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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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South West

Dan Purdie with Maiwar candidate Lauren Day.

Plan to beef up westside police numbers

A police beat in a busy westside shopping centre has been promised by the LNP to combat a crime surge.

Local

Teena and her husband outside their graceville house

Real estate icon’s latest sale causes uproar in ritzy street

Real estate doyen Nanette Lilley says a childcare centre planned for her old headquarters will honour her legacy. But some neighbours fear its impact on one of Brisbane’s loveliest suburbs.

Local

Brisbane Boys' College 2020 senior formal. Picture: Studio Kirby

Brisbane high school formals of 2020 in pictures

This year has been like no other. But it hasn’t stopped our high school students celebrating their biggest night of the year.

Local

Aleen Nazeer Amin leaves Holland Park Court this afternoon.

School pick-up chaos: Claims racial slur led to alleged assault

A Kurdish immigrant allegedly racially abused by a father after school pick-up in Brisbane’s south has been charged with slapping the man’s 13-year-old epileptic daughter.

Southeast

Six-month pregnant West End shopowner Eva Heyward has been Stalked by a homeless man who told her he would kill her baby and has been stalking her and threatening children at a nearby community park.Thursday September 17, 2020. Picture, John Gass.

Man’s one-week rampage has inner-Brisbane suburb in fear

Inner-south businesses and residents say they are living in fear of a man who has assaulted children in a park, threatened two women in their homes and tried to punch a pregnant woman before screaming “your child will be stillborn’’.

Local

West Brisbane's amazing student achievers.

West Brisbane’s most influential school students

The best of west Brisbane’s high achieving students have been revealed. We’ve highlighted 11 young people who’ve achieved amazing things already and have the brightest of futures ahead of them. SEE WHO MADE THE LIST

Local

A Chermside man is $1 mililon richer after winning Lotto.

Remote location $1m lotto winner will visit – eventually

A Brisbane man hard hit by the coronavirus downturn will be able to tick off one of his bucket-list items – once the borders reopen – after winning $1 million in Gold Lotto.

Local

LNP candidate for Maiwar Lauren Day at the Bardon roundabout with nearby residents, including Jim O'Donoghue (far right).

Plan to fix dangerous westside roundabout

One of the westside’s most clogged and dangerous roundabout will score a $1 million upgrade under an LNP plan announced this morning.

Local

How many GPs do you need? 120 doctors within 3km

Could this suburb have more GPs than anywhere else in Brisbane? Locals outraged by a plan to build a new 24-hour medical centre think so, but the developer disagrees.

Local

Big crowds line Moggill Rd at Toowong for the BBC/Nudgee GPS rugby final. social distancing did not appear to be being practised.

Elite school sport ‘rubbernecks’ flout COVID laws to watch final

A large crowd of spectators has been busted ignoring social distancing rules at a historic GPS rugby match in Brisbane, lining the street for a glimpse of the action, but the host school said it was powerless to control them. SEE THE PICTURES

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