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‘It’s going, it’s ...’: Queensland rocket meets fiery end, exploding on launch
The first Australian-designed and manufactured rocket exploded on liftoff, but its owner is hailing the development as a “huge step forward”.
- by Cameron Atfield and Liam Mannix
Star losses rise with Queen’s Wharf deal on verge of collapse
- by Colin Kruger and Matt Dennien
Perspective
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
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
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
Food and Culture Editor
Urban Affairs
Lord Mayor reinvented as US fighter pilot on X, claims account was hacked
A hacker appeared to have taken over an account run by Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner, only reverting to his original profile name on Thursday night.
- by Felicity Caldwell and William Davis
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How To Poison a Planet
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
City Life
Mundine challenges McGregor to fight as doctors hit back at bare-knuckle claims
- by Courtney Kruk, Nick Wright and Chris Barrett
Crime & Courts
Backlog in kitting out cop cars leaves dozens sitting idle
Vision filmed last week shows cars without specialist radios, lights and branding, awaiting work by police’s Fleet Services Group.
- by Abbey Geran
14 guns, a 3D printed silencer and 1147 rounds of ammunition found in hoarder’s den
A Queensland man has been charged with multiple drug and weapons offences, and 42 offences relating to child exploitation material after police raided a squalid home.
- by Cloe Read
Politics
Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Bowls marks 180 years, ramps up Brisbane 2032 pitch
The anniversary of the sport – started in Australia – has been used to ramp up the push for its inclusion in the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.
- by Ethan James
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Brisbane 2032 Olympics
New Olympics board will consider rowing alternatives
Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games organisers will explore contingencies should the governing bodies for rowing and canoe decide the planned Fitzroy River course in Rockhampton is unsuitable for competition.
- by Cameron Atfield
Transport
Health
Almost 60 close contacts identified in Brisbane Mpox outbreak
- by Catherine Strohfeldt and Cloe Read
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