Queensland has recorded more cases of influenza in 2022 already than the whole of 2021, with eight more Covid-19 deaths and more than 7000 new cases today, as authorities warn a potentially deadly combination of the viruses is heading for a “significant wave”.
A two-vehicle crash close to the entrance to the Clem 7 tunnel on Brisbane’s has closed two lanes of a major road, causing long delays for commuters.
A 26-year-old man has died after the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a parked truck south of Brisbane.
The Premier has admitted she made a mistake to bring her boyfriend to an Olympics meeting even though Commonwealth, Paralympic and Indigenous representatives weren’t invited, following major backlash.
A 23-year-old Toowoomba man is in a critical condition after the motorcycle he was riding left the off-ramp of a major highway west of Brisbane as it joined the Ipswich Motorway and struck a guardrail.
Police are talking to the female driver of a car that smashed into the Brisbane office of federal Labor MP for Griffith, Terri Butler, before driving off earlier this afternoon.
No man did more to open up the far north, and no man was more universally respected, writes Dot Whittington, yet while Petrie, Leichhardt and Oxley have had their names preserved in suburbs, streets, rivers and creeks, there’s little to recall the endeavours of this explorer.
A major change to Queenland’s quarantine laws means anyone who has recovered from the virus will no longer need to quarantine during the 12 weeks after, even if someone in their home tests positive. It comes amid a new strain on the health system and vaccination push.
Brisbane’s Legacy Way tunnel has fully reopened after lane closures caused peak-hour traffic chaos, with the headaches made worse by a crash on another motorway.
Hannah Clarke’s best friend has told the inquest into her death that she she was worried Hannah’s estranged husband would kill her and her children, just days before he eventually did.
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