‘Get a job ya bastard’: Legend says cancel culture has killed Qld’s working class
Fred Brophy remembers a regional Queensland that roared – where working class men were proud and refused to drink with “dole bludgers”.
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Balancing: Maranoa Council reveals ‘responsible’ budget
The Maranoa Regional Council say their new budget has put them on track to break even by the next financial year while ensuring rate rises don’t impact financially struggling families.
Named: Every Qld shop caught selling illegal tobacco
An investigation can reveal the locations and names of more than 360 shops caught selling illegal tobacco. SEE THE MAP
Woman’s ‘waking horror’ after dad donated sperm 325 times
When Lyndal found out she was donor-conceived, she started doing a little digging. What she found left her floored.
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Pregnant drug dealer saved from time behind bars
A pregnant Toowoomba woman has been spared jail time after she pleaded guilty to dealing street level amounts of meth.
WATCH: Woman arrested after alleged gel blaster carjacking
Police have accused a Queensland woman of a series of car-jackings up north, hitchhiking a ride with a kind stranger after crashing a stolen vehicle.
‘Kaleidoscope of colours’: Tourists urged to visit stunning western Queensland post floods
The Queensland government has provided $186.75m in aid to flood-affected western Queensland and is urging tourists to visit the region now lush with flora and fauna.
Queensland’s biggest cropping families revealed
They keep the nation fed and clothed, but these Queensland legends often go unappreciated. Meet the state’s greatest cropping families. SEE FULL LIST
Bringing soldiers home alive: Defence’s safety revolution unfolds
Former Special Forces soldier’s lifesaving creation to lead revolutionary safety technology trials at Australia’s largest military exercise.
League community rocked by sudden death of young player
The sudden death of a talented rugby league player has shattered the hearts of sporting fans with friends describing him as a ‘bloody good mate’ and ‘tremendous young man’.
‘I’ll f–k you up’: Community-based sentence for teen home invader
A teenager who broke into a Toowoomba home and threatened a homeowner with a tyre iron has been sentenced to a community-based order despite being subject to new youth crime legislation.
What you’d like to see at the St George Ampol petrol station site
From bakeries and fast food restaurants to carparking and grocery stores, here’s what you suggested be built at the site of the former St George Ampol petrol station.
Cash boost call: Qld container rebates ‘should be doubled’
Queensland’s Container Refund Scheme returns should be doubled to 20c in a bid to keep up with inflation and encourage more residents to take part, a parliamentary committee has heard.
St George doctor receives OAM for over 45 years of service
A St George born doctor has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for 45 years of service to rural and remote medicine.
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