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Local Vs. Long-Distance Moving: Key Differences

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 Hello Everyone! The foundation of home relocation is same. You have to pack your items, label boxes, load them into a truck and safely transport them. However, there are certain aspects that are different and need to be recognised as soon as possible. From the pricing to preparation, you  have to thing and plan in a specific manner to avoid last minute chaos. Today, I am sharing an article to help you understand the difference between a local and long-distance move. Make sure you do proper research and choose a company that can give you a full-moving service at the best price.  https://www.betterremovalistsbrisbane.com.au/local-vs-long-distance-moving-key-differences/

Seqwater employee backpaid $380k, among nearly 800 staff underpaid by water authority

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 Nearly 800 employees of South East Queensland's water supplier have been underpaid by more than $7 million, with the final total yet to be established. The Fair Work Ombudsman began investigating Seqwater in 2020 and found the Queensland government statutory authority failed to correctly record and pay overtime, as well as other entitlements. The water authority has signed an enforceable undertaking and the regulator is overseeing the back-payment of 790 current and former employees for work completed between 2016 and 2022. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-28/qld-seqwater-underpaid-staff-fair-work-water-authority/101481614

Pfizer pays $179m for Brisbane company behind smartphone app that claims to diagnose COVID

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A Brisbane-based company that invented a smartphone app it says can diagnose COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses by listening to someone cough has been purchased by Pfizer for nearly $180 million. ResApp Health Limited uses diagnostic technology developed by Associate Professor Udantha Abeyratne and his research team at the University of Queensland (UQ) to record and analyse a patient's coughs on a smartphone. The app also considers the self-reporting of simple symptoms like a runny nose or fever to diagnose and measure the severity of a range of pulmonary diseases, including asthma and pneumonia. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-28/qld-pfizer-buys-uq-start-upresapp-health-covid/101478832

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces $62b clean energy plan including 'world's largest pumped hydro energy storage'

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 The world's biggest pumped hydro scheme will be built and coal-fired power stations will progressively become "clean energy hubs", under a $62 billion energy plan announced by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. Ms Palaszczuk unveiled the state government's new 10-year energy plan, which she said was estimated to support nearly 100,000 jobs by 2040, in her CEDA State of the State address. She also said the state government's new renewable energy targets — of 70 per cent by 2032 and 80 per cent by 2035 — would be enshrined in legislation, and Queensland "will have no regular reliance on coal" by 2035. Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-28/queensland-government-energy-pumped-hydro-scheme-jobs-palaszczuk/101481160