Virgin Australia has announced a recruitment drive and Qantas has reported booming demand for domestic and New Zealand travel that will see it increase capacity sooner than forecast.
Treasurer Cameron Dick is under pressure to pay down state debt and is putting the squeeze on Queenslanders who fail to pay theirs.
The Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union has forced the Palaszczuk Government to double check the equipment meant to keep frontline workers safe.
If there was any lingering suspicion that local government is the last bastion of male-dominated employment, Ipswich City Council is one organisation painting a very different picture.
Former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate’s departure from the role has been portrayed as yet another example of workplace bullying of Australian women, but did gender really play a role in her downfall? Janine Perrett investigates
The Queensland property sector has rebounded with what it described as a phenomenal surge in confidence, despite the slower than anticipated return of workers to major business precincts.
Amid the stark numbers, we must never forget that the pandemic, and our response to it, is mostly about people, writes Madonna King
Gladstone Mayor Matt Burnett, the man chosen to spearhead federal Labor’s attempt to regain relevance in regional Queensland, is about as far removed from the fabled latte-sipper ALP stereotype as you can get.
The departure of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s trusted right hand man has opened the door for a period of major reform at the top of Queensland’s public service. But will the opportunity be embraced at One William Street, asks Dennis Atkins
The Morrison Government needs to pick up the pace in preparing for an electric vehicle future. Change is happening more quickly than anyone imagined, writes Robert MacDonald.
From pet names to playground hugs and wiping tears, our teachers face an ever-growing list of behaviours that are now out-of-bounds. A recent Twitter debate suggests the argument is a long way from decided, writes Madonna King
Low cattle supplies, higher prices, an appreciating Australian dollar and trade tensions with China continue to create headwinds for the national beef industry, an agribusiness banking specialist says.
Queensland landholders have been warned of an impending “farmland rates landslide” by an alliance of primary producer groups in Bundaberg, whose argument has been rejected as a ‘stunt’ by the local council.
Drought in southeast Asia has seen Australia edge ahead of Thailand as the world’s second largest exporter of raw sugar, with the bulk of those overseas-bound volumes coming from Queensland.
The ASX 200 broke through the 7000 point barrier and traded today at its highest point since February last year when the pandemic hit.
A warning has been issued that the shift to renewable energy and the subsequent need for massive amounts of copper to be used in solar and wind farms could lead to a social and economic catastrophe.
Advancing technology and the effects of COVID have greatly reduced our reliance on cash – yet it’s being hidden away more than ever, writes Peter Martin.
