As Brisbane prepares for an historic Grand Final at the Gabba, KYLE POLLARD looks back at the true story of the VFL’s first match in QLD – from a washed out weekend to a Bombers legend’s Ekka heroics.
It’s been dubbed “Adani Mark II’’, and it could prove as pivotal to the Queensland election as the real Adani mine did to the 2019 federal poll.
There are reasons teachers do the inconceivable and stand idly by when a schoolyard brawl erupts, but that doesn’t make it right, says Kylie Lang. WATCH THE VIDEO
While many are closing, a battalion of restaurants serving a particular fare are leading the culinary fightback, writes Des Houghton.
The fault lines carving up the Coalition are clearing a path to almost certain election defeat. And behind the turmoil is the “c” word politicians are struggling to say in public, writes Renee Viellaris.
Brisbane has been described as having more fun with less attitude by visitors and now the Committee for Brisbane wants residents to debate the best and worst parts about the area.
The journey to Nima and Dawa’s home village is sickeningly winding and full of extreme ups and downs — just like the twins’ past 20 months. Finally, after more than five hours of climbing and descending, the family is separated no more.
They’re the agonising questions that linger whenever someone’s life is cruelly taken by another. Now researchers hope to provide at least some of the answers for their loved ones.
The idea of a 1700km inland rail has finally come to fruition after 23 years, writes Michael Madigan.
In State Parliament, Question Time has been reduced to a vaudeville performance fit for nothing more than brief flashes of sound and vision on the nightly broadcast news, writes Steven Wardill.
An eight-week trip to witness one of the worst humanitarian disasters in history had a lasting effect on a respected Liberal senator who died this week.
Disaster experts are now using “unimaginable” worst-case scenarios to prepare for record-breaking extreme weather events as the state’s total damage bill tops $30 billion.
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