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Woman admits smoke alarm failure after fatal house fire on Russell Island
A NSW woman has been fined for failing to install legally required and compliant smoke alarms after a fire killed a father and five children at a Queensland property.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
Perspective
How (and why) Labor dumped the key call of its own 2032 venue review
A rare radio appearance by the Queensland premier has shed more light on the surprise move’s timeline – and a key phone call three days before its announcement.
Matt Dennien
Reporter
‘The most fun I’d had in years’: Why Splendour can’t afford to fail
Splendour in the Grass tickets are about to go on sale, and despite the trauma of the 2022 event, there’s a reason the festival is still tempting an ageing Millennial like me.
Courtney Kruk
City Reporter
If these are the Games Brisbane will deliver, perhaps it’s not worth it
Premier Steven Miles has picked the worst of the available Olympic stadium options – and it’s not going to save taxpayers a whole lot of money.
Cameron Atfield
Journalist
Urban Affairs
A heritage pub, a height limit and housing: Blue looms over Breakfast Creek
The Brisbane pub’s owners say an 18-storey apartment block being considered for a neighbouring site could put the historic watering hole’s future at risk.
- by Matt Dennien
Schrinner firms his push for Victoria Park stadium’s ‘compelling case’
Brisbane’s re-elected lord mayor has bucked rejection of a new stadium by both state major party leaders, as 2032 organisers met to cap-off a turbulent week.
- by Matt Dennien
City Life
Perspective
Music festivals
‘The most fun I’d had in years’: Why Splendour can’t afford to fail
- by Courtney Kruk
Perspective
Council election
‘Just came to get a sausage’: What Brisbane voters wanted on election day
- by Courtney Kruk
Crime & Courts
Woman admits smoke alarm failure after fatal house fire on Russell Island
A NSW woman has been fined for failing to install legally required and compliant smoke alarms after a fire killed a father and five children at a Queensland property.
- by Cheryl Goodenough
Updated
Crime
Olympian’s brother refused bail over alleged drug plot
It is alleged he obstructed officers trying to search his jail cell by jamming the door’s locking mechanism before flushing a mobile phone down the toilet.
- by Keira Jenkins
Politics
Perspective
Government
How (and why) Labor dumped the key call of its own 2032 venue review
- by Matt Dennien
Brisbane 2032 Olympics
Perspective
Government
How (and why) Labor dumped the key call of its own 2032 venue review
A rare radio appearance by the Queensland premier has shed more light on the surprise move’s timeline – and a key phone call three days before its announcement.
- by Matt Dennien
‘Half-arsed Olympics’: Has John Coates lost his magic touch?
The long-time Olympic powerbroker makes no apologies for his outsized role in shaping Brisbane’s 2032 Games, no matter the recent controversy.
- by Chris Barrett
Transport
Health
Perspective
Flu season
COVID never killed the ‘soldier on’ mentality, especially when you can work from home
- by Felicity Caldwell