Queensland has recorded 2,384 cases of whooping cough since the beginning of the year, nearly three-and-a-half times the 2023-24 average, according to Queensland Health. Concern is rising that ...

An author who labelled the Hamas architect of the October 7 attacks a “martyr” has had her prestigious taxpayer-funded fellowship rescinded after the Queensland government pressured State ...

817 Microsoft software engineers lost their jobs in Washington state alone The redundancies were believed to be targeting inefficient management layers Around a third of Microsoft's code is AI ...

A massive Queensland wind farm proposal, whose approval was put on ice by the newly elected Queensland Liberal National Party government at the start of the year, has been given the all-clear for ...

Coders were hit hardest among Microsoft’s 2,000-person layoff in its home state of Washington, Bloomberg reports. Over 40% of the people laid off were in software engineering, making it by far ...

Two girls aged four and seven who were hospitalised with critical injuries later died at Queensland Children’s Hospital, Queensland Police confirmed. Among the survivors, a 34-year-old man was ...

Queensland’s youth crime crackdown has led to over 4,200 arrests, with critics warning the laws disproportionately affect First Nations children and breach international child rights standards ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Callide B power station in central Queensland will stay open for up to three years longer than its planned closure date and the life of the state’s other coal-fired generators will also be ...

Steve Turton has previously received funding from the federal government. The small Queensland town of Eromanga bills itself as Australia’s town furthest from the sea. But this week, an ocean of ...

Communities across the Australian state of Queensland are bracing for more rain after record-breaking floods cut off roads and inundated vast areas of the region’s outback. Several areas in ...

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli and members of his cabinet hold a media conference with youth crime victims and advocates at state parliament before the passage of the new LNP government's ...