By Sarah McVeigh After years of going along to council meetings hoping to champion the cause of skateboarding in Brisbane, it became clear to ex-professional skater Scott Shearer there is power in numbers. So came the birth of the Brisbane …
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By Sarah McVeigh Queensland Reds coach Ewen McKenzie has named an unchanged starting line-up for this Sunday’s clash against the Crusaders at Lang Park.
Brisbane was cloaked in a blanket of fog causing major headaches for commuters both on the roads and on the river this morning. The thick fog enveloped the river city with a maximum visibility of only 100 metres at around …
Four months on, and finally schools are back in around Brisbane. The last school to re-open after the January floods was the Milperra State High School and Premier Anna Bligh and Education Minister Cameron Dick greeted students as they made …
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A peaceful bush retreat and wildlife haven has been spared by the diversion of a new sewerage pipeline. The project was originally planned to go through the Bunyaville State Park Forest but Unitywater and Queensland Urban Utilities have come up …
The Opposition is calling for a Parliamentary inquiry to sort out what it says is a crisis in our detention centres. They say an inquiry is the best way to discover the extent of problems inside the immigration detention network. …
By Sarah McVeigh Loganlea High School was awarded Queensland’s healthiest school and received a cash prize of $250,000 at a ceremony at Parliament House today. Cassowary Regional Council took out $750,000 in the ‘healthiest community’ category and the Playgroup Association …
By Sarah McVeigh Five people have been arrested after police raided illegal call-out prostitution organisations across Brisbane. Police raided businesses and homes in East Brisbane, Fortitude Valley and Calamvale last Thursday and Friday, following a 10-month investigation by taskforce Operation …
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By Briony Skinner, Sarah McVeigh Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health in the United States say drinking coffee can reduce the risk of prostate cancer. The study monitored coffee consumption of more than 47,000 American men over a 22-year …
By Frank Carmine, Sarah McVeigh Flooding across parts of Australia, Sri Lanka and the United States occurs due to natural causes, experts say. Newcastle University Department of Climatological Studies head Dr Stuart Franks said the floods happening across the world …