A Supreme Court jury in the trial of James Thomas Howell, accused of murdering Brisbane chef Peter Milos in 2014, is discharged after failing to come to a decision.
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Brisbane Broncos fine James Roberts $20k over drunken incident
Along with the fine, James Roberts will be required to do community service and is given a personal development plan by the club.
Joanna Rakoff's connection with reclusive author J.D Salinger
Joanna Rakoff worked at J.D. Salinger’s literary agency, where she was responsible for fending off his obsessive fans. (R)
Book Week: Brisbane 12yo raises almost $3,000 for Indigenous Literacy Foundation
While travelling in the NT last year, Brisbane student Sam Giles was shocked to learn about Indigenous literacy levels so he decided to do something about it.
Mountains of rubbish floating around world's oceans
Research at North Stradbroke Island is shining light on the local impact of mountains of rubbish floating around the world’s oceans. Dr Qamar Schuyler is a CSIRO marine scientist based at Stradbroke Island, in Queensland’s Moreton Bay, studying how the increasing presence of plastics is being swept to even the world’s most remote beaches by ocean currents. This is increasingly taking a toll on marine animals, such as turtles. Her research has found that that more than 50 per cent of turtles around the world have ingested debris. The findings also show it takes fewer than 20 pieces of plastic to be ingested, to kill a turtle.
Fight to protect Australian bee and other industries
Biosecurity teams in North Queensland are combing Townsville suburbs to protect Australian bee and horticultural industries from the threat of varroa mite.
Heart disease study looks at calcium build-up to assess risk, pathways of care
An Australian-first trial will use CT scans to determine how soon a heart attack could occur and compare approaches to managing their care.
Transgender, intersex people call for Queensland birth certificate reforms
Queensland transgender and intersex people are pushing for the right to have their gender recognised on their birth certificate.
New 12-second infant hearing test comes to Queensland
New devices to rapidly test the hearing of newborn babies are being introduced to Queensland in an Australian first.
Baden-Clay: Appeal against murder downgrade to be decided next week
The High Court will next week hand down its decision over whether to return Gerard Baden-Clay’s murder conviction over his wife Allison’s 2012 death.