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Bimini Plesser will be reporting for The Australian, The Courier-Mail and The Sunshine Coast Daily as one of this year’s News Corp Cadets. Bimini is no stranger to News however, having previously worked in breaking news for the Courier-Mail. Her passion for journalism began in school, eventually leading her to obtain a Bachelor of Journalism from UQ and begin the News Corp Cadetship in 2024.

Bimini Plesser

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Lifestyle

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If you live in this Brisbane suburb you must be a snob

Every Brisbane suburb has a claim to fame, whether it’s a scandal, landmark or urban myth. Here is what your suburb is most famous for.

VideoQLD News

Dashcam footage of a bus crash on the Sunshine Coast.

Watch: Wild Aussie bus crash caught on dashcam

Dramatic dashcam footage has captured the moment a bus allegedly ran a red light and smashed into a car on the Sunshine Coast.

Health

I spent a morning at Brisbane’s trendiest workout spot. I never expected this

It’s Brisbane’s trendiest outdoor workout spot where every morning the city’s fittest turn out in their activewear to take on the stairway to hell. This morning, it’s my turn.

Lifestyle

21/2/2025: Fraser Creighton and his partner Paris Hall met through playing Dungeons and Dragons online, at a park in Chermside, Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

Looking for love? It’s time to ditch your dating apps

Hobbies like running, drawing, and role-playing games are helping young people find love, and allowing them to kiss goodbye dating apps for good.

Lifestyle

Hidden Brisbane CBD cafe John Mills Himself.

I found a hidden Brisbane CBD cafe worth getting lost for

This week I set off to uncover a hidden cafe in the Brisbane CBD that is a haven for corporate types and trendy city-goers. It was worth getting lost for.

UpdatedQLD weather news

Latest modelling shows the unpredictable path Cyclone Alfred could take this week.

Slow-moving beast to swing around, become category three

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is slowly intensifying and is set to become a category three system possibly today with a risk it will move towards the Qld coast in coming days. See the latest mapping.

QLD Politics

Brisbane, 19 February 2025. Queensland Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg during the second sitting day of Parliament in Brisbane. Picture: Supplied

‘Sharks are circling’: Minister’s shot at Miles’ leadership

Transport Minister Brent Mickelberg has fired a cheeky shot at Steven Miles’ future as Opposition Leader saying that “the sharks are circling”.

QLD Politics

Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie, in a sensational attack on Labor, accused the party of being “disingenuous” after citing mental health reasons for Mr Sullivan’s 100-day absence from parliament.

Deputy Premier’s explosive attack after Labor MP’s 100-day absence

Jarrod Bleijie has launched a sensational attack on Labor, accusing the party of being “disingenuous” for its explanation behind MP Jimmy Sullivan’s 100-day parliamentary absence.

QLD Politics

Qld, this is truth about our social housing nightmare

On its current trajectory, the Queensland government will deliver less than half of the 53,500 social homes it said it would build.

QLD Politics

A view of the proposed Brisbane Stadium and New National Aquatic Centre at Victoria Park, in the Arcadis Victoria Park Strategic Plan for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games. Picture: Archipelago Architects

Locked in: Date Qld will learn where Olympic stadium will be

Queenslanders have learned when they’ll find out which stadium proposal has been given the green light for the 2032 Olympics.

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