Anna Meares, one of the country’s most decorated Olympians, take the first lap around the $59-million international cycling venue officially named after today, ready for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
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Brisbane Airport loses runway lights after severe thunderstorms tear over south-east Queensland
International and domestic flights are diverted and some are forced to wait to land after this afternoon’s wild storms took out the runway lights at Brisbane Airport.
Supanova: What motivates cosplayers to become someone else for a day?
Thousands flock to Brisbane’s Supanova pop culture convention, many of them in costumes they have spent the past months or even years working on, to meet and mingle with like-minded people.
Thunderstorms forecast for south-east Queensland
Severe thunderstorms fire up across south-east Queensland for the second day in a row, with damaging winds and large hailstones hitting areas north of Brisbane.
Youth detention centre riot ringleaders flown to Brisbane, face serious criminal charges
The ringleaders of a riot at the Cleveland Youth Detention Centre in Townsville are flown to Brisbane where they are expected to face criminal charges, with some youth justice workers caught up in Thursday’s incident “too traumatised to return to work yet”.
Gold Coast man who killed infant daughter jailed, eligible for parole in early 2017
A man convicted of killing his baby daughter could be out of jail within months, after being set a non-parole period of three-and-a-half years in the Supreme Court in Brisbane.
Brisbane woman charged with torture, grevious bodily harm of underfed baby daughter
A Brisbane mother accused of underfeeding her baby, and trying to raise public funds for the girl’s recovery, faces court charged with torture, grievous bodily harm, and fraud.
Witness tells Dubois murder trial police mistrust kept him quiet for 30 years
A former criminal associate of Garry Dubois tells a Brisbane court his mistrust of police prevented him coming forward sooner about the 1974 killings of Barbara McCulkin and her two daughters.
Evidence woman charged over 2004 murders of brother and sister tried to interfere with witness
A woman charged with the cold case murders of a young mother and her brother in Deception Bay is denied bail in Brisbane following evidence she tried to interfere with a witness.
Mark Ryan promoted to Police Minister, Bill Byrne moved to agriculture portfolio
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s “minor change” to her Cabinet is official, with Morayfield MP Mark Ryan swearing in as Police and Emergency Services Minister, and Bill Byrne as the new Agriculture Minister.