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Will Bally’s bring the Biff to Queen’s Wharf?

Queenslanders were promised champagne and caviar. Turns out, we could end up with Coke and crackers.

Cameron Atfield
Cameron Atfield

Journalist

Politics is a popularity contest, but is it a personality hire?

Politicians aren’t known for their warmth and rizz, but surely character traits have some sway on voting habits.

Courtney Kruk
Courtney Kruk

City Reporter

All this country music is giving me the honky-tonk blues

A little more than a year ago, there were exactly zero honky-tonks in Fortitude Valley. Now, there are two.

Cameron Atfield
Cameron Atfield

Journalist

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Crime & Courts

Police are investigating the link between two vehicle rollovers and the alleged shooting of a man in a carjacking on the Sunshine Coast. The incidents led to the closure of the southbound Bruce Highway, causing traffic chaos on Easter Monday.
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Woman killed, man shot in Easter Monday crashes and carjackings

Police have arrested a man and asked for motorists’ patience as they process and clear three crime scenes on the Sunshine Coast.

  • by Catherine Strohfeldt
Two people have died following two separate crashes west of Brisbane on Saturday.

Scooter-riding 12-year-old girl one of two people killed in crashes

The girl and a motorbike rider in his 60s have died in two separate crashes west of Brisbane.

  • by Catherine Strohfeldt

Politics

Brisbane 2032 Olympics

Bree Masters in action at the Paris Olympics.

The ‘psychotic’ demons that drove Olympian into history books

Sprinter Bree Rizzo has revealed the high price she paid to achieve her Olympic dream, and how social media will be central to athletes reaching Brisbane 2032.

  • by Nick Wright
Brisbane Arena, a new 17,000 seat indoor stadium in the CBD, was pitched to retire Boondall’s entertainment centre for large-scale shows, and attract artists such as Dua Lipa (pictured) who have notably skipped the city during recent tours.

The hidden cost of a privately funded Brisbane Arena

The problem isn’t that our new indoor stadium will be privately funded, it’s who might stump up the cash to own it.

  • by Courtney Kruk

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