s Little penguins as NSW confirms more wild cases

Bird flu vaccines for Phillip Island and St Kilda’s 5000-strong Little penguin population have arrived, the Victorian government says. Doses have arrived at the island and are ready to be administered early next week if given regulatory clearance, the state […]
New data centre projects are driving construction jobs growth, says SEEK. Photo: freestockcenter on Magnific

New data centres fuel construction job growth as AI influence grows: SEEK report

New data centre projects are fuelling more construction job ads even as reference to AI skills in job ads have started falling, says online provider SEEK. SEEK’s latest national jobs report for July was released yesterday (August 12). It says […]
Mayor Peter Flannery (left) and Cr Karl Winchester at the beach pavilion site. Photo: Moreton Bay City council

Beach pavilion foundation poured as $19 million Redcliffe project heads to 2027 completion

A beach pavilion costing $19 million continues to take shape at Redcliffe in northern Brisbane as the concrete foundation is poured. Construction workers began pouring 160 cubic metres of concrete into slabs for the ground floor of the main building […]
stay ... Commuters and families returning from the EKKA Show had to disembark from this stranded train at Bindha Station, Brisbane, on Monday (August 10). One male passenger sat on the edge of the station platform with another train minutes away before a rail staff member quickly moved him on safely. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Stay alert, stay safe, says Qld Rail, after the closest possible call for dog and owner

Stay alert and stay safe is the message Queensland Rail wants commuters to heed after releasing new video of close calls and falls at its train stations. Queensland Rail has released new footage of risky behaviour as part of TrackSafe […]
plan ... An artistic impression of the new square at twilight. Image: City of Sydney/JPW/ASPECT Studios

Plan for a $150m town hall square in Sydney given a public unveiling

A plan for Sydney City’s new $150 million town hall square featuring illuminated native trees have been made public. And residents will be able to have their say on the final design with the development application yet to be lodged. […]
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