News - seniors

News THE Annual Brisbane Billycart Championships will be held in conjunction with the Green Heart Fair on Sunday 11 September 2016.

News AS we get older we often need fewer kilojoules because we are less active than when we were younger.

News DAVID Goodall, 102, can be found most days in his office at Edith Cowan University, where he claims the title of Australia’s oldest working scientist.

Entertainment SOME of the wildest weather in Brisbane this year didn’t dampen the results for Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s (QPAC’s) 2016 Out of the Box festival.

Entertainment THE world’s hottest jazz duo, America’s Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau will make their first Queensland performance together on Sunday 23 October 2016.

News OUR Way Stories, a book celebrating the life stories of indigenous elders from the Northern Rivers, has been launched at the Byron Writers Festival this month.

Entertainment SEX and the City will go down in history as the show that changed the norm of day time TV, a scandalous show that lives on in the hearts and minds of all women.

Property QUEENSLAND couples who rely on the age pension and rent in the private market are at the greatest risk of living in poverty compared to other seniors.

Community THIS Friday August 26 marks the 30th Anniversary of Daffodil Day, an occasion dedicated to raising hope for all Queenslanders affected by all cancers.

Community REDLAND Art Gallery, Cleveland has sent the official number of star weave communities participating in the One Million Stars to End Violence project to 100.

News THE Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reminds Australians there’s still time to participate in the 2016 Census and help make a difference to the nation.

News KAY Mathews wanted to be a telephonist. Her cousin wanted to be a nurse. Kay landed in the hospital and her cousin at the switchboard.

Entertainment COME along and enjoy the Redland City Concert Band as they perform An Afternoon of Classics to celebrate Seniors Week in the Redlands.

Community JOIN us for our FREE Seniors Week celebration at our "Health and Wellness Morning Tea" events, 9.30am -12.30pm at our Social Activities Centres.

Health IT IS predicted that by 2050, there will be close to 900,000 people living with dementia in Australia.

News ONE of Australia’s best-loved cricketers has received an honorary degree from Leeds Beckett University.

Lifestyle AS A youngster everyone wished to have their very own lion cub or tiger cub…or was that just me?

Travel THE countdown is now on for the maiden arrival of the biggest Princess Cruises’ ship to be based Down Under this summer.

News ASPLEY resident Stan Ellaway now spends his days tending his vegetables gardens but still finds time for his love of music.

Letters to the Editor I WAS a Brisbane boy growing up in Jay Street Red Hill and attended the Kelvin Grove State School.