Dole bludgers slice into meatworks’ labour supply
The summer barbecue could be in jeopardy – and not because of COVID social distancing rules but because of an abattoir labour shortage which is being blamed on generous government handouts.
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Coomera Connector holds key to Macalister election victory
A promise to stop the second M1 from ploughing through significant wetlands could hold the key to stealing a seat from the Palaszczuk government at next month’s election.
Watch: Meth dealers targeted as 100 charges laid in drug raids
A calculated and co-ordinated series of drug raids across Brisbane’s south has resulted in seven people charged with 100 high-level drug offences including trafficking. SEE THE VIDEO
Why 40-minute ferries to North Stradbroke won’t work
A $5.5 million proposal to run fast ferries from Brisbane’s Howard Smith Wharves to Stradbroke Island has been canned as a load of croc from a mayor and a captain who runs ferries to the island.
Taxpayers slugged $17m for road to unpassable dirt track
It’s been labelled the multimillion-dollar road to nowhere and despite $17 million of upgrades this month, a road in Logan’s southwest growth corridor, stills ends in an unpassable 4km dirt track.
Free COVID clinic forced to close despite positive case nearby
A free COVID testing clinic has been forced to close and relocate due to ongoing abuse of staff, leaving a community of 18,000 with no testing centre even though a carrier of the virus visited a nearby venue just five days earlier.
COVID medical waste catches fire and dumped on major road
A section of a major road south of Brisbane has been closed as emergency workers and Department of the Environment staff battle to remove a pile of COVID medical waste that has caught fire in a rubbish truck and was dumped.
Trio bowls into elite Lord’s Taverners Cricket Squad
Three students from an elite southside school have been given a sporting chance and have been named in the prestigious Lord’s Taverners Cricket Squads for 2020.
Man seriously injured at new estate
A man is in a serious condition and will be flown to Princess Alexandra Hospital after an incident at a building site in a new estate, south of Brisbane.
Massive chokepoint gets $60m to go four lanes
It’s taken more than 20 years, but at last there’s a promise to widen a notorious chokepoint south of Brisbane from two to four lanes – but it’s triggered a political showdown ahead of next month’s election.
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