Finance & Business
Gillard’s regional health pledge may aid Sunshine Coast Hospital
Thursday, September 16, 2010, 5:34 pm | Reported by Lincoln Humphries
Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s vow to commit health and hospital funding to regional Australia has provided hope for a region condemned to wait another six years before the Sunshine Coast University Hospital is delivered.
Fees blamed for vendors’ snub of laneway markets
Saturday, September 11, 2010, 5:34 pm | Reported by Dominique Wiehahn
Organisers blame newly introduced stall fee charges, poor weather and Father’s Day for a slump in vendors and shoppers at the new Valley Laneway Markets in Brisbane last Sunday.
Riverlink staff want change in parking policy
Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 4:29 pm | Reported by Ellen-Maree Elliot
Some staff at the major Ipswich shopping centre, Riverlink, west of Brisbane, are confused and angry about car parking regulations.
Designers target ‘wardrobe-building’ buyers to survive
Sunday, August 22, 2010, 8:21 pm | Reported by Tijana Jaksic
Shifting consumer trends are directing the future of fashion as customers tighten their belts and cut back on spending in response to the economic downturn.
Byron Bay business wants Splendour back
Sunday, August 22, 2010, 7:23 pm | Reported by Dominique Wiehahn
Many businesses at Byron Bay on the northern New South Wales coast say they are struggling to survive this winter without the tourism spike Splendour in the Grass usually provides. The music festival’s move to Woodford, north of Brisbane in south-east Queensland, this year has left Byron Bay without the 17,500 people and around $6 million that Splendour attracted in 2009.
Undecided Queensland voters grill leaders
Thursday, August 19, 2010, 6:08 pm | Reported by Tom Doyle
Prime Minister Julia Gillard emerged well from some questions at the public forum at the Broncos Leagues Club in Brisbane on Wednesday night, speaking after Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. Each candidate took one hour to answer questions from a 200-strong audience.
LNP: There is no justification for rent hike on Crown land
Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 11:44 am | Reported by Eleisha Rogers
The Queensland Liberal National Party said if they were in government there would never have been an increase in rent for Crown land.
New concept gym ‘popular with students’
Thursday, September 24, 2009, 8:44 pm | Reported by Wendy Fung
There is a new gym chain in Australia that now gives members the option to workout and train whenever they want, even at 3am.
Construction forces closure of QUT child care centres
Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 7:46 pm | Reported by Tom Monsen
Kids kicked out. Both child care centres on QUT’s Gardens Point campus are to close because of construction of a new precinct.
DNA to test exercise compatibility
Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 7:23 pm | Reported by Anna Beresford-Smith
Once exclusive DNA testing may be rolled out in Queensland gyms using genetic coding to customise exercise regimes.
