Olympic gold medallist Natalie Cook and indigenous sprinter Patrick Johnson will join Brisbane’s powerful Olympic Games organising committee after receiving the call-up from Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.

A blood test could hold the key to early detection of CTE in patients before death. 

A deadly weather system which claimed a man’s life yesterday is expected to move into northern New South Wales today but authorities warn Queenslanders aren’t yet out of the woods. 

Direct cash payments to people earning under $126,000, a cut to petrol prices for six months, and money for pensioners will headline the make-or-break budget to be handed down by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Tuesday.

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