A damning report from Workplace Health and Safety Queensland’s top safety engineer found several major faults that meant Dreamworld’s Thunder River Rapids ride should never have been in operation at the time of the tragedy that claimed four lives.
A damning report from Workplace Health and Safety Queensland’s top safety engineer found several major faults that meant Dreamworld’s Thunder River Rapids ride should never have been in ...
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Collapsed builder director on fraud charge revealed
The director of a southeast Queensland building company, charged with duping interstate investors out of millions of dollars for homes that were never delivered, has been revealed.
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Why the Irwins aren’t our most powerful
They’re among Queensland’s biggest and most famous global exports ever, yet the Irwin family don’t even make the top three on this list of the Sunshine Coast’s most powerful people. ...
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What’s on in Brisbane this weekend
LOOKING for something fun to do tomorrow? Check out our top picks for events on this weekend in Brisbane.
Driver horror as numberplate spears windscreen
A woman north of Brisbane has had a near miss after a numberplate speared her windscreen after it dislodged from the car in front of her and flew through the air.
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Bold plan to make ‘future floating city’
A southeast Queensland city with “more canals than Venice” is the perfect testing ground for a bold development vision to create a ‘floating city’ that has already proved successful ...
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Formula blow-up: ‘They are depriving local babies’
ASIAN demand for Australian infant formula shows no signs of abating, with shoppers clearing out the product daily at two of the largest retail precincts in Brisbane’s south.
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Please send me to Nauru, I need a break
If you believe the bleeding hearts, Nauru is a hell-hole, but the pictures I see of white sandy beaches and swaying palm trees tell another story, writes Des Houghton, who says he’d love t...
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Seibold hires Origin enemy as Broncos assistant
He hasn’t quite set foot in the door yet but incoming Brisbane Broncos coach Anthony Seibold has made his first coaching appointment – bringing in a NSW Origin forward.
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‘Very deadly’ snake spotted on Gold Coast beach
A deadly sea snake has washed up on a Gold Coast beach this morning, shocking onlookers. Snake experts say it carries a toxin which can kill rapidly. SEE THE VIDEO
