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Brisbane emerges as a ‘bleisure’ hotspot, as visitors mix business with pleasure

The label might make you cringe, but the practice of tacking a bit of downtime onto a business trip is boosting the city’s economy.

Courtney Kruk
Courtney Kruk

City Reporter

Of two convicted politicians, only one has earned a second chance

Later this year, within 10 days of each other, voters in both the US and Queensland will decide whether to elect a convicted criminal.

Cameron Atfield
Cameron Atfield

Journalist

Labor’s 10th budget is built to not be its last

When Annastacia Palaszczuk’s new government handed down its first budget in 2015, it was criticised for lacking sweeteners. This one is almost nothing but.

Matt Dennien
Matt Dennien

Reporter

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Crime & Courts

A 36-year-old Loganholme man accused of supplying methylamphetamine is arrested by police. He appears in Beenleigh Court on Monday on 15 charges.

Qld police disrupt ‘serious’ meth supply chain after south-east raids

A 36-year-old Loganholme man has been charged with a string of drug and weapons charges after three properties were raided.

  • by Tony Moore
Jai Gray was also known as Malakhi Gray and Malakhi Davidson.
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Crime

‘Callous, brutal, unprovoked’: Pair charged with murder after remains found at quarry

Police say a much-loved 25-year-old man was allegedly lured to his death and his body dumped in an abandoned quarry over a small debt.

  • by Rosanna Ryan

Politics

Brisbane 2032 Olympics

Taylor Swift performing at the MCG in February.

Brisbane was poised to host multiple Taylor Swift Eras shows. Then there was trouble in Japan

Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras tour was booked to come to Brisbane this year, but it was Tokyo – not the lack of a venue – that caused the star to give Queensland a miss.

  • by Cameron Atfield
Mariafe Artacho del Solar will compete in a third Olympics in Paris, but likely won’t get a chance at a world title on home soil next year.

Fears of another Commonwealth Games-style embarrassment as world champs left ‘high and dry’

Volleyball Australia counts the nation’s richest person Gina Rinehart among its major backers, but a lack of government funding risks the nation having to spike another global sporting event.

  • by Chris Barrett

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