What brought down an icon

IT was a business so important to the state that it was listed as an icon by the Queensland National Trust. But after almost 100 years serving the community, Alvey Reels has been forced to shut.

 
 
 

Good start for Pisasale in defamation battle

EMBATTLED former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale has won the first round of a defamation ­battle against self-styled “shadow Ipswich mayor” Gary Duffy.

 
 
 

Minister sidelined: ‘I stand by my integrity’

PALASZCZUK Government Minister Mark Bailey has been stood aside amid revelations the deletion of his private email account may amount to corrupt conduct.

 
 
 

‘Other ministers using private email’

OTHER Cabinet ministers have been exposed using their private emails during a Crime and Corruption Commission probe into Energy Minister Mark Bailey.

 
 
 

Mason kill accused back behind bars

A TEEN charged over the killing of Mason Lee has been dragged back to jail for breaching his bail just weeks after a Supreme Court judge controversially freed him.

 
 
 

Dam project proceeds at snails pace

A $1.2 billion dam is back from the dead after a population of endangered snails caused the vital Queensland project to be shelved nine years ago.

 
 
 

MasterChef’s Ben busted for drink-driving

MASTERCHEF heart-throb and former model Ben Ungermann has been convicted of low-range drink-driving, banned from getting behind the wheel for two months and fined $400.

 
 
 
 

Fanning: ‘That shark is a beast’

SURFER Mick Fanning has been plucked from the water after yet another close call with a shark at the same beach where he was attacked two years ago.

 
 
 
 

The truth about hotel slippers

FROM in-room footwear to the credit card rules, here are 10 things you always wondered about hotels, but were too afraid to ask.

 
 
 
 

Home loan applications drop

FEWER Queenslanders are applying for home loans in another sign the state’s housing market is cooling.