The 2025 QMPPR is the definitive guide to the major engineering and infrastructure projects in Queensland over the next decade, with a special focus on the next five years to 2029/30. Highlights & Key Numbers The five-year pipeline: $127.5 billion , up from $103.9 billion in 2024, including Games Infrastructure. Funded projects total $78.1 billion , up 21.7% from 2024. Unfunded works now represent $49.4 billion  (38.7 % of the total pipeline). Cost escalation remains high: ex

On November 7, 1940, just four months after it opened, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State collapsed in spectacular fashion. A steady 67km/h wind sent the elegant suspension bridge into violent oscillations until its mid-span tore apart and fell into the Narrows below. No lives were lost that day, but the event shook the engineering world. The collapse became one of the most famous failures in modern history – captured on film, studied in classrooms, and referenced

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk Poland has taken a bold step towards strengthening family support and addressing population decline by introducing a zero personal income tax (PIT) for parents raising two of more children. Under the new law, families earning up to 140,000 zloty (€32,973) per year will no longer pay income tax. This aims to increase household income, stimulate economic activity, and encourage higher birth rates. The policy reflects a broader theme shaping g