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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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Unit tower boom for the westside

A new eight-storey residential tower has been proposed for a busy westside suburb, as potential buyers line up for one of the last large riverfront development sites in Brisbane.

Local

Kerbside collectables in Stafford. Photographer: Liam Kidston

Wait list balloons for rubbish collection scheme

More than 600 people have joined the wait list for a neighbourhood rubbish clean-up scheme since kerbside collections stopped, a councillor says.

Local

Huge snakes crash through kitchen ceiling

A man got the shock of his life when he came home to find two massive snakes had fallen through the roof of his Queensland house. SEE THE PICTURES

South West

Exterior of Atira Glen Road Student Accommodation at 33 Glen Road, Toowong, Monday, April 20, 2020 - Picture: Richard Walker

First residents move out of COVID homeless highrise

The first group of vulnerable people moved into a Toowong student highrise at the start of lockdown have been shifted to new accommodation.

Local

General photograph of Western District Netball Association at Faulkner Park, Leybourne St, Graceville, Wednesday, February 5, 2020 (AAP Image/Richard Walker)

Two more netball centre COVID cases

Two more people who visited a popular westside netball centre have tested positive for COVID-19, taking the total to three. Twelve teams and 1600 people were present when the first case was there.

Local

Confusion as brothers listed for sentence on the same day

Two brothers were due to be sentenced on the same day in a Logan courthouse, leading to confusion on who was charged with what.

Local

Wivenhoe Dam is now down to its lowest level in a decade. Picture: SEQWATER

Tipping point: Just 1 per cent off new water restrictions

Southeast Queenslanders will be encouraged to cut water usage to 150 litres per person per day if dam levels fall just one more per cent.

Local

Man dressed in black with a balaclava on his head pulls the handle of a car. Car thief, car theft concept

Revealed: The 10 most stolen car models in Queensland

This car has fallen out of favour with the Australian public in recent years but not with thieves across Queensland, as it tops the list of the 10 most-stolen models in the Sunshine State over the past three years. SEE THE LIST

Local

Police in pursuit of a reckless driver at night. About 30 years old Caucasian man, worried and holding his head, looking back at a police car. Police Melbourne drivers istock

Man jailed after dramatic high-speed freeway chase

A man kept on driving a stolen Porsche in a high-speed Logan police chase even after all four tyres were deflated.

Local

The old dog offleash area shelter at Merri Merri Park.

Chainsaws and heavy metal: How dog park dispute turned ugly

A Brisbane man has denied blasting heavy metal music and amplified chainsaw noise at dog park users during a year-long dispute.

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