| Queensland Holds Breath On Super Cyclone But the US Joint Typhoon Warning Centre has the cyclone easing and veering towards the coast in an area between Fraser Island and Airlie Beach on Friday.Ului was situated south of the Solomon Islands... | |
| Coast Cops 'most Griped About' The Courier-Mail can also reveal Gold Coast officers are the most complained about in the state, generating almost 600 complaints in the past 18 months.Figures obtained under Right To Information... |
| Wait And See On Super Cyclone But US Joint Typhoon Warning Centre modelling has the cyclone easing and veering towards the coast in an area between Fraser Island and Airlie Beach on... |
| Cops In Watchhouse Cover-up A coroner's inquest yesterday heard how police failed to carry out routine prisoner checks and then fudged the logbook to cover their tracks.Roy Barnes, 47, suffered a massive brain haemorrhage while... |
| The State's Worst Intersections WORKERS at a Gold Coast DVD store on the state's most dangerous intersection see so many accidents they keep a tow-truck company's phone number posted on the... |
| One Drink Could Tip You Over .02 After one stubbie of heavy beer yesterday at the Breakfast Creek Hotel, petite Jessica Collinson, 19, recorded a reading of .04 twice the cut-off being proposed in a discussion paper targeting... |
| Teen Bids To Be Our Youngest Mp The Liberal National Party has picked the 19-year-old university student as its candidate to contest the Labor-held seat of Longman.Opposition Leader Tony Abbott last week nominated the marginal... |
| Mayor Digs A Hole For Himself The tunnel represents, as Lord Mayor Campbell Newman says, the first step in overcoming the traffic snarls that too often tie up inner Brisbane.Cr Newman deserves congratulations for his role –... |
| Funds Could Be Tied To Planning The federal Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional and Local Government said the Federal Government wanted all states to have 30-year plans by 2012."We're not going to... |
| We Test Drive The New Tunnel They'd been queuing at the Shafston Avenue entrance of the Clem7 tunnel since 7.30pm.Four-year-old Samuel Green has a thing for tunnels and weary-eyed dad, Alwyn, was always going to make his dream... |
| Council Job Pledge To Hit Rates Desley Boyle last week admitted that councils had struggled with the three-year jobs moratorium.But that has not stopped the State Government from committing to another one for water and sewerage... |
| Trucks Forced To Left-hand Lane To Cut Congestion The Queensland Government says trucks could be limited to the left-hand lanes of many of the state's highways if a trial on Brisbane's southside reduces traffic congestion. Truck drivers face $40... |
| More Complaints Over ' Botched Surgery' Cairns surgeon Isolde Hertess is alleged to have mishandled numerous procedures including breast implants, face lifts, tummy tucks and liposuction.The highly trained specialist last year was served... |
| 'botched Surgery' Claims Grow Cairns surgeon Isolde Hertess is alleged to have mishandled numerous procedures including breast implants, face lifts, tummy tucks and liposuction.The highly trained specialist last year was served... |
| Dams At 97.2 Per Cent SOUTHEAST Queensland dams continue to prosper from last week's big wet with the combined total of Wivenhoe, Somerset and North Pine dams at 97.2 per... |
| Springborg Grows Qld's Largest Pumpkin Queensland's Deputy Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg has become a prize-winning farmer, growing the state's largest pumpkin. He has won the giant pumpkin competition at his local show at... |
| Brisbane To Host Davis Cup Tie Australia will meet Japan in its next Asia/Oceania Group I tie in Brisbane with a purpose-built clay court to be used at the Queensland Tennis Centre. Brisbane has not hosted a Davis Cup tie since... |
| Clem7 Toll Discounts Could Be Extended Opening tonight... the Clem7 tunnel Discounted tolls for the new Clem7 tunnel may extend beyond May 9, tunnel operators RiverCity Motorway confirmed this morning. After tonight's opening, the... |
| Unions Oppose Qr Sale After Resources Council Meeting The mining sector says it hopes the State Government will change its mind about how to sell parts of Queensland Rail (QR). Coal companies want to bypass a public float with a direct offer to buy... |
| Teen Critical After Falling From Moving Car A 17-year-old boy remains in a critical condition in the Gold Coast hospital after falling from a moving car at Banora Point. Police say the teenager jumped onto the back of a stranger's car and... |
| Flood Aiders Robbed While Helping Victims BOATING and fisheries patrol officers were robbed while they were helping people overcome the southern Queensland floods at... |
| Flooded Town Stranded For Another Week THE town of Dirranbandi in southern Queensland remains isolated by flood waters and will have to receive supplies by air for at least another week, Balonne Shire mayor Donna Stewart... |
| Missing Tooth Man Attacks Girl He spoke to the girl as she continued walking. He then grabbed her on the arm and she hit his hand several times forcing him to lose his grip.The man then grabbed her from behind forcing her to the... |
| Little Support So Far For Lower Drink-driving Limits The Queensland Government is pressing ahead with community consultation on reducing the drink-driving blood-alcohol limit to 0.02, despite widespread opposition to the plan. It estimates one-in-five... |
