Record November deluge prompts flood risk warning
The Bureau of Meteorology has warned of an ongoing flood risk after record rainfall was recorded in parts of Queensland and with more downpours forecast to come.
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Friend’s shock after ‘kind mother and wife’ found in septic tank
A friend to a family rocked by a tragedy in Brisbane’s south says an elderly woman found in a septic tank after being reported missing was a kind mother and wife, and has expressed his concern for her husband.
‘Maybe it was in anger’: Victim’s brother talked about hit man for husband
Kym Cobby’s brother has told a court he made comments about getting a hit man on her husband about two years before she was killed.
Sea of broken roofs, damaged homes: $1b reality of hail-o-ween horror
The true devastation of a Halloween hailstorm that ripped through Springfield Lakes has been revealed with a sea of tarps dotting the suburb after 44,000 insurance claims.
‘Treated like the enemy’: Doc slams QH’s lack of compassion
A doctor says Queensland Health needs to show more compassion to returning Australians after she spent Tuesday night sleeping on an airport floor upon returning from India where she buried her mother.
Development gets hundreds of submissions from just four IPs
A Brisbane City Council investigation has found that hundreds of submissions that support a controversial waterfront development in the city’s inner-south came from the same IP address – and residents who opposite it are livid.
‘Unusual’ weather pattern threatens to bring heavy downpour
Heavy rain is on the way for huge parts of Queensland this evening, potentially bringing a much-needed soaking to areas that missed out on the recent wild weather.
Emotions sky high as first exemption-free Queenslanders take flight
A feeling of freedom was in the air at Brisbane International Airport on Monday as travellers took flight without an exemption to leave Australia for the first time in 586 days.
‘It’s tough’: Queensland airports deserted while southerners welcome loved ones home
Brisbane International Airport on Monday was a far cry from the scenes of its southern counterparts where international arrivals were welcomed back into the arms of loved ones.
Dear Queensland: Why you need to let us come home now
We’ve previously published letters from Queenslanders stuck interstate. Now, as other states open to international travel, we give a voice to those still in limbo overseas.
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