A fake “Italian fashion designer” has been fleecing thousands of dollars from vulnerable elderly people in Brisbane, police have warned.
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Lingering danger of ex-cyclone Oma
It’s over for Oma, but not for southeast Queensland beaches, as huge swells continue to pound the coast and reckless thrillseekers put themselves and their rescuers at risk.
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Coast teenage girl left to ‘rot in squalor’
Child Safety was warned that a teenage girl was “rotting in a resi house” on the Gold Coast only for her to be diagnosed later with leukaemia.
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Is this Brisbane’s fittest boss?
As he closes in on his half century, Icon Group chairman Stuart Giles is set to join the global elite of marathon runners when he heads to Tokyo this week.
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Container refunds ‘not accessible to all’
The State Government has been accused of locking thousands of Queenslanders out of the container refund scheme, with some forced to travel hundreds of kilometres to get their 10c refund.
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'I made the choice no pregnant woman should have to face'
A mother has shared her agonising decision to terminate her pregnancy after a Down syndrome diagnosis, and why she wants you to hear her story.
Motorcyclist crashes 15m off cliff
A motorcyclist has crashed and fallen up to 15m off a cliff this morning on one of the Gold Coast Hinterland’s most treacherous roads.
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‘Love scam’ mum fights for freedom
A Queensland schoolteacher who says she was the victim of an elaborate love scam, and who is now jailed in Cambodia, hasn’t seen her young children in five years.
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Short-term Payne for long-term gain
The issue of how clubs should or shouldn’t discipline errant players is a hot debate right now but I reckon the Broncos will win big time over their decision to suspend Payne Haas, writes ...
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Whistleblower prostitute seeks compo 50 years on
A former Queensland prostitute who risked her life to take down a corrupt detective almost 50 years ago is set to demand government compensation for decades of pain and suffering.