New Caledonia trending 'no' to independence?
Saturday, July 7, 2018, 10:42 pm
One thousand kilometres east from Queensland, New Caledonians are preparing to vote on their future.
Europe's Refugee Crisis ... deja-vu on the frontier
Wednesday, September 9, 2015, 11:14 am
Thousands this September, crossing Hungary’s frontier into Austria, replayed the events at the same place in September 1989, with a clear tinge of irony. Then as now it was a desperate rush to take advantage of an open frontier, to be received with open arms, moving on to find protection and freedom in Western Europe, […]
Universities: Battle for the top brains
Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 7:02 pm
Bringing in the best … In this first report in a two-part series, Lee Duffield looks at how Brisbane’s QUT has recruited talent overseas, to help get itself into the top league of research universities.
How “international” are our campuses?
Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 6:13 pm
Lee Duffield discovers how sought-after young research students make out in Australia. Part two of a series …
Support for clean energy growing: survey
Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 9:31 am
A recent survey by Auspoll showed 85 per cent of rural respondents and 82 per cent of urban respondents want governments to make clean energy cheaper quicker.
Unhealthy waterways a cause for concern
Monday, October 25, 2010, 3:53 pm
Conservationists say developers have been put on notice to improve south-east Queensland waterways.
Junk food as bad as heroin: ad producer
Sunday, October 24, 2010, 8:44 am
A producer has defended an advertisement to highlight the problem of childhood obesity that equates parents giving their children junk food to injecting them with heroin.
Financial downturn shaping jobseeker attitudes: recruiters
Sunday, October 24, 2010, 7:38 am
Some Australian recruiters say the way businesses handled the financial downturn is shaping jobseeker attitudes towards potential new employers.
Annual festival showcases multicultural Queensland
Friday, October 22, 2010, 9:38 am
Many people had a day of immersion into different cultures at the Queensland Multicultural Festival at the Roma Street Parklands in Brisbane’s CBD on Sunday, October 17.
Meme au bout de monde: Football victory for France reverberates world-wide
Monday, July 16, 2018, 4:53 pm
Reported by Lee Duffield
Even at the “end of the Earth”, or at least a most far-away point from France, they stayed up all night to revel in the country’s great victory.