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| UpdatedThe controversial $800 million West Village project in West End is officially approved, setting local member and Deputy Premier Jackie Trad up for a battle with the Greens for her seat at the next election.
Topics: government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, west-end-4101, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe Human Rights Commission hits back at claims it is mishandling complaints under the Racial Discrimination Act, confirming it had no involvement with a controversial court case against Queensland University of Technology students.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, federal-government, community-and-society, brisbane-4000, australia
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| UpdatedA baby koala called Alfred is in good health after being found in a zipped canvas bag by police after they arrested a 50-year-old woman in Brisbane's south.
Topics: community-and-society, human-interest, animals, crime, police, brisbane-4000, wishart-4122, qld
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| UpdatedAsbestos-contaminated soil is being removed from around the Leslie Harrison Dam on Brisbane's bayside by dam operator Seqwater, which insists there is no threat to local drinking water.
Topics: water-supply, water-management, water-pollution, asbestos, land-pollution, capalaba-4157
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| UpdatedGarry Reginald Dubois pleads not guilty to the 1974 murder of Barbara McCulkin and her two daughters, Vicki and Leanne, while questions are raised about the reliability of a key witness in the trial.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, police, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, brisbane-4000, qld, torbanlea-4662, warwick-4370
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There are fears this summer could be the deadliest yet for Australian 'party drug' takers, with hundreds of new and unpredictable substances on the market, one of which a Brisbane woman tells the ABC "terrified" her.
Topics: drug-use, health, drug-education, education, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, drug-offences, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, southport-4215, vic
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Stirling Hinchliffe is to keep his job as Commonwealth Games Minister because Commonwealth nations would not like a change of minister this close to the Games, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.
Topics: public-sector, alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, commonwealth-games-organising-committee, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, redcliffe-4020
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| UpdatedQueensland University of Technology law lecturer Gordon Douglas Chalmers is charged with child sex offences, including using a carriage service to groom and procure children and using it to access child pornography.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedIpswich Mayor Paul Pisasale criticises his own council for compliance shortcomings in a long-running stench saga at Swanbank, while Bundamba MP Jo-Ann Miller calls for State Government action.
Topics: local-government, people, activism-and-lobbying, public-sector, states-and-territories, ipswich-4305, qld, australia
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There will be no more changes to the city train timetable for the rest of the year after weeks of frustration for commuters, with 333 fewer services to run Monday to Friday per week, Queensland Rail says.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, unions, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, redcliffe-4020, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215
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Jamie Maclaren's second goal in as many games was all the Roar needed to book a third successive win and rise to second on the ladder after a quality display against Melbourne City.
Topics: soccer, sport, brisbane-4000, melbourne-3000
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A former coal miner who has unwillingly become a symbol of black lung disease details his plight, telling a state parliamentary committee there are moments he no longer wants to live.
Topics: community-and-society, health, environmental-health, health-policy, health-administration, occupational-health-and-safety, diseases-and-disorders, rural, mining-rural, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, ipswich-4305, qld
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| UpdatedA judge throws out a case against three Queensland University of Technology students who were accused of racially vilifying an Indigenous woman in 2013.
Topics: courts-and-trials, discrimination, federal-parliament, race-relations, university-and-further-education, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedTyrell Cobb's mother Heidi Strbak and her former de facto partner Matthew Ian Scown will stand trial on charges of manslaughter for the four-year-old's death on the Gold Coast in 2009, after the prosecution concedes a murder conviction would be unlikely.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, child-abuse, brisbane-4000, biggera-waters-4216
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| UpdatedIf Australian lifestyle and culture was an emoji set, what would it look like?
Topics: internet-culture, science-and-technology, information-and-communication, mobile-phones, indigenous-culture, lifestyle, human-interest, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA woman charged with the murder of her Brisbane mother (pictured) is remanded in custody after being excused from appearing in court this morning.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, brisbane-4000
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The remains of a Brisbane City Council bus driver who was killed on the job last week are being taken back to India today.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, community-and-society, moorooka-4105, qld, brisbane-4000, india
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| UpdatedQueensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is presented with a sudden opportunity to reshuffle Cabinet after the resignation of Agriculture Minister Leanne Donaldson over a string of personal financial blunders.
Topics: state-parliament, government-and-politics, parliament, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedQueensland Agriculture Minister Leanne Donaldson resigns from Cabinet following a day of mounting revelations about her personal finances.
Topics: government-and-politics, local-government, alp, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedThe daughter of a Macedonian woman who was found bludgeoned to death in her home at The Gap in Brisbane's west has been charged with her murder after handing herself into police.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, police, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedRail commuters can expect another day of frustration tomorrow, with 10 per cent of trains services scrapped in south east Queensland as the timetable debacle continues.
Topics: rail-transport, government-and-politics, community-and-society, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedQueensland Agriculture Minister Leanne Donaldson says the ALP has paid her three-year outstanding Bundaberg City Council rates bill, but promises to repay the party next week.
Topics: government-and-politics, local-government, alp, political-parties, brisbane-4000, qld, bundaberg-4670
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| UpdatedA Queensland researcher hopes to harness the power of the 'runner's high' to help ice addicts kick the habit and reset their sleeping patterns.
Topics: medical-research, drugs-and-substance-abuse, brisbane-4000
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TransLink's interim train timetable for south-east Queensland commuters could be disrupted again on Friday just as it is about to be replaced with a new, more reliable schedule.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, community-and-society, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA Brisbane amputee whose life was changed by a refugee writes to the Prime Minister asking him to rethink proposed migration law changes.
Topics: refugees, immigration, government-and-politics, federal-government, people, human-interest, brisbane-4000