Community worries Deputy Premier Jackie Trad will not make significant changes to a controversial $800 million Brisbane development despite seizing planning control from the Council.
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Witness to Wayne Dover's fatal bashing 'intimidated' by friends of accused, court told
A witness to a fatal bashing on the Sunshine Coast tells a Brisbane court she has been “intimidated” by friends of the men on trial for manslaughter.
Rainbow colouring puts bright spin on Brisbane barista's coffee art
Splashing some colour into cups of coffee catapults a Brisbane barista into social media stardom, with “Rainbow Coffees” taking Emily Coumbis’s Instagram following to nearly 15,000 people.
Queensland crime laws tabled, Government chasing crossbench support for bill
Sweeping changes to Queensland’s organised crime laws are introduced into State Parliament in Brisbane ahead of a lengthy period of consultation and debate.
Wacol siege: Former factory worker arrested after 10 hour stand-off
A former factory worker who allegedly threatened staff at a west Brisbane food processing plant is arrested after a 10 hour stand-off with police.
Tiahleigh Palmer: Car seized over school girl's 2015 death
Almost 11 months after Queensland school girl Tiahleigh Palmer’s body was found on the banks of the Pimpama River, police investigating her death seize a car for forensic examination.
Brisbane Broncos star James Roberts found guilty at NRL judiciary
Brisbane Broncos centre James Roberts is found guilty of a contrary conduct charge at the NRL judiciary.
Strawberry trial to cut labour costs and chemical use
Piata Farms’ experiment taking strawberries out of the ground and growing them in gutters.
Youth crime program reducing re-offending
The recent focus on youth justice has highlighted problems in the detention system, but now a Brisbane conference has heard about a program that’s helping to reduce re-offending. A joint Griffith University and Queensland Government-funded service works with the state’s worst juvenile sex offenders and their families in their own community. It has seen reduced rates of both sexual and other violent crimes among program participants.
Wilston's flowering trees attract 50,000 flying foxes to parklands
An unseasonably warm winter sees more than 50,000 bats take up residence in a suburb in Brisbane’s north.