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Translational Research Institute

Tuesday, August 09

Brisbane must close gap so fruits of its research stay closer to home

Brisbane has helped develop countless medical and technology breakthroughs, but has not always managed to reap the ongoing rewards, writes Professor Ian Frazer

Trial and error: Big-name Queensland research facility suffers funding setback

The Translational Research Institute wants to be able to manufacture vaccines in Brisbane but has been forced to re-apply for vital Commonwealth funding.

Be aggressive: How state will use $350 million fund to lure more private sector jobs

Ahead of the state budget, Deputy Premier Steven Miles and Treasurer Cameron Dick have told their departments to use taxpayer funds to create private sector jobs.

Shot in the arm for new vaccine manufacturing facility in Brisbane

The Palaszczuk Government has quietly given the green light to a planned $60 million expansion of the Translational Research Institute at Woolloongabba, a decision likely to accelerate development of one of the state’s most important health research precincts.

This benevolent billionaire will soon be broke - why that's a good thing for us all

Australia took more than $550 million of Chuck Feeney’s money and soon his organisation will have to close down. That’s a good thing, writes Sean Parnell