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RAAF flyovers, 400 drones and 12 tonnes of fireworks. Here's your guide to Riverfire 2024
Queensland's largest firework display is set to light up the sky and kick off this year's Brisbane Festival with a bang. Here's what you need to know.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Carnivals and Festivals
Renters 'scared for what summer will bring' as bureau predicts record-breaking months ahead
Renters are dreading record-breaking temperatures as advocates warn more heat-related deaths will happen without regulations to make homes easier and more efficient to cool.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Heatwaves
Damaging wind gusts blowing potential record winter heat to Sydney and Brisbane
Multiple wind warnings have been re-issued for south-east Australia as another powerful cold front approaches from the Southern Ocean.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Weather
Temporary closure of Walter Taylor Bridge reignites debate over need for duplicate river crossing
The heritage-listed bridge in Brisbane's west will close for more than two weeks in September to allow for maintenance, but the move has reignited concerns about traffic in the area.
Published: Source: ABC Radio BrisbaneTopic: Infrastructure Policy
Family of slain police officer say her final message was withheld from them for months
The families of Constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold tell an inquest into their deaths they are "forever broken".
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Police
Duration: 2 minutes 46 seconds
Two bodies found at property in Brisbane's north
Officers attended a property on Kentville Street at Mitchelton this morning and discovered the bodies of two people.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Police
Police release new photos in search for man after hot coffee poured on baby at Brisbane park
The nine-month-old baby was with his family at Hanlon Park around midday on Tuesday, when it's alleged an unknown man approached them and poured hot liquid on the baby.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Police
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
Paranoia, hideouts and 'the Rubicon': What we've learned from the Wieambilla shooting inquest
A marathon five-week inquest into the devastating Wieambilla shootings, which claimed the lives of two young police officers and an innocent neighbour, has reached its final day.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Police
Brisbane's Queen's Wharf opens today amid questions about its lead partner Star Entertainment Group
Nearly nine years in the making and billed as one of the biggest developments of its type on the planet, Brisbane's $3.6 billion Queen's Wharf precinct throws open its doors to the public today.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Gambling
Ballistic police vest would not have saved officer killed at Wieambilla, inquest hears
It's the fifth and final week of an inquest into the 2022 tragedy, which claimed the life of two police officers and a neighbour.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Police Sieges
Has music changed or does every generation feel this way?
Professor of Musicology and co-host of the podcast 'Switched on Pop', Nathaniel Sloan, catches up with Pav to show us how listening to today's music might help us better understand the world around us.
Published: Source: ListenTopic: Music (Arts and Entertainment)
Duration: 34 minutes 46 seconds
Cyclists, scooter riders banned ahead of new Brisbane bridge's opening
The Neville Bonner Bridge, which connects the Queen's Wharf precinct in the Brisbane CBD to South Bank, is expected to cater to 10,000 pedestrians each day.
Published: Source: ABC Radio BrisbaneTopic: Infrastructure
There's now a cure for Hepatitis C. Finding the people who need it is the challenge
Hepatitis C attacked Dennis Maby's liver over two decades and nearly claimed his life. Now clear of the disease he's urging other people to get tested.
Published: Source: 7.30Topic: Health
Duration: 8 minutes
Basketball star says he's lucky to be alive as one-punch attacker is jailed
Former NBL player Harry Froling is hoping to defy the odds to return to the court after he suffered a brain injury in a one-punch assault. His attacker was jailed for more than a year for the attack outside a nightclub in Wollongong.
Published: Source: ABC IllawarraTopic: Sport
Duration: 15 seconds
Inspector finds children locked in rooms with no toilet or running water at Queensland youth detention centre
Queensland's Inspector of Detention Services has investigated youth detention in the state and made 15 recommendations to address human rights concerns.
Published: Source: ABC North QldTopic: Prisons and Punishment
Baby burned after stranger allegedly threw hot coffee in 'deliberate' attack at a Brisbane park
The baby boy was with his family in a park at Stones Corner when an unknown man allegedly approached them and poured boiling coffee over the infant.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Crime
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
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