Brisbane Times

Sunshine and warm weather have tantilised our southern neighbours as Queensland takes out eight of the top 10 regional school holiday destinations in Australia.

Geeks and hacks, gather round. It's your triennial time to shine – election night, the end of eight weeks of countrywide cavorting.

‪#‎COMMENT‬: Tony, you promised.
When Tony Abbott was shoulder-barged out of the prime ministership by his well-suited, poll-citing rival, he told the nation there would be "no wrecking, no undermining and no sniping" of Malcolm Turnbull's leadership.

After a parliamentary inquiry agreed the video games industry in Australia was under-funded and worthy of more government support, Senator Scott Ludlum has announced that the Greens party will follow through on that support.

Less than a day before polls open Nick Xenophon - buzzing through Adelaide in his tiny, filthy Toyota Yaris to his last press conference of the campaign - insists he will emerge a king-maker tomorrow night.

It's a heavyweight clash between the Brisbane Broncos and the Melbourne Storm. Follow all of the action live.

Fairfax photographers Andrew Meares and Alex Ellinghausen have been with Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten MP each and every one of the 54 days between the election being called and poling day.

Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop could get off scot free for using her mobile phone while driving in Perth on Thursday, after the WA police said it needed a member of the public to make an complaint before it can investigate it.

In true Quizlander fashion, this week's quiz has very little to do with politics. You'll have enough of that on Saturday.

Teneriffe festival, an international marathon, country show and a federal election headline a big weekend for south east Queensland.

Adapted from one of John Le Carré best selling novels, Our Kind of Traitor features a quality ensemble cast, international locations and cinematography to die for and a gripping and fast paced thriller with timely contemporary themes.

To be or not to be - that is the Queensland Human Rights Act question.
Having made the commitment to investigate whether Queensland needed a bill of rights, the parliamentary legal affairs committee set off to investigate the pros and cons for the state.

MYER is considering legal action after another Telstra outage left its stores unable to process card payments during the last day of the financial year.

Sisters-in-Law: Social media use is reaching prolific levels and with it cyberbullying, harassment and online trolling is becoming more commonplace.

But if you are a target what can you legally do to protect yourself?

Global car giant Nissan will terminate its sponsorship deal with The Footy Show at the end of the 2016 AFL season in the wake of Sam Newman's scathing rebuke of Age journalist Caroline Wilson.

Nobody knows how many crocodiles there are in North Queensland but early signs are there are more than there used to be. A $5.8 million review is under way following the death of NSW woman Cindy Waldron, 46, who was taken at Thornton Beach.

7.30 host Leigh Sales has made public the disturbing online abuse directed at her during the election campaign.

A rescue is underway to help a teenager who climbed up a cliff on Brisbane's Stradbroke Island and could not get down.

A Queensland-led team is working to turn the offcuts from Australia's $2 billion sugar industry into a clean gas that could be used to fuel vehicles.

6. The Queensland factor
Bottom line: if it becomes clear the swing is not on in Queensland, the speeches could come early on Saturday night.