Queensland Rail is aiming to have 200 new drivers on the tracks by the end of next year, but the operator’s boss admits they have only had a small net increase in staff since mass cancellations and disruptions that brought the network to a halt in late 2016.
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Teen drone racer turns hobby into a career with Australian-first traineeship
Sam Hadley is ranked as one of the top drone racers in Australia, now his ability has won him what is believed to be the first traineeship in the Australian UAV industry.
Exploring decades of development with the wave of your hand
From flooding to the creep of urban sprawl, you can explore 30 years of Brisbane development at this year’s World Science Festival.
Snake falls prey to kookaburra in backyard feed
The hunter becomes the hunted when a kookaburra gets its claws on a snake, bashing it against a wall as it makes a meal out of the reptile in a video captured on the Sunshine Coast.
Brisbane's Eagle Street to be transformed under 'city-shaping' proposal
Development company Dexus proposes to resume parts of Eagle Street in order to build a new new waterfront hub, with two new towers and about 1.5 hectares of public space.
No guarantees as Dogs, Lions bid for glory in AFLW grand final
There’s been plenty of drama around the AFLW grand final — can the Lions add another twist to the script by spoiling the Bulldogs’ bid for redemption?
Surfers pining for good old days build boards from scratch
It takes four days of patient gluing, shaping and sanding for these surfers to realise their dream of riding their own wooden surfboard.
Retrieving Whitsunday helicopter wreckage may take weeks, authorities say
Recovery efforts for a helicopter that crashed off the Whitsundays in north Queensland, killing two people, will be difficult, the ATSB says. The chopper is sitting 58 metres underwater in the Great Barrier Reef marine park area amid worsening weather conditions.
Whitsunday chopper victims were on honeymoon
John ‘Pete’ Hansel, 79, and his 65-year-old wife Sue were a “happy, bubbly” couple excited about their trip to the Great Barrier Reef, say friends who are mourning their deaths.
NRL will tear up Matt Lodge's contract if he doesn't start paying compensation
The NRL warns Matt Lodge his Brisbane Broncos contract was contingent on him repaying the victims of his drunken New York City rampage.