Travellers could ‘opt in’ for a lower emissions hotel room and go without single-use shampoo and conditioner, daily towels or room cleaning in an innovative plan by UQ researchers to make tourism more eco-friendly.

The man who tended the mammoth grounds of UQ’s Gatton campus for more than 4 decades finished his career the same way it began – clearing the destruction and debris of a major weather event.

As ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred loomed over South-East Queensland last week, eagle-eyed Brisbane residents might have spotted hulking yellow boxes appearing at key traffic intersections.

UQ is collaborating with the International Olympic Committee on a project to combat interpersonal violence in sport in the Pacific Islands.