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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.

Brendan O'Malley

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Springfield News

Casey Knowler's On The Block in Springfield has topped our reader poll of best local barbers.

Springfield’s top barber revealed

The votes have been counted and the winner of Springfield’s most popular barber can be revealed.

Southeast

Taimane Levu, 23, leaves Holland Park Magistraes Court.

NRLW star disqualified after crashing muscle car

A promising NRL women’s player with a history of driving unlicensed has faced court after hitting two cars.

South West

A westside woman got the fright of her life after finding this snake in her toaster.

Woman makes deadly discovery over brekkie

Either of them could have been toast, but luckily no one was hurt when a southeast Queensland woman spotted this deadly surprise in her kitchen.

Local

Hoon magnet: Brisbane’s worst spot for street racing

A magistrate has warned hoons caught at this notorious street racing site that they face an automatic 12-month disqualification, with one offender admitting he was paying an even higher price, saying he’d lost his job after his car was impounded.

Local

St Lucia resident Ron Morgan opposes UQ's plan to build a cycle/pedestrian bridge from West End to Guyatt Park - Picture: Richard Walker

Revealed: Where Brisbane’s newest bridges could go

Council has revealed three possible locations for its Toowong green bridge and three sites for another link at St Lucia. But there are concerns it is withholding vital data.

Local

Old church transforms into Brisbane’s coolest childcare

It was a church, but now this inner-west building is a childcare centre with an indoor slippery slide. TAKE A LOOK

Local

Artist's impression of how Graceville Riverside Park could look after the upgrade.

Council unveils plan to transform riverside park

A beloved westside riverfront park is in line for a major upgrade as part of Council’s Oxley Creek Transformation.

Local

Prison tour of Wolston Correctional Centre. Photographer: Liam Kidston.

‘I deserve jail’: prisoner’s apology after headbutting guard

A prisoner who headbutted a guard bringing him lunch says he deserves to be punished because guards are “like parents’’ to cons.

Local

Riots, fires, murders: Two years of hell inside Qld’s prisons

Three murders, vicious bashings of guards, riots, fires and rooftop protests. We take a look at the mayhem in Queensland prisons in the past two years.

Local

Brookfield Residential Properties has submitted major changes ot its plans for a housing estate at the Keperra Quarry site.

Plans for huge westside quarry site downsized

A huge residential, retail and commercial project on the site of a westside Brisbane quarry has been downsized by the developer, which has asked Council to allow a range of amendments to the project.

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