Meet Amalia: An 8-year-old who’s built a school
Eight-year-old Amalia’s goal in life is to make the world a kinder place and the Aussie youngster, who’s featured in Scott Pape’s new book Barefoot Kids, is already making a difference.
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From bare-bones luxury motoring to rolling like a big gun
Getting into a Mercedes-Benz C-Class now means more than just the badge. The base sedan offers lashings of luxury, but be prepared to part with more than $80,000.
‘Booming’ Qantas passes mega-airline milestone
Alan Joyce needs to run at full speed in the short window he has before the aviation market turns against his airline.
Quality European is suave but you have to dig deeper for alluring features
With the mid-size SUV segment going gangbusters, the Skoda Karoq Style aims high with kit and good looks
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Growing adoption of IoT devices pose huge security risk
Crimes of opportunity depend on vulnerabilities.
REVEALED: Plans for luxury hotel to rival Hamilton Island
The once secluded location will be transformed into a tourism hotspot
DETAILS REVEALED: report released on horror mine blaze
Queensland Mines Inspectorate has released a preliminary report into last year’s underground coal fire
Thousands sign petition to save farming land from coal mine
MORE than 3600 Queenslanders have signed a petition to save farmland on the Darling Downs from a coal mine expansion.
$2m robot lends a hand at St Vincent’s
CAROLINE Freyburg has become the first patient to receive a knee replacement with a new robot – the Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery System.
China looks to Curtis Island for LNG boost
CHINESE companies are taking advantage of financial investment in Curtis Island liquefied natural gas plants, increasing imports from the sites this year.
21,500 jobs up for grabs in road works, engineering, design
The jobs are on offer as part of a record $23 billion roads and transport program that includes the Gympie Bypass
Adani Mine protests to go next level after ‘call to arms’
Protester call to arms could see thousands blocking Adani.
Town ‘lost a big part of its heart’ with destructive fire
FIVE years on from the blaze, the town’s still got a void where a community hub once stood.
Billionaire Gerry Harvey sells Byron property for $45m
Syrian billionaire adds one of Byron Bay’s most iconic properties to his hospitality portfolio.
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