Veteran performer John Farnham sings rousing rendition of his hit ballad You’re the Voice in a surprise appearance at a Brisbane concert raising awareness of domestic violence.
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'Buy Queensland first' policy adopted despite free trade agreements
Queensland businesses will be favoured over interstate and international suppliers for state government purchases, even if their price is higher, and regardless of Australian trade agreements, under a new policy being announced today.
Trio jailed over glass-bottle rape of friend at Brisbane party
Three men appear shocked — while their supporters cried out in the court room — as they’re jailed for the rape of a friend at a party in Brisbane, with the sexual assaulted posted online.
High prices driving a 21st century gold rush
New gold mines are being opened and old ones revived as miners seek to capitalise on high prices.
Brisbane bus drivers, council still at loggerheads after peak hour strike
Bus services return to normal across Brisbane after half of the capital’s drivers walked off the job during Friday’s peak hour, affecting up to 100,000 commuters.
Qantas to ban toxic foam use nationally after Brisbane airport spill
Qantas will stop using potentially toxic firefighting foam in Australia after a spill in the Brisbane River.
Brisbane parents urged to have a Plan B amid peak hour bus strike
A planned four-hour bus driver strike in Brisbane this afternoon is expected to affect more than 120,000 commuters, many of them schoolchildren, as hundreds of union members step up their industrial action.
US sailors restore war widow's backyard
American sailors doing good deeds while on a break from the USS Ronald Reagan do “six months’ work in one morning”, helping a Brisbane war widow restore her backyard.
Tiahleigh's foster brother jailed for lies after pact at secret family meeting
A foster brother of slain Queensland school girl Tiahleigh Palmer is jailed for three months, after admitting he lied about the 12-year-old’s disappearance because of a secret family pact.
Milk to be shipped 2,000km after farmers lose local hospital contract
Milk will be transported from Brisbane to far north Queensland hospitals after Queensland Health ends a supply contract with a local milk processor.