As it happened: Brisbane on Friday, November 8

Victoria Park appears to have been ruled out as the site of a new Olympic stadium before the terms of reference have been finalised for a 100-day review of Games venues.

Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie today dismissed the Herston option, days after Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner called for all sites to be considered and reconsidered as part of the LNP government’s independent review.

While pledging to consult widely, and encouraging people to contribute to the review, Bleijie suggested the LNP had made its position clear.

“We have said no new stadia and we have also said no to Victoria Park,” Bleijie told reporters.

Bleijie made the comments after being asked about AFL and cricket calls for Brisbane to have a better oval stadium, appearing to leave open the option of a rebuild of the Gabba.

Thanks for joining us for our live coverage of news from Brisbane and abroad. We’ll be back on Monday morning – have a great weekend.

In case you missed them, here are some of the stories making headlines on Friday:

A Qantas plane bound for Brisbane has made an emergency landing after an engine failure that sparked a grass fire at Sydney Airport.

Children will be blocked from tech platforms ranging from Instagram to Facebook and TikTok under a national deal to limit the exemptions from a federal regime that seeks to ban social media for everyone under the age of 16.

Between five children from three marriages, their partners and their 10 children, Donald Trump has a dynasty worthy of any Tudor court, with just as much infighting, intrigue and ambition. Here’s a look at his likely cabinet.

Donald Trump’s US election win could redirect billions of green investments from America to Australia and increase the availability of cheaper electric cars, even as his return to the White House opens a new era of uncertainty for global decarbonisation goals.

If you were wondering how serious The Star is about its Queen’s Wharf food and beverage venues, Cucina Regina might be a good indication – house-made pasta, stone-baked pizza and grilled prawns, Moreton Bay bugs and scotch fillet are the go at this beautiful but approachable eatery.

While many of us still struggle in the cost-of-living crisis, the big shopping centre landlords are optimistic they’re on the cusp of a retail recovery.

Police have uncovered a large number of stolen vehicles and trailers during a Logan Village property search earlier this week.

About 8am on Wednesday, police executed a search warrant on the Gayle Court residence, and found four vehicles, a motorcycle, two excavators, bobcat and four trailers on the property.

Police said the vehicles found were all reported stolen from Brisbane and Caboolture in the last year.

Police seized a large cache of stolen vehicles at a Logan Village property on Wednesday.Credit: Queensland Police

On-scene officers also allegedly uncovered drugs – including methamphetamines, steroids and GBL – on the property, alongside stolen identification cards and credit cards.

A 36-year-old Logan Village man was arrested at the property and charged with 12 offences, including six counts of unlawful possession of motor vehicles and three counts of possessing dangerous drugs.

He was expected to appear before Beenleigh Magistrates Court on December 12.

A Brisbane councillor has offered a boba-laden olive branch to One Nation party leader Pauline Hanson, following a spat over comments made during the recent Queensland election campaign.

Labor councillor Emily Kim distributed emails during the election campaign that criticised the LNP for preferencing “racists like One Nation” over Labor in the state electorate of Stretton, which overlaps with Kim’s Calamvale Ward.

Kim revealed she had received “a very random letter” from lawyers representing Hanson and One Nation, threatening to sue Kim for “racial vilification and bias as against the senator and her political party”.

Councillor Emily Kim offered Queensland Senator Pauline Hanson a free bubble tea (seconded by local vendor Tea 365) and tour of Brisbane’s Calamvale ward to defuse tensions.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen; Facebook

“I didn’t think it would blow up like this,” Kim said today.

She said she “thought it was a troll”, when one constituent threatened to forward her email to party leader Hanson.

The letter demanded Kim submit a “written, half page withdrawal in both The Courier-Mail and The Australian” within 14 days of the 25 October.

Kim said she was not concerned about the threatened lawsuit, as her legal representation had found the letter was “quite incompetent” and even got her name wrong.

“There were grammatical errors … they called me Emily Ward, as well,” Kim said on Tuesday.

Kim added Hanson would be “more than welcome to pop on down to Calamvale” and hash out any differences.

“I’ll shout her a bubble tea,” she said.

“We can go around all the local schools [and] she can meet all the multicultural students who are proudly singing the Australian anthem, like I did growing up.”

Kim said today that a local mobile bubble tea vendor, Tea 365, had offered to “do the honour” of hosting the two Australian politicians.

“We would like to provide the special service,” said the shop owner, Paddy Zhang, on Kim’s Facebook page.

Victoria Park appears to have been ruled out as the site of a new Olympic stadium before the terms of reference have been finalised for a 100-day review of Games venues.

Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie today dismissed the Herston option, days after Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner called for all sites to be considered and reconsidered as part of the LNP government’s independent review.

While pledging to consult widely, and encouraging people to contribute to the review, Bleijie suggested the LNP had made its position clear.

“We have said no new stadia and we have also said no to Victoria Park,” Bleijie told reporters.

Bleijie made the comments after being asked about AFL and cricket calls for Brisbane to have a better oval stadium, appearing to leave open the option of a rebuild of the Gabba.

Almost two weeks after losing power at the state election, the opposition has today announced its shadow cabinet.

The line-up featured a few new faces, some portfolio swapping, and several frontbenchers having scraped through with their seats on just a handful of votes.

