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State launches horse, greyhound racing review
The Queensland government has called on the committee to help secure the industry’s future, animal welfare groups say an end to the sport must be considered.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Perspective
Boys from four schools were asked to submit questions too awkward to ask
Brisbane schoolboys were asked to submit the questions they wanted answered. The result: a new app that gives them advice on relationships, respect, sex and consent.
Courtney Kruk
City Reporter
Brisbane just outranked Paris on this list. Have the rules been rigged in our favour?
In the past two years, our humble city has scored a place on several global destination lists. But has our latest inclusion exposed an undercurrent of hyperbole?
Courtney Kruk
City Reporter
What’s the going rate for the Tooth Fairy, and should it be adjusted for inflation?
From 10¢ in the ’60s to the generous $20 Josh Frydenberg’s five-year-old received in 2022, Tooth Fairy inflation is real – but that doesn’t make it right.
Felicity Caldwell
Journalist
Urban Affairs
‘Breaks the soul’: Homeless tents cleared from Brisbane park by police
David Hurding says he has been a roadie for Metallica, Coldplay and Rihanna. He’s now homeless, camping in Musgrave Park – but not for long.
- by William Davis and Felicity Caldwell
Lord Mayor says new Visy site plans still allow for ‘South Bank 2.0’
Brisbane LNP Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has backed in his state party colleagues’ plans for the riverside Visy recycling factory at South Brisbane, despite being a vocal supporter of the former Labor government’s now-abandoned vision for the site.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Development
Twist in legal saga as church vows to develop site next to XXXX brewery
- by Sean Parnell
Locals fear 25-storey tower would turn tennis lawns into concrete jungle
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
City Life
Perspective
Domestic violence
Boys from four schools were asked to submit questions too awkward to ask
- by Courtney Kruk
Crime & Courts
A test proved Mia had been drugged. But many other victims never know for sure
The palm-sized device can detect more than 20 substances with just a few drops of liquid, with the potential to help hundreds of victims each year. So why isn’t it available in bars and clubs?
- by Courtney Kruk
Tool box murder confession ‘based on TV’, jury told
A man who admitted “many lies” while hiding his flatmate’s body for months in a tool box has told a jury he was also being dishonest when he confessed to killing her.
- by Rex Martinich
Politics
Brisbane in focus: The state of play across the city’s key electorates
- by William Davis, Catherine Strohfeldt and Rosanna Ryan
Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Perry Park upgrade expected to be agreed to in ‘near future’
Negotiations between Football Queensland and the state government over an upgrade to Perry Park may soon bear fruit, with hints from the Brisbane Roar its billionaire owners might be willing to help cover the cost.
- by Cameron Atfield
Lord Mayor says new Visy site plans still allow for ‘South Bank 2.0’
Brisbane LNP Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has backed in his state party colleagues’ plans for the riverside Visy recycling factory at South Brisbane, despite being a vocal supporter of the former Labor government’s now-abandoned vision for the site.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Olympic stadium logo revealed as work starts on Victoria Park plan
- by Cameron Atfield
Transport
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Traffic
Woman killed, man shot in Easter Monday crashes and carjackings
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
UPDATED
Traffic
Man charged with drug driving over three-car crash that killed one, injured 10
- by William Davis
Health
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Queensland Health
Review slams plans, budgets for flawed Queensland hospital projects
- by Tim Arvier
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