‘I can’t tell her she was raped as a baby’

A GIRL raped as a baby is now a teenager — and her mother can’t bring herself to reveal the source of her nightmares.

He’s represented a rogue’s gallery of crooks

HIGH-profile lawyer Adam Magill says it makes sense his firm would be on the corruption watchdog’s radar due to some of the “outright evil” clients he represents.

Chef shortage ’worst in three decades’

RESTAURATEURS in one of Queensland’s hottest foodie destinations are being forced to work the grill themselves as a staffing crisis pushes the hospitality industry to boiling point.

Why jacarandas are blacklisted

BRISBANE’S iconic jacaranda tree is being blacklisted by the council in parts of the city amid fears it will harm the native environment. FIND OUT WHERE

Mundine: I’m defying doctors’ orders to fight Horn

ANTHONY Mundine says doctors have told him for his health he can’t strip seven kilos off his frame to make weight for the fight biggest fight in Australian history against Jeff Horn but he...

Winx effect in force: Biggest bet in history

WINX has set more history hours before the Cox Plate with one punter unloading the biggest bet ever seen on the wonder mare. Meanwhile, her strapper has posted a heartfelt tribute to th...

‘Cyber-bullying, sexting are real issues’

A 16-YEAR-OLD from Brisbane’s south has written an honest and brutal first-person piece on the pressures teenagers face nowadays, with a stern warning to parents.

New ‘El Chapo’ makes Australia top target

MEXICO’S deadliest drug lord has ordered his cartel to target Australia, forge closer ties with outlaw bikie gangs and open regional meth labs in a move that has already pushed ice use in ...

True grit: Private pain of an Aussie warrior

Teenage Mark Donaldson lost his father to a heart attack and his mother to murder. It helped forge an iron will and his courage under fire. “I believe the deaths of my parents had an eleme...

When did Halloween take over our lives?

YOU know a day has been truly adopted on the calendar of events when half the shop is festooned in merchandise for Halloween, writes William McInnes.