Southeast battered by 265,000 lightning strikes
A FREAK weather system pummelled the southeast with 265,000 lightning strikes, blacking out 135,000 properties and sparking the mass evacuation of a rock concert. More than 50,000 homes rema...
‘Make Mensink face the music’
SACKED Queensland Nickel workers are demanding authorities do more to bring former director Clive Mensink home after he was exposed living the high life in Europe – but his uncle Clive Pal...
The miraculous moments that make sport special
WITNESSING unique sporting moments compels you to believe that you were part of something special, a participant in a shared experience that will be talked about for years.
Clive Palmer’s ‘neighbour’ in $4.5m mystery
A MYSTERIOUS Chinese woman being sought in Hong Kong to return $4.5 million she received from Clive Palmer is an Australian citizen who owns a house in Brisbane — directly next door to one...
Aged fed on just $6 a day
PENNY pinching nursing homes are spending less feeding elderly patients than jails spend on prisoners’ meals, a new report has revealed. The AMA says the treatment is “disgraceful and ap...
Millionaire mate who gave Barnaby place to stay
THE multi-millionaire who gave a rent-free property to the Deputy Prime Minister and his lover says Barnaby Joyce phoned him to ask for a place to stay and he was simply “helping a mate ou...
‘Bodies everywhere’: Plane crashes outside Moscow
A RUSSIAN airliner carrying 65 passengers and six crew crashed after vanishing from radar screens as it left a Moscow airport, killing everyone onboard.
‘***hole’: Dumped wives unleash
IN EXCRUCIATING scenes on Married At First Sight, two wives were blindsided by their husbands and unceremoniously dumped.
Life’s a beach for Bali drug accused
ONE day ahead of his Bali drug smuggling trial, Australian accountant and political wannabe Isaac Roberts strolled along a Bali beach, looking for all the world like a free man.
State’s multi-million dollar ASF payout revealed
AFTER threatening legal action over its rejected bid for a casino and resort on the Spit, developer ASF has been paid off by the Queensland Government. But we may not have seen the last of t...
Benny feels the premiership heat
BRISBANE “supercoach” Wayne Bennett is feeling pressure to deliver another title as the Broncos prepare to celebrate 30 years in the big league.
