JURORS have been shown a chilling photo of a Brisbane private school teacher tied to a chair at a remote northern NSW farmhouse just hours before he was run down by a semi-trailer as his “absolutely bizarre” alleged kidnapping and death plays out in court.

QUEENSLAND will need to find 280,000 extra skilled workers in the next three years to keep up with economic growth, according to the state’s 10-year workforce strategy.

THE integrity of Queensland’s casino operations was put in “serious jeopardy” by Star ­Entertainment’s “errors”, which allowed high-roller gamblers banned in other states to have a punt at the Gold Coast and Brisbane.

A BRISBANE mother accused of running down her husband and his mistress got out of her BMW SUV after the crash and repeatedly punched the other woman in the head as she lay injured in the street, a court has heard.

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