There were two deaths, but only one was tragic
Australians have a history of idolising criminals, but they are people who make a living out of terror and violence.
Australians have a history of idolising criminals, but they are people who make a living out of terror and violence.
As a sports nut, and a one eyed Queenslander at that, I have to say that the State of Origin cult has gone too far.
While George Street may not realise it, the Labor Party government needs to cull crocodiles before the LNP's crocodile policy culls Labor.
Ever since Bill Clinton defeated George Bush in 1992, we have been obsessed by the phrase, "It's the economy, stupid".
There is one thing the National Union of Students can do if it really wants to help struggling students, and railing against governmental reform to have students pay off loans earlier isn't it.
Australians are generous so why are many charities facing oblivion?
One hundred and two years on from the immortal landing by Australians at Anzac Cove, it is well and truly time that we grew up about Anzac Day.
The political feeding frenzy on Anzac Day bears little resemblance to the way most politicians actually treat our veterans.
In all probability, Queensland will ride a flood tide of economic activity over the next 12 months, writes Bill O'Chee.
The recent furore over the importation of powerful pump action shotguns might have been couched in terms of liberty, but there is a dark side just beneath the surface.
Sometimes the person who finds a missing wallet takes the money and the cards, and throws the wallet in the river. Not pleasant, but it does happen.
A University of Queensland proposal to build a bridge to West End instead of making education more affordable says a lot about the pretensions of an institution which has lost its way.
Australians, are tired of politicians who pussy foot around. We want decisiveness. What we want, we are told, is not just strong leadership, but a leader like Vladimir Putin.
If we accept a tax on sugar, next it will be a tax on fatty foods, and then a tax on red meat, and so it will go on until we are eating nothing but unsweetened gruel.
Rob Pyne MP claims his Abortion Bill is all about freedom but for the most vulnerable women in Queensland it will be the exact opposite, writes Bill O'Chee.
Of all the incompetence and waste unveiled by Phillip Strachan's Inquiry into the Queensland Rail fiasco, the most frightening thing of all is how the Rail, Tram and Bus Union was allowed to run riot in QR.
Who cares if he wants to build a wall on the Mexico-US border?
The one thing about which I agree with Senator Hanson is her claim that she is not like all the other politicians. Too true; in fact she is worse.
More than 533,000 students will commence or resume their schooling at Queensland state schools this month. At the same time, another 116,000 students will walk through the gates of Queensland's independent schools.
If there is one thing more certain than flies in a Queensland summer, it is highway frustration on the south-east's major roads.
A decision in the UK to allow three-parent embryo experiments to go ahead is raising concerns over moral issues.
When Islamic State seized a large swathe of Iraq in 2014, Mosul's many Assyrian Christians were condemned to a living hell that made our petty Christmas squabbles in Australia seem insignificant.
With the Gabba hosting its first day-night test match on Thursday, it is timely to think about the history of the venue, and the greats who have played there.
If you thought One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts' views about the environment were on the edge of reason, his claims secretive networks of manipulators controlling the world's central banks are another thing altogether.
It is time for a rational discussion of how best to protect humans over crocodiles in that tiny portion of Queensland around our coastal towns.
You'd think $1.2b link to have enough drivers.
It shouldn't be like this.
It is hard sitting with a veteran - someone decorated for bravery, no less - when he tells you he has been thinking of taking his life. Gut-wrenching though it was, I wasn't surprised. I had seen this coming for months, and his wife was doing it.
In the barely perceptible depressions that make up the Channel Country, nature has come to life in abundance. Weeks of steady rain have flood the plains around the Cooper, stirring life from deep beneath the stony soil, and transforming the landscape.
Is road rage increasing or is there just more caught on video?