The Brisbane Portrait prize is the realisation of a long-held dream of founding director Anna Reynolds who wanted, and has now delivered, an opportunity for the brilliance of our local talent to shine.
Brisbane’s once much-loved suburban shopping strips are dying, from Ascot to Bulimba and Wynnum to Wilston. But experts say they still have a future, it’s just not a future as we know it. So what’s killing them off, and what does the future hold?
Female jockeys have been breaking down barriers over the past decade, with women accounting for more than a third of the total jockey population in Queensland’s racing industry.
The frontline firies who managed to control massives blazes across the state last week are to be praised, but there was also another group of heroes working around-the-clock. This is their story.
NEVER-before-released police files shows Brisbane’s infamous Whiskey Au Go Go firebombing is not a closed case but a cold case.
ONE of Queensland’s most high-ranking female justices hasn’t missed a beat since leaving the bench, setting her sights on another lofty cause.
BARNABY Joyce checked all the boxes in the “why people hate politicians” index this week, writes Dennis Atkins.
SUCCESSIVE governments have chosen to ignore the signs, and now an epic crunch is headed for southeast Queensland, writes Steven Wardill.
THE hopeless disappointment versus the shifty, dodgy guy is emerging as the character battleground for the next federal election, writes Dennis Atkins.
IT’S Budget season for the State Government, and that means three things are certain to emerge: lies, damn lies and statistics, writes Steven Wardill.
MAHATHIR is now the world’s oldest elected leader and, analysts say, seems intent on using what may be the final chapter of his life to clean up the “mess” in Malaysia and fashion a more positive legacy.
TWELVE nurses were among the 268 dead after a Japanese submarine torpedoed the well-marked Centaur hospital ship off the coast of Brisbane 75 years ago.
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