Hard lesson as crumbling state schools face $441m fix Repairing a state's schools will cost hundreds of millions of dollars, with the revelation coming a day after teachers went on strike over pay and conditions. AAP · Aug 7, 2025
Arsenic in the damper, campers driven off a cliff: the murky historical links of AACo, Australia’s largest beef producer Jesse Gregson led massacres of Aboriginal people before joining the Australian Agricultural Company as its longest-serving superintendent The Guardian - AU · Aug 6, 2025
Thousands of Queensland teachers have gone on strike with 600,000 school students affected. What happens next? Thirty rallies held across Queensland after more than 50,000 union members vote to strike for first time since 2009 The Guardian - AU · Aug 6, 2025
When it comes to weapons on Australian streets, do our perceptions match reality? It seems each week we see news stories about drive-by shootings or the use of knives or other sharp implements in violent public acts in Australia. The Conversation · Aug 6, 2025
Queensland teachers are striking. It’s not just about money – they are asking for a profession worth staying in Queensland’s public school teachers will walk off the job on Wednesday in their first statewide strike in 16 years. The Conversation · Aug 5, 2025
'This is the moment': teachers strike over wage deal Thousands of educators have walked off the job, shutting down a city CBD as they marched on parliament, as union officials flag more action. AAP · Aug 5, 2025
The massacre of sleeping settlers that unleashed a savage war in central Queensland Families on both sides of the conflict investigate the mass killing that Australian rules founder Tom Wills escaped – and the decimation of ‘a tribe of beautiful people’ that followed The Guardian - AU · Aug 5, 2025
'Toxic' culture at DNA lab adds to backlog of problems Ongoing problems at a beleaguered DNA lab have been laid bare by a former Federal Bureau of Investigation expert. AAP · Aug 5, 2025
Australian towns blanketed by heaviest snowfall in decades A cold air front brought snow to parts of Queensland for the first time in 10 years The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2025
Afternoon Update: PM seeks call with Netanyahu after march; second Queensland DNA lab bungle; and a coffee rave Anthony Albanese is seeking a call with his Israeli counterpart after at least 100,000 people marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge for Gaza The Guardian - AU · Aug 4, 2025
'Dirty lab': more flaws in DNA forensic testing debacle More problems have been exposed at a troubled forensic testing lab, with a review revealing contamination issues, delays and unreliable results. AAP · Aug 4, 2025
Scandal-hit Queensland DNA lab repeats major testing error as rape victims wait over a year for results Damning review exposes ongoing issues at Forensic Services Queensland, including failure to properly test sample from violent unresolved crime The Guardian - AU · Aug 4, 2025
Queensland great Sam Backo dies, aged 64 Sam Backo has been remembered a Queensland State of Origin great and selfless man off the field, after dying at age 64. AAP · Aug 3, 2025
Does Queensland have a crocodile problem or a people problem? A proposed saltwater crocodile cull has elicited strong opinions, for and against. But if legislation is rejected, as seems likely, Katter’s Australian party says it won’t be the last word The Guardian - AU · Aug 2, 2025
The Guardian - AU · Aug 1, 2025 Adani promised Australia billions from its Carmichael mine but it hasn’t paid a cent in tax. How did we get here? The coalmine generated millions in revenue in its early days but recorded an operating loss – a pattern that would repeat at scale
The Guardian - AU · Aug 1, 2025 Impartiality concerns raised as LNP appoints former Liberal party member to lead Queensland CFMEU inquiry Unions chief says industrial relations lawyer Stuart Wood KC is ‘very well experienced’ but queries whether he may bring ‘personal biases’ to the role
AAP · Aug 1, 2025 Smelter owners urged to put more on the table The federal government has not ruled out any support measures as it calls on a mining giant to step up and save a copper smelter in regional Australia.
AAP · Aug 1, 2025 Year-long inquiry into CFMEU 'thuggery' begins A prominent industrial relations lawyer has kicked off an inquiry into allegations of criminal links and workplace harassment in a construction union.
LiveScience · Jul 31, 2025 After 54-year wait, Australia's first attempt at an orbital rocket crashes 14 seconds after liftoff Eris-1, the first rocket fully built by an Australian company, crashed back to Earth 14 seconds after taking off from a spaceport in Queensland. It was the country's first orbital launch attempt since 1971.
The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2025 Giant stick insect discovered in Queensland may be Australia’s heaviest IN FULL
The Guardian - AU · Jul 31, 2025 Guardian Australia’s Carly Earl wins top award in 2025 Australian Life photography competition Earl’s portrait of young drovers in central Queensland praised by judges for ‘beautiful insight into reality of life in rural Australia’
The Guardian - AU · Jul 31, 2025 Queensland police union chief calls state government pay offer ‘grossly inadequate’ days after approving it Shane Prior tells members Crisafulli government was ‘completely inflexible’ amid widespread backlash over 8% pay deal he had previously described as the ‘largest ever’
AAP · Jul 31, 2025 Slow start fears in race to build 2032 Olympic venues The clock is ticking for the 2032 Olympics with a report claiming Brisbane Games projects may not be delivered on time by an ailing construction industry.
The Guardian - AU · Jul 31, 2025 Queensland Productivity Commission argues construction industry ‘reset’ needed to fix housing crisis and deliver Olympics Commission’s interim report calls on LNP government to remove so-called ‘Best Practice Industry Conditions’ from procurement policy
The Guardian - AU · Jul 31, 2025 Supersized stick insect discovered in high-altitude trees in Australia The 40cm-long insect, named Acrophylla alta, weighs slightly less than a golf ball and may be the heaviest insect in Australia