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Part of QPAC may need to be demolished for a new theatre at South Bank

Part of QPAC may need to be demolished for a new theatre at South Bank

The state government is backing a $150 million project for a new minimum 1500-seat performing arts theatre at South Bank.

  • by Felicity Caldwell

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Brisbane’s great NAPLAN divide
Education

Brisbane’s great NAPLAN divide

City and inner-ring schools scoring above average NAPLAN results, outer-ring below average.

  • by Alison Brown
Plans to extend multimillion-dollar taxi class action to Queensland
Taxis

Plans to extend multimillion-dollar taxi class action to Queensland

The peak body representing the taxi industry in Queensland has stopped short of recommending its members join a nationwide class action.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
New vision for South Bank as planning for 2050 begins
South Bank

New vision for South Bank as planning for 2050 begins

The South Bank arbour and beach will be protected under a new vision for the 42-hectare precinct, which attracted about 14 million visitors last year.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
153-year-old men's club must evolve: President
City life

153-year-old men's club must evolve: President

"If you don't evolve, your product is, you know, unfortunately, the society will move on without you."

  • by Felicity Caldwell
The gifts received by Queensland's ministers revealed
Government

The gifts received by Queensland's ministers revealed

A Gucci scarf, gold shovels and a signed photo of Prince Charles and Camilla were among the gifts bestowed on Queensland ministers last year.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
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LNP concerns human rights laws will 'open the floodgates' to bikies
Human rights

LNP concerns human rights laws will 'open the floodgates' to bikies

LNP deputy leader Tim Mander also expressed scepticism about human rights laws saying he was not sure which rights were being contravened now that needed protecting.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Bikies use government's own bill to protest association ban
Human rights

Bikies use government's own bill to protest association ban

Odin's Warriors members say proposed human rights laws should also apply to bikies, such as freedom of association and the right to reputation.

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Sex workers 'have to choose between working legally, or working safely'
South-east Queensland

Sex workers 'have to choose between working legally, or working safely'

Queensland's current laws do not protect prostitutes against crime, advocates say.

  • by Alison Brown
Evidence mounts in Annette Mason murder inquest
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Queensland courts

Evidence mounts in Annette Mason murder inquest

Annette Mason's unsolved rape and murder in 1989 was watched from a Toowoomba cupboard, an Queensland inquest has heard.

  • by Aaron Bunch
Woman suspected her lover of being involved in Mason murder
Queensland courts

Woman suspected her lover of being involved in Mason murder

The former lover of a Queensland man who is a person of interest in the Annette Mason murder investigation always suspected he was involved, an inquest has heard.

  • by Aaron Bunch