Ruth McCosker

Ruth McCosker

Ruth McCosker is an urban affairs reporter at the Brisbane Times, with a special interest in Brisbane City Council

Brisbane City Council has trapped more than 3000 cats since mid-2013.

Brisbane's feral animal hot spots

Almost 4000 feral and wild animals have been captured and killed in Brisbane over the past four years as Brisbane City Council works to tackle the city's pest problem.

The Great Barrier Reef is the subject of a Deloitte Access Economics report.

'Too big to fail': Great Barrier Reef valued at $56 billion

A new report into the value of the at-threat Great Barrier Reef has been revealed the 2300 kilometre reef is too big to fail.

Katie Panaretto tells what it's really like to be a cyclist in Brisbane.

Biking in Brisbane: A survival guide

Fairfax Media spoke with a Brisbane cyclist as well as one of Queensland's leading cycling groups to find out what it's like to cycle in Brisbane and how to survive the streets of Brisbane on a bike.

A home at Carl Street, Woolloongabba, was destroyed by fire on Sunday.

Video shows suspicious blaze that destroyed Woolloongabba home

Police have deemed a fire that tore through and destroyed a home at Woolloongabba on Sunday morning to be suspicious.

Ten-year-old DJ Ellis Pearson has released his first album, Legends.

Age is no barrier for this 10-year-old DJ

Ellis Pearson isn't old enough to get into a club yet but that hasn't stopped him from spinning tracks and getting noticed in the DJ scene.

Paul Mason has illustrated the new comic Kid Phantom.

Brisbane man recreates popular comic character The Phantom

A Brisbane comic artist has recreated the popular, long-running character The Phantom in a way never seen before.

Joe Hallenstein has established a backyard urban vegie garden at his home in Highgate Hill.

Food for thought: is growing food at home costing you more?

A trip to the supermarket is rare for Joe Hallenstein who has filled the backyard of his Highgate Hill home with fruit trees and vegie patches.

Police will provide more details regarding the Ipswich death later on Saturday morning.

Ipswich woman's death classified as accidental: police

Officers responded to a tip-off and found a woman, aged in her 30s, dead in a Coalfalls home.

Police make arrest after woman allegedly choked, punched, kicked

Police have arrested and charged a 29-year-old man after a woman was allegedly choked, kicked and punched in the Darling Downs on Thursday.

Councillor Nicole Johnston: "Answering back would be telling you you are absolutely the most useless chairman in history."

Police called to City Hall to remove evicted councillor

Police were called to remove a "demonstrably disrespectful" Brisbane City Councillor from City Hall after a routine budget discussion escalated.

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