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Being dissed in one's home town by treasured Australian musical export Nick Cave, a newly appointed Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia, no less, does not appear to have fazed Lord Mayor Graham Quirk.
It is hard for many Queenslanders to imagine, let alone remember, a time without Kay McGrath on their screens.
When former Queensland premier Anna Bligh was made a companion to the Order of Australia this Australia Day, she had just one regret.
A $122 million Brisbane City Council IT contract will be renegotiated after a systems replacement program was delayed by 18 months, with a potential cost blow-out of up to $60 million.
Over the coming year, three of Brisbane's landmark buildings will disappear from view as they make way for the new Queen's Wharf resort, casino and entertainment precinct.
The state government's controversial lock-out legislation appears set to dominate Brisbane City Council's first meeting of 2017.
American intelligence was warned sending African-American troops to Brisbane under the racist white Australia policy was a "psychological error", while Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen' ill-fated Canberra bid also raised eyebrows in Washington.
Former One Nation senator Rod Culleton's woes have shown no sign of abating, with the Queensland Police Service confirming it was still dealing with allegations he attempted to pervert the course of justice and threatened a Cairns magistrate.
The ex-One Nation Queensland state candidate who was disendorsed following a series of anti-gay social media posts has yet to be in touch with party leader Pauline Hanson, as she mulls running as an independent.
A tribunal has ordered the removal of at least 10 palm trees after a central Queensland neighbourhood dispute that has lasted almost two decades.
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