QUT
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.
- by Cameron Atfield
Latest
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.
- by Jocelyn Garcia
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?
- by Cameron Atfield
Perspective
Literature prizes
‘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.
- by Gabriella Marcelline
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.
- by Nick Dent
‘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.
- by Tim Biggs
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.
- by Emma Koehn
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.
- by Melissa Cunningham and Henrietta Cook
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.
- by Stuart Layt
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.
- by Stuart Layt
Top Queensland university hit by cyberattack
The university confirmed it is the victim of a ransomware attack, meaning criminals have demanded payment.
- by Rachael Ward
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