Mum distraught over son’s Bali arrest

THE family of a Queensland man accused of selling cocaine in Indonesia admits he “has made some poor decisions in his life”. His mother is said to be distraught over her son’s incarceration.

Is this your ticket to a lotto fortune?

WITH a record $100 million up for grab in next week’s Powerball, we’ve checked the data and found the luckiest places to buy a ticket and found the numbers that keep coming up.

Australia’s 66 ‘danger’ suburbs

THINKING of buying a house or a unit? These are the 66 suburbs around the country you should avoid at all costs.

Sporting legend faces business battle

HE was the first person to run around Australia, but now this Queensland sporting great faces an even bigger challenge — a battle that might just send him to the wall.

Huegill’s wife has a win in court

THE wife of Olympic swimmer Geoff Huegill has won a bid to be discharged on mental health grounds after she confessed to stealing an $1895 pair of leather pants from a trendy Byron Bay bouti...

700kg of dead fish pulled from lake

COUNCIL workers are harvesting a massive haul of dead and dying pest fish from a catchment in Brisbane’s southwest.

QLD best placed to see meteor shower

QUEENSLAND stargazers will be in the position to watch the annual Perseid Meteor Shower event this weekend. Here are the best times and vantage points to see the spectacular space event.

Judd slammed over Footy Show cancer gaffe

CHRIS Judd has apologised for a poorly timed cancer joke during a children’s cancer fundraiser on The Footy Show.

Cringe-worthy moment in Gould’s Griffin spray

IF the Penrith Panthers have a bus, club supremo Phil Gould just threw interim coach Cameron Ciraldo under it during his bizarre blast on last night’s The Footy Show.

Hamptons homes hottest in QLD

LUXURIOUS Hamptons-style dream homes were the most viewed in Queensland this week, and they’re achingly beautiful. SEE PICS