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Bruce Lehrmann to face committal hearing in June for Toowoomba rape case
Lehrmann is facing two counts of raping a woman he allegedly met in a nightclub weeks after he first appeared in a Canberra court over unrelated allegations.
- by Cloe Read
Perspective
Flu season
COVID never killed the ‘soldier on’ mentality, especially when you can work from home
- by Felicity Caldwell
Updated
City council
LNP wants more ferries to popular nightlife spot, moves to electrify fleet
- by Courtney Kruk
Perspective
COVID never killed the ‘soldier on’ mentality, especially when you can work from home
Queensland suffered through its worst year for flu in 2023 in decades. And our “soldier on” mentality – which never really went away – isn’t helping.
Felicity Caldwell
Journalist
Have your say on the Brisbane Life Study and what’s important to you
This week, we have published 11,258 words about quality of life issues (not including the 700-plus words I am writing here). It’s time for you to have your say.
Sean Parnell
Editor
Would you swim in the Brisbane River?
The Greens want to follow Paris’s lead and make the Brisbane River swimmable in time for the 2032 Olympics, but do locals want to take the plunge?
Courtney Kruk
City Reporter
Urban Affairs
Greens refloat plan to ban new developments in flood-prone areas
Two years since the 2022 Brisbane floods, the party has also pledged a $20 million annual buyback scheme as part of its council election policy platform.
- by Matt Dennien
Updated
City council
LNP wants more ferries to popular nightlife spot, moves to electrify fleet
Revellers could be hopping off CityCats at Howard Smith Wharves by Easter, while EV ferries could be launched in 2027, under the LNP’s latest election pledges.
- by Courtney Kruk
Perspective
Brisbane Life Study
Have your say on the Brisbane Life Study and what’s important to you
- by Sean Parnell
City Life
Updated
City council
LNP wants more ferries to popular nightlife spot, moves to electrify fleet
- by Courtney Kruk
Perspective
Brisbane Life Study
Have your say on the Brisbane Life Study and what’s important to you
- by Sean Parnell
Crime & Courts
Mum in ‘trauma’ as son’s killers jailed for second time
A woman has sobbed in court as she listened to her teenage son’s killers being sentenced for a second time in less than two years.
- by Rex Martinich
Qld’s incoming temporary top cop won’t be there to just ‘warm the seat’
Steve Gollschewski, a 44-year Queensland police veteran and face of its COVID response, was thinking ahead to retirement. He’s now auditioning in the top job.
- by Matt Dennien
Politics
Updated
City council
LNP to run dead in Deagon after dumping its own candidate after 11 days
- by Felicity Caldwell
Brisbane 2032 Olympics
$2.75b announced for Qld’s ‘next big rail project’ – but it will need much more
State funds have been earmarked for a key south-east rail link that will only be partly completed by 2032, and still requires a federal cash injection.
- by Matt Dennien
Major US airline adds direct flight from Brisbane to LA
By December, there will be a total of 34 flights per week from North America to the Queensland capital.
- by Courtney Kruk
Perspective
Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Forget Quirk’s 60-day review into Olympic venues. I did mine in 60 minutes
- by Cameron Atfield
Transport
Health
Perspective
Flu season
COVID never killed the ‘soldier on’ mentality, especially when you can work from home
- by Felicity Caldwell