From skinny kid to a rugby league hero

PETER Parr has had a front-row seat for Johnathan Thurston’s journey from skinny rookie to a rugby league legend.

‘They reckoned I buried my wife in the backyard’

A BRISBANE man who police once believed may have buried his wife in their backyard, has broken his silence about the disappearance of Rosemary “Cathy” Dodd 35 years ago.

RFG releases massive $306m loss

GOLD Coast food business franchisor Retail Food Group has revealed it will close 250 stores by June next year - up from 200 that were previously flagged.

Contestant disrobes and storms off set

ONE contestant has taken matters into her own hands and made a dramatic exit by stripping out of her dress and fleeing a cocktail party.

PM ‘disappointed’ as Turnbull quits Parliament

SCOTT Morrison has said he is disappointed Malcolm Turnbull is not sticking around until the next election, before the recently ousted PM tendered his resignation from Parliament today.

‘Utter disgust’ at Jones’ personal attack

AUSTRALIAN Rugby great Alan Jones has come under fire for a stunning, unprovoked attack on a female rugby reporter.

Campbell sisters shock defection to NSW

OLYMPIC champions Cate and Bronte Campbell have been lured from Brisbane to Sydney along with their long-time coach, Simon Cusack, by the NSW Institute of Sport to prepare for the Tokyo Olym...

Bride drops 51kg on Keto diet

AN OBESE woman who refused to tie the knot in a size 24 wedding dress has shed 51kg. Her fiance dropped almost double that.

Fate of controversial retirement highrise in balance

THE fate of a massive, controversial aged care and retirement village in Brisbane’s west continues to hang in the balance, frustrating residents, after a decision by the Planning & Env...

Coast drug syndicate book keeper mum jailed

A GOLD Coast mum who helped her husband run a multimillion-dollar cannabis syndicate has been jailed on appeal for money laundering. The drugs were secretly grown underground in shipping con...