6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (802+ words) Pauline Hanson’s attention-grabbing policy to give mortgage holders and renters greater access to their super is high populism while being – according to its many critics – low economics and bad for people’s retirement. That said, one “teal” independent, Kate Chaney, says…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (261+ words) Experienced tourism leader John O’Sullivan has been appointed Chair of the Tourism and Events Queensland Board. The Queensland Government has also announced that Krista Adams, Jacob Cassidy, Damien Massingham and Roderic Rees are joining the board. Existing board members Kylie…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (326+ words) The Queensland Government is holding talks with Indonesian officials this week as part of efforts to attract resources investment. It has also announced a trade mission to Chile, Peru and Columbia to expand critical minerals collaboration and seek deals with…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (806+ words) In 1951, Australia and the United States signed the ANZUS Treaty, declaring “publicly and formally their sense of unity, so that no potential aggressor could be under the illusion that any of them stand alone”. Seventy-five years later, polling suggests Australians…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (967+ words) Neither Labor nor the Liberals needed the bruising Secret Harbour byelection to tell them One Nation had become a major player. But Saturday’s result in the Western Australian state seat will raise a couple of notches in the major parties…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (866+ words) Australia has crossed another grim threshold in its H5N1 bird flu outbreak. For the first time, the virus has infected an Australian mainland mammal: a long-nosed fur seal found dead at Beachport on South Australia’s Limestone Coast, about a four-hour drive…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (176+ words) People in bushland areas, including parts of south-east Queensland, have been warned to prepare for a dangerous fire season. The Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council seasonal bushfire outlook for spring identifies a broad area of heightened risk. This…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (905+ words) Johnny Young has died at 79 from pancreatic cancer, and Australian pop music has lost another of its multifaceted creatives of the ‘60s and ’70s. While there may be different assessments of Young’s legacy, it’s undeniable he made a major impact on this…...