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The River: Chris Hammer, crime writer, returns to the source

The author of Scrublands is among Australia’s top crime writers. But his fiction may never have emerged without his early non-fiction. And a jolt from the man who would become the celebrated master of crime novels, Peter Temple.

Tony Wright
Tony Wright

Associate editor and special writer

Can Queensland workers count on the LNP’s respect? This year they’ll find out

As negotiations between state employees and the first-year government ramp up, hints of the LNP’s previously slim industrial relations agenda are also starting to emerge.

Matt Dennien
Matt Dennien

Reporter

Brisbane, why don’t you cross the river?

Our city has a lot happening on both sides of the river, yet it seems many of us rarely explore the other. What’s going on?

Matt Shea
Matt Shea

Food and Culture Editor

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Urban Affairs

A a “once in a generation” under river infrastructure project is forcing officials to dump millions of litres of raw sewage and stormwater directly into the Brisbane River.

The big stink: This is how much raw sewage is being dumped into the Brisbane River

Complications with a “once in a generation” under-river infrastructure project are forcing officials to dump millions of litres of raw sewage and stormwater directly into the Brisbane River.

  • by Josh Bavas
Purple scooters are returning to Brisbane streets after ousted Beam Mobility merged with Neuron Mobility.

Paint it purple: E-scooters from ousted company return to Brisbane

The e-scooters and e-bikes once owned by banned company Beam Mobility are returning to Brisbane streets, but not as you might expect.

  • by Catherine Strohfeldt

City Life

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Crime & Courts

Victor White (right), husband of murder victim Vyleen White, with family and friends arriving at Supreme Court.

‘Chose to kill her’: Teen pleads guilty to murder of grandmother Vyleen White

White was stabbed in a shopping centre car park, sparking outrage and prompting the state government to change bail laws for juveniles.

  • by Anna Rawlings and Cloe Read
The man was arrested by detectives from the Emerald Criminal Investigation Branch.
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Crime

Charges laid over photo of kids bound with tape, held at gunpoint

Police said the two boys, aged three and four, were safe and well, but the image was “alarming ... whether it was in jest or not”.

  • by Catherine Strohfeldt and William Davis

Politics

Brisbane 2032 Olympics

Shelley Reys lost her place on the Brisbane 2032 Board.

Axed Brisbane Olympics board member says ‘nothing replaces’ Indigenous representation

Greg Norman is among those appointed to the revised board despite losing a nomination from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last month.

  • by Frances Howe
Lake Kurwongbah, just north of Brisbane, has been suggested as the 2032 Olympic rowing venue.

Rowers prefer new Olympic site, as premier digs in over Rockhampton

World Rowing has backed further investigation of a potential Olympic course near Brisbane, but the premier will not budge from his Rockhampton plans.

  • by Cameron Atfield

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