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'Australia' signs from Expo '88 for sale after spending years in cow paddock
Brisbane debates the fate of its “Australia” signs from Expo ’88 after high school students post it for sale on social media.
Driveway parks Facebook page shut down by Commonwealth Games organisers
Commonwealth Games organisers request Facebook shut down a page helping Gold Coast residents rent out driveway parking during the Games, complaining that it breached intellectual property laws.
Illegal border crossings, risky retrievals among sleuthing secrets of this private investigator
Veteran private investigator Keith Schafferius, bespectacled and greying, does not look like a super sleuth but his working history reads something like the script of a Hollywood blockbuster.
Coral Sea low unlikely to turn cyclonic as heavy weather heads for Queensland coast
A tropical low in the Coral Sea is unlikely to intensify into a cyclone, but the system will still bring gale-force winds and dangerous surf to the Sunshine and Gold coasts later this week.
Driving with your dog on your lap? That'll be $294
Having your arm and leg out the window, having the dog on your lap — these are the lesser-known rules of the road to know before you cop a fine.
With several Queensland councils in crisis, what is going so wrong?
It seems every week there is a new scandal at a Queensland council, and despite the State Government promising a crackdown on developer donations, experts warn that could just be a band-aid solution.
Teen stabbed to death over $160 drug deal, court hears
An accused murderer “flipped out” and attacked a 16-year-old with a kitchen knife, causing him to bleed to death in minutes after a drug deal gone wrong, prosecutors tell a Brisbane court.
Brisbane's expensive suburbs among big losers in price as Gold Coast surges ahead: REIQ finds
Several of Brisbane’s more expensive suburbs suffer hefty falls in their median property prices, but the Gold Coast is among the nation’s top 10 for growth.
Wedding trends put pressure on sourcing cut wildflower industry
Wildflower growers struggle to meet a surge in demand and are calling for more growers.