Why are Queensland wholesale spot prices for electricity up 150% this year? It’s complicated
So far this year, average spot prices have been about 50% higher than last year and 150% higher in Queensland.
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Global seafood squeeze to put more farmed prawns on Aussie barbecues
The days of putting “wild caught” prawns on your plate may soon disappear as investment in aquaculture or farmed prawns surges in Queensland in a bid to sustainably meet rising demand for seafood around the world.
Dog act! Fleeing criminal suspect puts police dog Beau in a headlock
A police dog is recovering from his injuries after a man trying to evade arrest by police officers in Morayfield allegedly punched and put the canine in a headlock.
Emergency flood contacts for flood-affected communities
The Queenslander wants everyone to remain as safe as possible as floodwaters continue to batter Brisbane and the southeast.
Help on the way, PM tells Queenslanders
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Queenslanders impacted by widespread flooding in the state's southeast can be assured the recovery has already begun.
Brisbane EV firm’s expansion is turbo-charging jobs in Tennessee
Tritium is establishing a new factory in Tennessee that will produce up to 30,000 new electric vehicle chargers a year once the plant is at full capacity. The Biden administration has a target that half of all vehicles sold in the US by 2030 will be battery electric, fuel-cell electric or plug-in hybrid, and has pledged $7.5 billion for deploying a network of 500,000 EV chargers along highway corridors.
A bunch of supply has prices going bananas
Qld watchdog mulls email scandal report
Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission is considering a request to release a previously confidential report into a state government email scandal.
Criminal charges are ‘nonsense’: Palmer
Billionaire businessman Clive Palmer has launched a civil lawsuit to have fraud charges against him thrown out of court.
First guests set for Qld quarantine centre
Queensland's regional Wellcamp quarantine facility will welcome its first guests on Saturday.
Aussie power bills fall to 10th lowest in the world due to influx of renewables
Australian consumers are now paying some of the lowest power bills in the OECD, with households in Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Japan paying more for their power
Meth by the pallet: Brisbane man charged with 83kg drug haul
Hamish Reza Khobdel has appeared in court and is on bail after being charged with importing 83kg of methamphetamine hidden inside timber pallets.
Brisbane school revokes gender contracts
Brisbane's Citipointe Christian College has revoked student gender and sexuality contracts less than a week after parents were sent the controversial documents.
Regional rehab programs face COVID stress
There are concerns that funding for regional drug rehabilitation centres will be disrupted at the precise moment that they need additional government support.
Qld storms trigger hospital evacuation
A Queensland private hospital has had to transfer more than 30 patients to other facilities after an intense storm damaged the roof.
Far North QLD could be hydrogen HQ
Research suggests, based on where the cheapest renewable enerhy is located, Far North Queensland and Tasmania, will be the best locations in Australia to produce green hydrogen.
$1 billion bid to keep Great Barrier Reef off the endangered list
New funding to protect the Great Barrier Reef will "back in" scientists to help preserve the natural wonder, according to the prime minister.
Inquest resumes into fatal Whiskey bombing
More witnesses are expected to testify during the second sitting of an inquest into the Whiskey Au Go Go firebombing that claimed 15 lives in 1973.