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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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Dannielle McKenzie with a photo of her late husband Adam Budulica

Cancer fundraising march refuses to be beaten

One of Australia’s biggest and most popular fundraisers, the annual Melanoma March, will push ahead online due to coronavirus.

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L to R, Col Welch from Arrana Hills, Bill O'Neill from Fern Hills, Bruce Gill from Bardon, Ashgrove Golf Club, The Gap - Photo Steve Pohlner

Ashgrove Golf Club closes, wedding showcases cancelled

Ashgrove Golf Club has closed and wedding showcases at two other westside golf courses have been postponed.

Travel ban trips up Irish dancers

The international flight ban has dealt a cruel blow to the dreams of a group of talented Brisbane dancers.

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Minister Geoff Tacon poses for a photograph at Moorooka Presbyterian Church, which is reopening after shutting its doors in 1972. Thursday August 2, 2018. (AAP image, John Gass)

Church takes cue from breakfast radio in tough times

In uncertain times, many people turn to their church for guidance. This Moorooka congregation has started a YouTube podcast to help them learn from the Bible.

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priors pocket road land bought as part of bushland acquisition scheme

Council pays $7m for cleared paddock under bushland levy

Is it good value to spend $7m on a westside paddock and $3m for a house and land to save wildlife? Some think not.

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Red Hill Cinema, Red Hill on Thursday, November 28, 2019. The former skate-rink building has been refurbished and is now opening this weekend. (AAP Image/Claudia Baxter)

Crowds flock to westside dam, shun the movies

It was hard to maintain social distancing at Enoggera Reservoir on the weekend as big crowds lapped up glorious weather. but cinemagoers had screenings to themselves.

QLD News

Kate Richards with Family Husband Matthew and kids Hamish 6yrs, Dom 15 and Will 16yrs at City Hall. Pic Annette Dew

Watchdog orders overhaul of Brisbane grants program

While Queensland’s corruption watchdog has found no criminal conduct against Cr Kate Richards, it has called for an overhaul to a Brisbane City Council grants program.

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supplied photo of the scene at the milton markets on the corner of cribb and little cribb

Markets get safety thumbs up from chief health officer

The state’s top medical adviser has reassured nervous shoppers that markets, such as the popular Milton Markets, are safe and should stay open.

North Lakes Times

Pine Rivers Courthouse where a man will front court today charged with kidnapping a little girl from a shopping centre north of Brisbane before returning her some time later. Photographer: Liam Kidston

Courts adjust to virus conundrum

Three month adjournments proliferated, guilty please were entered in written form while essential staff only scrambled to keep southeast Queensland’s justice system ticking.

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Black Jack set the pace from start to finish at the 2019 Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race. Picture: Michael Kenyon

Brisbane to Gladstone yacht race cancelled

UPDATED: Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race cancelled, Palace Cinemas close from Thursday March 19, Abbey Medieval Festival slain. FULL LIST OF CANCELLATIONS, CLOSURES

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