‘I’ve lost faith’: Exec’s parting shot at building watchdog
A former senior figure at Queensland’s dysfunctional building regulator has torn strips off the agency as another top employee heads for the exits.
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Qld Law Society sues bankrupt former lawyer
A bankrupt former Brisbane lawyer has just been sued by the law society over his audacious bid to get back in the legal game.
Unique fund chasing $10m to save koalas
There’s a new way to help save Australia’s iconic endangered koalas thanks to a special investment fund.
Brisbane bloke who turned $1 deal into billion-dollar goliath
Punters have embraced a Brisbane-based company, which just raised $7m, and it has a lot to do with one bloke and his legendary track record.
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Things just got worse for Blue Sky
BESIEGED Brisbane funds manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments chose yesterday’s public holiday to lob the equivalent of a hand grenade into the lounge rooms of its shareholders.
Ballistic Beer launching 2nd venue
BRISBANE craft brewer Ballistic Beer will soon open its second venue giving its owner Dave Kitchen extra reason to raise a glass or three to celebrate.
Costly debacle hits Morgans
A COSTLY and embarrassing debacle has been playing out quietly behind the scenes at Morgans stockbroking.
Sarina Russo meets Michael Milken
SARINA Russo has been rubbing shoulders in Los Angeles with one of the most notorious US white collar criminals from the go-go 1980s.
25 years of Loaves and Fishes
The rather odd pairing of High Court Chief Justice Susan Kiefel as guest speaker and Wallaby legend Tim Horan as MC entertained attendees at the annual Loaves and Fishes luncheon.
Top real estate agency cops hefty Fair Trading fines
A VERY high-profile Brisbane real estate agency controlled by an agent “commonly regarded as the best in the business” has been hit with hefty fines by the Office of Fair Trading for false and misleading representations.
Sexpo sought relief and failed
SEXPO, organisers of an adult consumer exhibition, lost a Federal Court challenge in Brisbane against Collective Shout, a grassroots outfit which campaigns against “the objectification of women and the sexualisation of girls’’.
Brisbane identity helped bring Bogut home
THERE was plenty of fanfare this week when it emerged that basketball legend Andrew Bogut had signed a two-year deal with the Sydney Kings. And it was a Brisbane businessman that sealed the deal.
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