An increasing number of parents are steering their children away from football for fear of serious head injuries. New research has found however that children are at a far greater risk riding a horse, skateboarding or just riding a bike. The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute crunched the numbers from almost 9,000 children who presented at […]

Australians could face up to two years in jail and be fined $25,000 for completing cash transactions in excess of $10,000, under a proposed new law. The proposal to criminalise large cash transactions has been put forward in an attempt to crack down on the black economy and tax avoidance. But the head of External […]

Queenslanders may like to think of themselves as a generous lot but the numbers tell a very different tale. Each year the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies at QUT analyses Australian Tax Office data on donation claims made by postcode. ACPNS director Associate Professor Wendy Scaife tells Mark that Queenslanders give about 40 […]

The BHP chief financial officer argues their choice to act on climate change is a smart business move. The mining giant will try to monitor and influence the carbon emissions of customers and even try to tie executive pay packets to the success of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It has been announced that BHP has […]

If Queensland had an official religion it would be rugby league. It is as fundamental to the state as beaches and Bundaberg Rum and embodies the state’s hopes and dreams, contradictions and tensions. The state’s relationship to the game is the subject of a new book Heartland and author Joe Gorman tells Mark the game […]

NRL star Matt Scott is in hospital after suffering a stroke. Scott became unwell as the North Queensland Cowboys were travelling back to Townsville from Newcastle on Sunday morning. When they stopped over in Brisbane, Scott was taken off the plane and rushed to hospital where it was confirmed he had suffered a mild stroke. […]