While Year 12 students across Queensland are celebrating their last day of school today, three young graduates of Brisbane Boys College are busy raising money to combat domestic violence.
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Man appears in court over fatal Tingalpa shooting, senior police praise 'heroic' officers
Police charge a man with the murder of another man in Tingalpa, in Brisbane’s east, with a senior officer praising the actions of police who disarmed the man as “extremely heroic”.
Queensland criminologist Paul Wilson denies alleged sexual offences
Queensland criminologist Paul Wilson denies allegations he played sex games with young girls at his Brisbane home in the 1970s.
Preparing for death newspaper-style with the Washington Post obituaries desk
Once the place for “drunks and has-beens”, the obituary page of one of the United States’ biggest newspapers is embracing the digital age.
Meat union says exploitation of backpackers worse than increase in backpacker tax
The meat workers union says exploitation of backpackers by unscrupulous labour hire companies is a bigger disincentive to work in Australia, than an increase in the tax rate.
Man jailed for 10 years for cartel trafficking more than 2,500kg of cannabis
A man who had “overall control” of a multi-million-dollar drug cartel is sentenced to 10 years in jail by a Brisbane court.
Government must crackdown on unscrupulous labour hire companies
Prisoners embrace Shakespeare's Macbeth in stage production in Queensland jail
Inmates at a Queensland jail take centre stage in a production of Macbeth, in a “beautiful escape” from prison life.
Tourette Syndrome camp an eye opener for young sufferers
Queensland’s only camp for sufferers of Tourette Syndrome helps them to dream big and overcome any misdiagnosis, depression or bullies.
Learning Curve: Hopes for less homework for students with curriculum rewrite underway for 2017
It is time to ask whether homework is adding to a child’s education, a special forum on education hosted by the ABC in Brisbane hears.