Bluescope profit surges 119pc to $1.6b, but still can't pay corporate tax
Having looked in strife a few years ago, steelmaker Bluescope has continued its remarkable recovery aided by stripped down costs and higher prices.
View ArticleWhy six days immersed in nature is crucial for this school's curriculum
Teachers from Brisbane's Murri School say the annual educational bush camp provides social and emotional benefits for city students.
View Article'I am no hero': Neighbour rescues 71yo woman from Brisbane fire, husband dies
A 72-year-old man dies and his 71-year-old wife is saved by a neighbour who says he is "no hero", after a fire engulfed the elderly couple's home late last night.
View ArticleGiant quilt tells story of everyday life in Queensland's lockdown
Going braless and frantic pizza delivery — the stories of Queenslanders' life under lockdown have been rendered in fabric to form a giant patchwork quilt for the state library.
View ArticleLong waits as hundreds attend coronavirus testing clinics on Brisbane's...
Queensland Health is leading a contact tracing and testing response in Logan and Brisbane's southside encompassing multiple restaurants, two schools and a medical practice after two new COVID-19 cases...
View ArticleTeens accused of 'deceiving' authorities to cross Queensland border, as...
Police allege a trio who travelled from Victoria to Queensland went to "extraordinary lengths to be deceitful" in order to cross the border as Parliament House undergoes a deep clean following a visit...
View ArticleThree Queensland women charged over alleged false border declarations
Three women are charged for allegedly providing false information on their Queensland border declarations, police say, with the trio in quarantine and two testing positive for coronavirus.
View ArticleAfrican Australians feel ostracised by racism directed at women charged with...
The barrage of racist social media comments directed at the three women at the centre of Queensland's coronavirus controversy prompts a member of the African Australian community to speak out.
View ArticleBrisbane aged care residents' COVID-19 tests come back negative, one positive...
Queensland records one new coronavirus case overnight, with Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk saying it is a returned traveller in quarantine.
View ArticleLogan trio among six people in court accused of lying on Queensland border...
In separate court hearings on Brisbane and the Gold Coast, six people face charges of providing false or misleading information on their Queensland border declaration passes.
View ArticleWhen Phay came to Australia, she voted using the first how-to-vote card...
Monisa was 18 and voting for the first time when she realised her mum was simply voting according to whoever handed her a how-to-vote card first. Thousands of migrant Australians find voting a...
View ArticleResidents fight truck driveway, waste recycling facility next to school
Southern Brisbane residents are fighting against the movement of a waste and recycling facility's driveway, used by heavy vehicles, closer to a state school amid safety concerns for students, staff and...
View ArticleTip shops renamed Treasure Troves after 20pc donation spike
Brisbane City Council's two rubbish tip stores have accepted more than 700 bikes, dozens of golf clubs and fishing rods, even a church altar, as lockdown hobbies go by the wayside.
View ArticleA region Brisbane calls its scenic backyard 'will be invaded by nearly 40...
A national multi-billion-dollar rail infrastructure project is moving full steam ahead despite Queensland communities refusing to give up the fight for their "scenic" patch.
View Article'The water took her': Manahil learns to swim after watching her friend drown
Manahil Hassan Hamuda was on her way back to a refugee camp in Africa when tragedy struck. But thanks to a targeted swimming program, she is learning to feel relaxed in the water.
View ArticleBrisbane cinema and Gold Coast apartment building named COVID-19 exposure sites
Authorities warn not all of Queensland's COVID-19 exposure sites are known yet because an infectious Gold Coast man is so unwell, he cannot communicate with contact tracers. Check the growing list here.
View ArticleInvestigation underway into how a COVID positive Gold Coast man got into...
A COVID-19 patient who sparked a health scare on Queensland's Gold Coast after returning from Victoria and being infectious in the community for over a week has links to a Victorian trucking business...
View ArticleQueensland contact tracers have identified new COVID-19 exposure sites. See...
New venues are added to the list of COVID-19 exposure sites by Queensland Health contract tracers, including locations where members of the public are deemed to be close contacts in Brisbane's south.
View ArticleQueensland's COVID exposure sites list grows after new cases recorded
Queenslanders are being urged to regularly monitor the list of exposure venues to help prevent the spread of the virus.
View Article'Appalling' stench as pop-up flood tip at Brisbane park fills with household...
Outraged Brisbane residents blast council and say rotting food and flood waste should have been dumped at two nearby tips instead of at the local park.
View Article'Our mistake': Brisbane council calls mea culpa in using local park to dump...
Brisbane City Council admits it was a mistake to use a local park to dump flood waste, as it faces fresh criticism over waste being dumped at a replacement site.
View ArticleShortage of portaloos clogs up the construction industry as projects take...
Forget timber and labour, building sites are struggling to find another critical type of construction infrastructure.
View Article'It's not only football, it's gathering together': Ramadan Cup competition...
As Muslims across the world prepare to end a month of fasting with the feast of Eid al-Fitr, one Brisbane community wraps up with a unique tradition for Ramadan.
View ArticleLucas' Papaw Ointment batches recalled over threat to immunocompromised
Eleven batches of the widely used product are recalled due to microbiological contamination. Consumers are urged to stop using the product immediately if it is from the affected batches.
View ArticleBrisbane City Council pushes for automated freight rail tunnel for last leg...
Brisbane City Council's new industrial land strategy has identified a need for Inland Rail's last connection to the Port of Brisbane to go underground.
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