Hospitals fall into $600m disrepair

REPAIR work worth $600 million has backed up at Queensland hospitals, leading to calls for the Health Minister to be sacked.

Staggering hourly rate of royal exposure

THE whirlwind visit of Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan to Fraser Island is expected to generate the sort of tourism exposure for the Sunshine State that only a lot of money can buy.

Custody battle as microchip tracks lost pooch

A DOG that went missing when its elderly petsitter died has turned up interstate a year later — sparking a potential custody battle.

It’s a regular meeting of Clives

CLIVE Palmer has made a stunning admission about how often he speaks with his fugitive nephew Clive Mensink, after previously telling a court he did not even know how to contact him.

State has local councils by the balls

THE power-hungry State Government has tightened its testicular hold on local councils, which cannot survive in their current form, writes Des Houghton. JOIN THE DEBATE

When it comes to lawns he’s a broken record

HE RUNS the Australian Lawn Fanatics Facebook group, is about to hold the nation’s only lawn festival, and hopes to set a new lawn-related world record.

Victoria Park could be Olympian

VICTORIA Park could become part of an Olympic venues precinct linked to Suncorp Stadium and the new Brisbane Live arena.

Series ratings: Guess who barely got above zero

WHILE Usman Khawaja and Nathan Lyon covered themselves in glory, the same can’t be said for a handful of other Aussie players. And their ratings for the Pakistan series certainly reflect t...

Woman with IQ of 53 ‘pimped out for sex’

CARERS have given an incredible reason as to why they “pimped out” a young woman with severe autism to have sex with strangers.

Buyers rush to buy riverfront gold

SOME of the state’s most prestigious waterfront estates have swamped the market for the first time in years. CHECK OUT THE TOP HOMES ON THE MARKET RIGHT NOW