Steven Miles and Cameron Dick were set to remain in their positions as party leader and deputy after being voted in uncontested earlier this week.

Steven Miles (right) and Cameron Dick will remain as party leaders in opposition.Credit: Cameron Atfield

However, Dick will no longer hold his former government position of treasurer, moving to opposition spokesman for State Development, Infrastructure, Planning and Regional Development. Ex-Health Minister Shannon Fentiman takes up the shadow treasurer role alongside the shadow minister for women portfolio.

Former ministers Meaghan Scanlon and Bart Mellish – who initially looked set to lose their seats in Gaven and Miller, respectively, to LNP candidates – remained on the frontbench. Scanlon will take on shadow attorney-general, justice and housing, homelessness and home ownership, while Mellish retains his transport and mains roads portfolio from government, as well as opposition veterans spokesman.

First-time frontbenchers included member for Bundaberg Tom Smith (opposition primary industries and rural development, manufacturing) member for Logan Linus Power (natural resources and mines), member for Lytton Joan Pease (small business, customer service and open data) and member for Mansfield Corrine McMillan (child safety, communities and the prevention of domestic and family violence).

Miles said his new cabinet would “hold David Crisafulli and his ministers to account, pound for pound and person for person” from their new positions on the opposition bench.

The Queensland Ambulance Service has advised people across the state to remain vigilant to signs of heat stress, and avoid certain activities while hot weather conditions persist across the weekend.

QAS director of clinical policy Lachlan Parker said numbers of triple-zero ambulance call-outs had increased, and advised Queenslanders the best option to avoid heat-related illness was to prevent overheating by keeping hydrated, seeking cool spaces, and avoiding strenuous activity, particularly outdoors.

“The people we’re really worried about is anyone who has existing comorbidity,” he said.

“So, anyone who is elderly with heart disease or any respiratory illnesses, any young children … any pregnant mothers or breastfeeding mothers, they’re at risk.”

Parker added people should also be mindful of “the poor pets that are inside” homes in affected areas.

He advised anyone experiencing symptoms of severe heat stress to call triple zero.

“If anyone starts getting an altered conscious stage, slurred speech, [finds it] difficult to wake up or even in some cases, [begins having] seizures that’s really, really serious, and they’re the ones that we want you to call an ambulance for straight away,” Parker said.

If you love a good rummage then Christmas has come early for you. Garage Sale Trail takes place this weekend and next, with thousands of garage sales taking place across south-east Queensland – go to the website to find ones near you.

The Garage Sale Trail.Credit: Garage Sail Trail

La Boite’s last show of the year, Yoga Play, is an American satire about scandal, cultural appropriation and capitalism that opens at the Roundhouse Theatre on Saturday.

British Film Festival has opened at the Palace Cinemas, and highlights of the weekend include Ralph Fiennes in papal drama Conclave; Alice Lowe’s time-travelling comedy Timestalker; and encore screenings of the sparkling A Room with a View (1986) in tribute to Dame Maggie Smith.

A new movie in cinemas, Audrey, directed by Queenslander Natalie Bailey, is getting top-notch reviews; this story of an obnoxious teenager who falls into a coma and the family that prefers it that way ticks all the dark comedy boxes.

C-3PO himself, actor Anthony Daniels, plus James Marsters, aka Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, headline the special guests at Supanova Comic-Con and Gaming at BCEC from today through until Sunday.

And after a month of delicious eats Night Feast is wrapping up on Sunday night at the Brisbane Powerhouse, with 20 top eateries dishing up everything from Hong Kong-style dumplings to smokey Filipino barbecue.

Demand for more affordable housing is driving up values, and ultimately prices, at the bottom end of the market more than the top end.

CoreLogic head of Australian research Eliza Owen said buyer demand was also dropping at the higher end of the market amid higher interest rates and elevated inflation.

“Affordability constraints set in at the high end first, so limited borrowing capacity, less money to put away for a deposit because of inflationary pressures,” she said.

“The reason you see relatively steady performance at the middle of the market and the lower end of the market is because more buyer demand skews to the low end in that kind of situation.

“Higher interest rates can create this greater market inequality because you’ve got buyers that would usually be competing for a greater breadth of properties are more zoned in on this middle to low-value stock.

“That means the higher income households are going to have a greater chance. Less of the housing market is available to lower income households.”

As heatwave conditions continue, despite possible storms later today, Brisbane has woken up from one of its hottest spring nights on record.

The Bureau of Meteorology has maintained its heatwave warning for the south-east, although the intensity of the warning has been downgraded to low intensity in the greater Brisbane region.

A bureau spokesman said forecast temperatures were expected to peak today following a particularly warm spring night yesterday.

“Brisbane’s overnight minimum of 24.4 was the warmest November night for Brisbane since 2008,” he said.

He added conditions would remain high across the weekend, despite a possibility of “severe thunderstorms” and large hail later today.

“Brisbane is now expecting a maximum of 33 today, but further west, Ipswich is expected to get to 38,” he said.

“In south-east Queensland, humidity will also be a notable factor making for uncomfortable conditions at times, peaking today but continuing over this weekend.”

From next week conditions were expected to start “gradually easing” through the south-east.