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Brisbane News Live: Teen girl allegedly assaulted at King George Square; Brisbane unit prices at record high; Shark nets removed from Qld beaches
Federal police swoop on suspected members of international crime gang. Queensland’s public service mired in a new and unusual controversy over a GIF in a group chat. Bushfires are continuing to tear through Western Downs.
Perspective
Major parties lay out their election-year plans. How will they get your vote?
The next state election is now a year away, with Labor and the LNP honing their campaigns. We’re keen to know what you want them to focus on.
Matt Dennien
Reporter
King George Square-off: Both sides share blame for city’s summer hellscape
Both Labor and the LNP left us with the King George Square mess. It’s time to end the blame game and fix it.
Cameron Atfield
Journalist
After the Voice, the LNP’s lean, mean division machine finds a new gear
David Crisafulli has sought to differentiate his party’s state team from the brutal politics of their federal counterparts. Then, he embraced it.
Matt Dennien
Reporter
Urban Affairs
Brisbane hailed a ‘dazzling’ destination for 2024
Top travel guide Frommer’s says the transformation of the Brisbane River into a “world-class asset” has made the city a must-see destination.
- by Tony Moore
Perspective
City council
King George Square-off: Both sides share blame for city’s summer hellscape
Both Labor and the LNP left us with the King George Square mess. It’s time to end the blame game and fix it.
- by Cameron Atfield
City Life
Perspective
City life
Yes, Brissie backyards come with snakes. Removing them creates another risk
- by Courtney Kruk
Crime & Courts
‘Great waste of time and money’: Birthday GIF drama exposed by commission
The Queensland public service is mired in a new and unusual controversy after a GIF posted in a group chat was deemed racist and sexually provocative.
- by Sean Parnell
Toolbox murderer jailed by flawed evidence, court told
One of three men jailed for torturing and murdering two Qld drug dealers, whose bodies were found in a toolbox, has appealed against his convictions.
- by Rex Martinich
Politics
Perspective
Queensland votes
Major parties lay out their election-year plans. How will they get your vote?
- by Matt Dennien
Perspective
LNP
After the Voice, the LNP’s lean, mean division machine finds a new gear
- by Matt Dennien
Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Opinion
Olympics
There are Olympic sports ... and then there are golf, tennis and cricket
Debate around which sports warrant inclusion reignites every time the International Olympic Committee rules that one is either in or out.
- by Emma Kemp
‘Reality is a bit different’: Parents react to relocation of Brisbane school
Parents are less than impressed by new plans for East Brisbane State School, which is being forced out of its heritage-listed buildings by the Gabba rebuild.
- by Tony Moore
Transport
Perspective
Brisbane Metro
Journey on BERT: How a metro in name only risks embarrassing Brisbane on the world stage
- by Cameron Atfield