Compulsory preferential voting to be scrapped if LNP takes power

Compulsory preferential voting to be scrapped if LNP takes power

The minority Palaszczuk government reintroduced compulsory preferential voting in 2016. David Crisafulli has vowed to once again make it optional.

  • byCameron Atfield

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Brisbane uni students on how they’re managing the cost of living

Brisbane uni students on how they’re managing the cost of living

As QUT students turn up for the first week of the year,the cost of living is a popular talking point. Here’s how much they’re spending on rent,buses,ferries and petrol.

  • byJocelyn Garcia
If you build it,will they come? Calls for a rethink on social infrastructure planning

If you build it,will they come? Calls for a rethink on social infrastructure planning

For most,the quality – or otherwise – of their life can come down to one word – access. So how does Brisbane fare?

  • byCameron Atfield
‘Good immigrants are grateful’:Nope,I’m Sri Lankan-Aussie,and I won’t stop calling out racism

‘Good immigrants are grateful’:Nope,I’m Sri Lankan-Aussie,and I won’t stop calling out racism

Accepting my identity as a brown woman means standing up to prejudice – even if it makes people uncomfortable.

  • byGabriella Marcelline
Optimism for the future and evolving identity:Winners of the Brisbane Times Essay Prize revealed

Optimism for the future and evolving identity:Winners of the Brisbane Times Essay Prize revealed

Local writers Sabrina Guse and Gabriella Marcelline have won the inaugural competition with essays about racism and Brisbane’s potentially utopian future.

  • byNick Dent
‘Google for wildlife sounds’:Australian conservation research gets an AI boost

‘Google for wildlife sounds’:Australian conservation research gets an AI boost

A new platform will allow researchers to instantly match recordings of wildlife sounds to similar calls from around Australia.

  • byTim Biggs
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This China-based online megastore is growing in Australia. It’s also hungry for your data

This China-based online megastore is growing in Australia. It’s also hungry for your data

The China-based e-commerce juggernaut is a hit in Australia,but experts have warned customers to be aware of what data they hand over when shopping.

  • byEmma Koehn
It kills almost 10 per cent of Australians. But dementia patients have no say in how they die

It kills almost 10 per cent of Australians. But dementia patients have no say in how they die

As Victoria’s landmark voluntary assisted dying legislation comes up for review,doctors,families and patients are calling for the scheme to be expanded to include people with dementia.

  • byMelissa Cunningham andHenrietta Cook
The Queensland woman who changed how WHO saw the pandemic

The Queensland woman who changed how WHO saw the pandemic

An internationally renowned Queensland air-quality expert has warned we have not learned a key lesson from the pandemic.

  • byStuart Layt
China’s ban on remote university to benefit Qld as students return

China’s ban on remote university to benefit Qld as students return

Queensland’s universities are preparing to welcome an influx of Chinese students after China reversed a key education policy.

  • byStuart Layt
Top Queensland university hit by cyberattack

Top Queensland university hit by cyberattack

The university confirmed it is the victim of a ransomware attack,meaning criminals have demanded payment.

  • byRachael Ward