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Perth, and Western Australia, are the recipients of a new $2 billion joint housing funding deal. Photo: SUPPLIED

Western Australia housing industry given $2 billion funding shot in the arm

Western Australia’s housing industry has been given $2 billion funding boost from the state and federal governments. And the news has been welcomed by the Property Council of Australia. Under the western state’s 100,000 Homes for First Homes Buyers scheme, […]
A double-stacked, or well, freight train which will boost inland container capacity. Photo: Bill Silveira/Pexels

Double-decker inland freight trains in the mix as axe falls on Melbourne-Brisbane line

An inland freight rail line 1700km-long from Melbourne to Brisbane has been shelved as Canberra pivots to a ‘Plan B’ for the project. The Labor Federal Government says the price tag for the inland project has ballooned, from the Coalition […]
The new police station and district headquarters at Ripley, Ipswich. Photo: Queensland Police Service

New $38m Ipswich police HQ officially opens for business at Ripley

Ipswich Police’s new $38 million three-storey complex at Ripley is now officially open ‘for business’. Queensland Police says the new complex will serve as Ripley’s new local station as well as the district base for Ipswich Police. It will house […]
Chocolate ... Glenorchy City Council chambers with Mt Wellington in the background. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Chocolate maker eyes $120 million Willy Wonka-type experience at its Tasmanian site

Chocolate maker Cadbury wants to bring a Willy Wonka-type factory experience to life at its manufacturing site in Tasmania. And Glenorchy City Council has approved its plans for a new $120 million three-story building at Claremont that will be accessible […]
A boorubee (koala) photographed by a trail camera set up by rangers. Photo: Minyumai Rangers.

Koalas feared wiped out by 2019 bushfires ‘back from the dead’ in northern NSW

Koalas thought to have wiped out by the 2019-20 bushfires are back ‘from the grave’ in northern NSW. And the discovery of their return in the Minyumai Indigenous Protected Area (IPA), south of Evans Head, have delighted custodians and conservationists. […]
ACLU ... The 2026 World Cup soccer final will be held at MetLife Stadium, New Jersey, on July 19. Photo: freepik

ACLU, 120 US civil rights groups issue travel warning for overseas World Cup fans

The ACLU has joined more than 120 other American civil rights groups in issuing a joint travel advisory to overseas visitors heading to soccer World Cup games in the US next month. Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union […]
Carrying groceries in a bag is designated among moderate intense activity micropatterns. Photo: freepix (Magnific)

Micropatterns of physical activity may help with Type 2 diabetes, says new study

What are physically active micropatterns? A burst of vigorous intensity physical activity lasting up to one minute (vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity, or VILPA) or a longer burst of moderate-to-vigorous intensity (MV-ILPA) lasting up to three minutes. How can I […]
Too many companies want to use AI to cut jobs first before building staffing capability, a new report says. Photo: DC Studio on Magnific (formerly Freepik)

Companies too quick to use AI to ‘cut jobs first, build after’, new research shows

Companies are using AI to cut jobs without building the capability to use it in the longer term, new national research shows. A report from Humanova shows 70% of Australian office workers use AI weekly but there is a growing […]
Weekday timetables will resemble Saturday services for commuters from Tuesday, Qld Rail says. Photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI

Brisbane commuters face more rail service disruption from May 5

Commuters across South-East Qld will face more disrupted rail services next week with a weekend timetable to apply from Tuesday, May 5. Queensland Rail says the disruption is due to protected industrial action by unions as a maintenance backlog takes […]
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