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Lord Mayor Graham Quirk says Brisbane City Council has achieved carbon neutrality.

BCC goes 100 per cent carbon neutral

At a time when green power was becoming increasingly divisive in conservative politics, Brisbane City Council's Liberal National Party administration has boasted of its 100 per cent carbon neutrality.

Jo-Jo's has been a mainstay of the Queen Street Mall for decades.

Jo-Jo's, Stefan's Brisbane institution, to close March 5

Jo-Jo's Restaurant, a Queen Street Mall landmark for 37 years, will close its doors next month, its flamboyant owner Stefan Ackerie announced on Wednesday.

Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls' LNP will introduce the private members' bill this week,

LNP puts forward tougher DV bail laws, including GPS tracking

Alleged domestic violence offenders would be forced to wear GPS trackers under legislation set to be introduced by the Queensland opposition this week.

Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls says preference deals were a matter for the LNP state executive.

LNP leader Tim Nicholls keeps One Nation deal on the table

Queensland Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls has not ruled out his Liberal National Party preferencing One Nation ahead of Labor at this year's state election.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will extend trading hours in the state.

Palaszczuk government backs extended trading hours

Trading hours are set to be standardised across the state, with inconsistent rules about when certain types of businesses could trade set to be simplified, allowing early morning weekend trips to the hardware store and car purchases on Sundays.

Child rapist Christopher Colin Watkins will remain behind bars 'indefinitely'.

Child rapist to be kept behind bars 'indefinitely'

A convicted child rapist will remain behind bars indefinitely, despite serving out his sentence, after the Supreme Court of Queensland ruled he posed a threat to the community.

Former Queensland premier Peter Beattie sees many parallels between One Nation's rise in 1998 and resurgence in 2017.

Beattie's key to beating One Nation: Fight them in the regions

Former Queensland Labor premier Peter Beattie has drawn many parallels between the right-wing party's current ascendency and the one he stared down in the 1990s.

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 11: Prolife march in Brisbane on February 11, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by ...

One Nation senator claims UN abortion agenda at Brisbane rally

Abortion is part of an "anti-life agenda" led by the United Nations, One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts told a pro-life rally in the stifling Brisbane sun on Saturday afternoon.

Mikey, the ginger cat shot with an arrow that was found at Calamvale, receiving treatment at the RSPCA's animal hospital ...

Mikey the cat recovering well after being shot by arrow

An arrow that pieced through a ginger cat has been successfully removed, with the moggy named Mikey by RSPCA staff well on the way to a full recovery.

Despite the arrow having passed through its body, the cat was still remarkably agile.

Relief as rescuers find ginger moggy, shot through the body with an arrow

Animal welfare officers have found and rescued a cat on Brisbane's southside, after the ginger male moggy was spotted with an arrow through its body.