Builders bungle school hall height
Kristian Silva 1:00 AM A Queensland school has won more than $505,000 in compensation after architects built the ceiling on a basketball hall so low that players' shots would hit the lights.
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Schoolie in coma after bashing
![Police said the victim was punched and spat on during the alleged attack.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/1/1/s/b/o/h/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl9bw9.png/1448594347851.jpg)
Kristian Silva and Ed Jackson 1:15 PM NSW school-leavers charged after teen attacked on Cavill Ave.
Girl, 14, 'raped six times': police
![Police have charged a man with the rape of a 14-year-old girl.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/6/j/2/k/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl9lh9.png/1448588235208.jpg)
Kristian Silva 12:37 PM Police say girl was raped six times in Moreton Bay region.
Unions shouldn't pick leader: Dick
![Health Minister Cameron Dick.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/h/i/c/q/z/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl9jpu.png/1448585774146.jpg)
11:56 AM Health minister says parliamentary leader to be decided without unions.
Hunt approves state's largest windfarm
![Environmental conditions to include measures to protect quolls and bats.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/7/g/9/x/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl9jd8.png/1448585387323.jpg)
11:49 AM Environmental conditions included protecting quoll and bats.
Caltex fined after Brisbane refinery dust smothers cars
![A chemical release at the Port of Brisbane's Caltex refinery has resulted in a $60,000 fine.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/z/r/v/g/j/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl96lf.png/1448582252284.jpg)
Tony Moore 10:50 AM BP's Caltex Refinery at the Port of Brisbane has been fined $60,000 after almost 90 tonnes of white dust was released in May 2014, covering cars and workers.
Missing man and woman may be on Sunshine Coast
![Police believe Lee Powell and Kathleen Hockey may be on the Sunshine Coast.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/8/u/0/k/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl8u3e.png/1448578382593.jpg)
Amy Mitchell-Whittington 9:53 AM A man and a woman, who went missing from the South Burnett region last week, could be in the Sunshine Coast, police say.
Woman drowns in Gold Coast pool
![The death of a woman in a Gold Coast swimming pool is not being considered suspicious.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/1/k/o/2/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl9dd2.png/1448577381471.jpg)
Kristian Silva 9:36 AM Man finds woman in early hours of Friday morning.
Hail drives motorists to speed
![Almost half Queensland drivers admit speeding to avoid hail damage, according to the RACQ.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/9/b/l/o/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl9bkf.png/1448571193402.jpg)
7:53 AM Almost half admit planting their foot to avoid hail damage: RACQ.
Brisbane bus commuters set for a rear entry trial
![Lord Mayor Graham Quirk hopes new measures will improve bus efficiency on busy Adelaide Street.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/q/6/x/n/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl97j8.png/1448536380012.jpg)
Cameron Atfield 1:00 AM Inner-city commuters will be able to board buses via the back door in a trial set to be announced on Friday.
Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2015: winners announced
![The Gulls writer/director Ella Manzheeva (left) and Actress Evgeniya Mandzhieva.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/9/7/n/y/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl97f8.png/1448533866606.jpg)
Amy Mitchell-Whittington 11:15 PM While Australia's music industry rolled out the red carpet in Sydney for the ARIAs, Brisbane had it's own red carpet affair as international stars strolled into City Hall for the Brisbane Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
A year on from Brisbane's freak hail storm
![Damage caused by the ferocious storm that struck Brisbane in November 2014.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/1/1/w/8/s/p/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl94so.png/1448579351736.jpg)
Cameron Atfield 1:00 AM This Friday marks a year since Brisbane's most savage hail storm in three decades left a trail of destruction across the city.
Can shark punching Mick Fanning snap up tourists?
![Mick Fanning has carved waves all over the world but still says the Gold Coast has "some of the best beaches in the world".](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/l/y/m/e/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl94is.png/1448526381982.jpg)
Tony Moore 1:00 AM The Gold Coast surfer who this year punched a great white shark in the back as it tried to attack him, is now part of very local Gold Coast social media campaign.
Carpet python found eating flying fox
![The carpet python was a third of the way through when Ryan Francis snapped this picture.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/8/y/o/g/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl8yr9.png/1448523635069.jpg)
Amy Mitchell-Whittington 5:24 PM Queensland ecologist stumbles upon carpet python tucking into winged midnight snack.
Brisbane Lions' Lewis Taylor charged over $10,000 damage to eight vehicles
![Lewis Taylor edged Western Bulldog Marcus Bontempelli by one vote to claim the prestigious award last year.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/f/m/r/3/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl8yoq.png/1448518229701.jpg)
Andrew Thomson 5:20 PM Brisbane Lions player Lewis Taylor has been charged with causing $10,000 damage after eight vehicles were trashed at Mortlake 13 months ago.
Qld lawyer wants paid leave for abusers
![A Gold Coast lawyer is calling on the premier to extend the domestic violence leave policy to include perpetrators.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/1/m/d/b/0/c/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl8wgh.png/1448523827622.jpg)
4:31 PM A Gold Coast lawyer wants the government to offer extra paid leave to public servants who are abusive towards their partners so they can seek counselling.
Car chase teens part of juvenile crime gang: police
![Police laid road spikes to stop this stolen car near Townsville early Thursday morning.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/8/q/g/g/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl8ueh.png/1448516570241.jpg)
Kim Stephens 4:11 PM Nine teenagers caught in a stolen car near Townsville in the early hours of Thursday were part of a juvenile crime gang that went on a four-day theft spree across much of northern Queensland, police have alleged.
Hinchliffe doesn't deny cabinet hopes
![Former Bligh minister Stirling Hinchliffe.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/9/o/c/g/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl8ls1.png/1448512103334.jpg)
3:27 PM Former minister considered a shoe-in for Cabinet post.
Sand 'sinkhole' starting to disappear
![A sinkhole has opened on North Stradbroke Island.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/8/k/i/l/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl8jhd.png/1448522119540.jpg)
Amy Mitchell-Whittington 3:16 PM A section of beach that fell into the sea on North Stradbroke Island is starting to reappear.
Up to five involved in Dufty death: police
![Police have charged two men over the murder of Greg Dufty.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/c/v/a/i/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl8ie8.png/1448509162415.jpg)
Kristian Silva Officers closing in on location of Gold Coast man's body.
Almost 100 schoolies patients in one night
![Calls for an ambulance in the Surfers Paradise party precinct have largely related to dehydration and heat stroke.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/4/m/3/z/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl8hu7.png/1448083180334.jpg)
Kim Stephens Paramedics have had their busiest night so far at this year's Gold Coast schoolies celebrations, responding to nearly 100 calls for assistance.
Third man charged with Dufty murder
![Police have charged two men over the murder of Greg Dufty.](/web/20151127032419im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/i/c/v/a/i/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl89y7.png/1448495534937.jpg)
Kim Stephens Gold Coast father allegedly killed over drug debt in July.