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Brendan O’Malley has been a journalist with The Courier-Mail and Quest Newspapers for 30 years, covering Council, state politics, the environment, science and the far north Qld bureau. He currently covers courts and local issues in Brisbane’s inner-west, southwest, inner south and inner north suburbs.

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A truck has smashed into a train carrying about 300 people in Runcorn on Thursday morning, causing major delays on the Beenleigh and Gold Coast lines. Picture: Nigel Hallett

‘Explosive’: Train with 300 passengers slams into truck on tracks

Commuters were hit with major delays on the Beenleigh and Gold Coast rail lines after a train carrying about 300 people crashed into a semi trailer on the tracks in Brisbane’s south at peak hour.

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 6, 2025: Brisbane will roll out a city-wide green bin program, according to internal council leaks. Picture: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

Revealed: When and how you can get a green waste bin in Brisbane

Council has begun distributing 160,000 green waste bins across 11 Brisbane suburbs, with renters now also eligible. SEE THE ROLLOUT SCHEDULE

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Jindalee, Flooding in Brisbane and Ipswich. Picture: Liam Kidston

10,000+ Brisbane homes to be added to flood risk zones

Brisbane City Council has warned insurers against hiking premiums when new flood mapping is released next month which will add more than 10,000 properties to risk zones.

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Brisbane Metro, Rochedale. Picture: Liam Kidston

Metro Boomin’: Nearly 3 million trips taken on city’s new bus lines

More than 2.8 million trips have been taken on Brisbane Metro in the new network’s first 100 days.

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New Norman Hotel.

Iconic Brisbane hotel hated by vegans set for cross city expansion

A well-known Brisbane family has begun work at a landmark northside site for a sister venue to a steakhouse long known as Brisbane’s worst vegetarian restaurant.

Police & Courts

An inquest has heard how poor communication contributed to Sheila Thurlow being given 1000 times the normal dose of morphine.

Morphine was supposed to alleviate her pain… instead a lethal dose killed her

The grieving family of a Brisbane grandmother who died after a doctor injected her with 1000 times the standard dose of morphine at a private hospital say it has left a void that can’t be filled.

The Story Bridge in Brisbane could be used for a pro-Palestine protest.

CBD shutdown: Pro-Palestine protest planned for Story Bridge

A pro-Palestine group protest expected to attract 7000 people has been planned for the Story Bridge, similar to the massive marches that shut down Sydney.

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Mercure Clear Mountain Resort will become the first five-star hotel in the City of Moreton. Picture: Supplied

Luxe wedding venue’s $4m upgrade to 5-star hotel

City of Moreton Bay is about to get its first five-star hotel, with a popular mountaintop escape to be transformed into a premium Peppers retreat.

Police & Courts

Scrub nurse Heather Briggs also testified that she had never seen the operation performed before and doctors never mentioned morphine would be injected into the patient’s spine.

Nurse warned doctors of lethal morphine dose before injection, inquest hears

A nurse who drew up a lethal morphine dose at a Brisbane hospital has testified she repeatedly told doctors about its concentration levels before it killed an elderly patient, an inquest heard.

Police & Courts

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 4, 2025: Dr Navid Amirabadi outside the Magistrates Court in Brisbane after giving evidence at the inquest into the death of elderly woman Sheila Thurlow. Picture: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

‘How much? All of it?’: Moment doctor injected grandma with lethal morphine dose

An inquest into the death of a woman given 1000 times the recommended dose of morphine at a Brisbane hospital has heard what allegedly happened before the error.

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