Lib MPs call for party room meeting

LIBERAL MPs have begun to circulate a petition called for a party room to be held tonight.  Follow developments in our live blog. 

Swanky venue goes broke after four months, owes $644k

DESPITE being open only four months, an up-market Gold Coast restaurant has entered company bankruptcy with creditors owed $644,000.

Bird escapes Broncos’ top flops list

THOSE who label Jack Bird as the Broncos’ “worst-ever signing” are being harsh and premature. How can he be when he hasn’t had a chance to show what he is capable of? Unlike these guys.

Category 5 hurricane set to hit Hawaii

CATEGORY Five Hurricane Lane is approaching Hawaii’s Big Island, prompting residents to scramble for supplies and prepare for potentially catastrophic damage.

‘Don’t tell’: Realtor preyed on 13yo girl

A PROMINENT real estate agent began a relationship with a 13-year-old girl that involved exchanging naked pictures.

Accused killer only on police radar recently

A MAN accused of abducting and killing a 21-year-old Gold Coast woman in a random attack almost 40 years ago only came to the attention of investigators recently, police say.

Facebook post lands woman in court

WELL wishes sent to Facebook friends on Mother’s Day quickly turned sour when a Queensland woman’s own mother reported the post to police.

Outrage as south snubbed, north nets $2m

SOUTHSIDE businesses are fuming after Brisbane City Council approved $2 million to upgrade a northside shopping strip but gave nothing to their region’s shopping precinct, despite 10 years...

Cousins: ‘I’m going to kill you’

BEN Cousins has broken down in a Perth court after sickening details of his alleged death threats were revealed. WARNING: Graphic

Drone’s eye view of latest Costco

WITH southeast Queensland’s latest Costco warehouse less than three months from opening, a drone flyover reveals the extent of progress on the site.