Check your email: Warning as ‘local’ scams $40k from Brisbane family
A Brisbane family have issued a warning after losing their $40,000 house deposit to a “local” scammer who hacked into an email thread between them and their lawyer.
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Qld’s $2.6bn Black Friday frenzy – and why it will only get crazier
Queenslanders’ Black Friday sales bill is surging to new highs in 2024, with some shoppers going to extraordinary lengths to nab a bargain.
‘Normal’: Councillor weighs in on ongoing CEO termination saga
A regional Queensland councillor has weighed in as the fallout continues over the sensational termination of the council’s chief executive over a live streamed meeting. Here’s what she said.
‘So unfair’: Burger bar owner’s devastation after business torched
A West End burger shop owner fears he might lose everything, after a neighbouring shop was ramraided and set on fire last week, after opening just two months ago.
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Uber to drop fares nationwide next month in cost of living boost
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Relics of our dining past: Qld’s vanishing restaurants
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$7.3m: New record for Coorparoo after same house sells for $1m more than it did in 2022
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‘Everyone deserves a chance’: Speed dating picking up traction in Warwick
An adventurous Warwick enterprise is taking the stress out of matchmaking with a new romance event, and it’s picking up traction with people from all ages.
Mapped: Qld’s worst suburbs for mortgage defaults
The number of Queensland homeowners in trouble after missing mortgage repayments is at its highest level since the Reserve Bank’s record low pandemic cash rate. SEE SUBURB MAP
100 more suburbs within buying power of singles, couples on July 1
In the biggest rise to borrowing power since pandemic interest rates flatlined, stage 3 tax cuts are set to open up 100 more suburbs for singles and couples in Queensland. SEE WHERE
We’re officially toast as bakery kills off Aussie staple just to survive
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Revealed: The biggest property investors in Qld parliament
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