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Politics is a popularity contest, but is it a personality hire?

Politicians aren’t known for their warmth and rizz, but surely character traits have some sway on voting habits.

Courtney Kruk
Courtney Kruk

City Reporter

All this country music is giving me the honky-tonk blues

A little more than a year ago, there were exactly zero honky-tonks in Fortitude Valley. Now, there are two.

Cameron Atfield
Cameron Atfield

Journalist

The hidden cost of a privately funded Brisbane Arena

The problem isn’t that our new indoor stadium will be privately funded, it’s who might stump up the cash to own it.

Courtney Kruk
Courtney Kruk

City Reporter

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Urban Affairs

Covert cameras are recording hundreds of south-east Queensland drivers breaking the law, in sometimes bizarre scenes.

Brisbane’s covert cameras catching more than just litterbugs

A series of covert cameras, netting hundreds of dollars a year in fines, are catching more than just careless litterers.

  • by Josh Bavas
Former Brisbane bus driver Matthew Satterly protesting Brisbane City Council after being dismissed.

Abusive bus driver fired by council loses appeal

Matthew Satterly ignored time schedules, didn’t wear a seatbelt, drove into a parked vehicle and abused colleagues.

  • by William Davis

City Life

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Crime & Courts

Rick Thorburn was arrested in September 2016 and charged with Tiahleigh’s murder, 11 months after she disappeared.

Child killer Rick Thorburn found dead in cell

Thorburn, also a convicted child rapist, was serving a life sentence at Woodford Correctional Centre for murdering his 12-year-old foster daughter a decade ago.

  • by Courtney Kruk
Toutai Kefu outside his Coorparoo home after returning from hospital.

State wants more punishment for teens who assaulted Wallaby great

One of the boys, the Court of Appeal heard on Friday, has already been released from detention. The violent home invasion fuelled the debate over youth crime.

  • by Cloe Read

Politics

Brisbane 2032 Olympics

Bree Masters in action at the Paris Olympics.

The ‘psychotic’ demons that drove Olympian into history books

Sprinter Bree Rizzo has revealed the high price she paid to achieve her Olympic dream, and how social media will be central to athletes reaching Brisbane 2032.

  • by Nick Wright
Brisbane Arena, a new 17,000 seat indoor stadium in the CBD, was pitched to retire Boondall’s entertainment centre for large-scale shows, and attract artists such as Dua Lipa (pictured) who have notably skipped the city during recent tours.

The hidden cost of a privately funded Brisbane Arena

The problem isn’t that our new indoor stadium will be privately funded, it’s who might stump up the cash to own it.

  • by Courtney Kruk

Transport

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