Category archives: News

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Australian Mental Health Prize, a decade of recognising Australians whose leadership, research, and lived experience have transformed how we understand and respond to mental health. Since its establishment in 2016 by UNSW Sydney, the Prize has honoured advocates, clinicians, researchers, peer workers…

There are stand-up comedians who make you laugh. Then there are those who make you rethink what laughter is even for. Christopher Widdows, better known to the world as the internationally acclaimed, and even infamous Steady Eddy, did – and does- both. When he first burst onto the Australian comedy scene in…

A 68-year-old man has faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court after being extradited from New Zealand on allegations he defrauded an elderly family member of more than $1 million. Queensland Police said detectives from the Financial and Cyber Crime Group secured the man’s extradition after New Zealand Police arrested him in…

For many Australians, as retirement ages continue to push later, it still signals not just the end of working life, but the beginning of a new chapter. Increasingly, that new chapter is being written in country towns and rural communities. While cities continue to expand and strain under the pressure…

Just two Queensland boys who like riding bulls! Sixty years difference, same eight seconds matter to these bucking Bronco wranglers. There are sixty years between them, yet these two Queensland cowboys speak the same language, and that’s bull riding!  Warwick is their favourite arena. The place where Daryl Kong, 77, is rodeo royalty….

This Monday, Sam Thaiday, Corey Oates, Josh McGuire, Robbie Dolan (2024 Melbourne Cup winning jockey), Romy Teitzel and others will all chip in to help Brisbane’s Mick McLoughlin (pictured) on his journey to a second Guiness World Record. They are donating their balls – golf balls – and having a chip with Mick, in the lead up to…