| Politican Sets Giant Pumpkin Record LIBERAL National Party deputy leader Lawrence Springborg and his family have nurtured the biggest pumpkin recorded in Queensland - a monster weighing... |
| Thousands Of Wild Horses Shot To Save Park THOUSANDS of wild horses will be killed in western Queensland by a new government squad trained to shoot the animals in the heart and... |
| Clem7 Discounts May Stay RiverCity Motorways said the discounted toll period may be extended past May 9, and the toll for the tunnel would be reviewed after the two-month introductory period.A spokesman for RiverCity said... |
| Pollie's Pumpkin A Record NATIONAL Party stalwart Lady Flo Bjelke-Petersen had her pumpkin scones - now Lawrence Springborg has come up with the best way to grow the key... |
| Clem 7 Toll Discounts Extended Opening tonight... the Clem7 tunnel Discounted tolls for the new Clem7 tunnel may extend beyond May 9, tunnel operators RiverCity Motorway confirmed this morning. After tonight's opening, the... |
| Qld Government Pushes Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Bid Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says the State Government will push ahead with plans to host the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Ms Bligh says $11 million will be spent bidding for the games in... |
| Blaze Cool About Club Future Gold Coast Blaze chief executive Dave Claxton says he is confident the club will meet the criteria for inclusion in the next NBL season. The NBL Commission is considering submissions from interested... |
| Heritage Costs Deter Businesses: Report A property valuation firm says heritage costs associated with maintaining buildings in Toowoomba's CBD makes it harder for new businesses to buy into the city centre. Heron Todd White's monthly... |
| Volunteers Vital For Flood Warning Centre Queensland's Flood Warning Centre says there are lessons to be learnt from this month's record floods across the state. Many towns in southern and central Queensland have been affected and flood... |
| Man To Front Court Over Robbery, Assault One of two men charged over a weekend assault and robbery in Surfers Paradise is due to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court this morning. Police say they received reports an 18-year-old man... |
| Council Amalgamations Still To Reveal Benefits Today is the second anniversary of Queensland's controversial council amalgamations. In March 2007, the State Government reduced the number of regional councils from 156 to 72. The Local Government... |
| 12 Queenslanders Honoured With Bravery Awards Twelve Queenslanders who saved others from fire, floods or violence have received Australian Bravery Awards. Among them was David Coker, who received his award for protecting his girlfriend who was... |
| Bullies Become Part Of Solution SCHOOLYARD bullies go from being the problem to part of the solution in a strategy that research shows has had a 90 per cent success... |
| For Better Or Worse Thirty-two amalgamated councils across Queensland turn two years old today. But not everybody is celebrating. Universal opinion is that it's been a tough couple years for amalgamated councils since... |
| Don't Mention The 's' Word Eye to the finals? Ewen McKenzie not getting carried away just yet. Shhhhh..... don't mention the "s" word. And just like that, Queensland Reds coach Ewen McKenzie pulled the ripcord on any talk of... |
| No Melbourne Rebellion For Reds' Star Backrower On the day the Melbourne Rebels are given free rein to begin their player raids on rival provinces, the Queensland Reds have been given an early vote of confidence with rampaging backrower Scott... |
| The Clem7, By The Numbers About 50,000 people are expected to walk through Brisbane's first major road tunnel today. The Clem7, which runs up to 60 metres underground from the RNA Exbition Grounds at Bowen Hills to Ipswich... |
| Clarke Urges End To Water Bans Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke says latest water use figures for south-east Queensland are further proof that people can be trusted with their consumption. The average daily consumption last week was... |
| Firefighter Recovering After Fatal Blaze A firefighter is recovering well in hospital after collapsing at the scene of a fatal unit block fire on the Gold Coast. He was trying to save a 47-year-old woman who died in the blaze at Surfers... |
| Brisbane's Clem7 Tunnel Opening Tonight Brisbane's largest infrastructure project, the CLEM7 tunnel, officially opens tonight. The 4.8 kilometre tunnel, the longest road tunnel in Australia, runs under the Brisbane River and connects... |
| Cyclone Closes In On Queensland Coast At 4am (AEST) today, Cyclone Ului was located in the Coral Sea 1500km north-east of Mackay.It built up rapidly from a category three on Saturday to a category five yesterday morning, but is now... |
| Teens Rescued From Fatal Swimming Site TWO teenagers were rescued from a popular tourist spot near Cairns in far north Queensland yesterday after a drowning at the same site on... |
| Clem7 To Open Tonight Brisbane's new Clem7 tunnel. Brisbane's new 6.8 kilometre Clem 7 tunnel will open tonight, Lord Mayor Campbell Newman's office has confirmed. Tunnel builders RiverCity Motorway originally... |
