Thunderstorms develop as temperatures soar

Severe thunderstorms are developing across southeast Queensland, with the possibility of large hailstones and damaging winds as a hot westerly wind change brings sweltering conditions to the...

Major CBD crossings scrambled

Pedestrians can now “scramble” any which way across two major intersections in the Brisbane CBD under a city council push to improve safety.

‘Nightmare’ traffic to last up to 12 hours

Nightmare traffic is expected on the Bruce Highway for the remainder of the day as major damage from a truck crash is repaired.

Push to make abandoned land a park

An inner-north community is asking Brisbane City Council to turn overgrown, disused land into a new playground, launching a petition for the move. HAVE YOUR SAY

Toyah murder: Police seek drivers from CCTV

Police believe one of 68 motorists captured on CCTV may hold the clue to cracking the unsolved murder of Toyah Cordingley.

‘That’s my car!’ Mum’s stolen jeep in M1 smash

A Gold Coast mum thought things couldn’t get much worse after her car and all her belongings were stolen. This morning she found out she was wrong.

Brisbane flights cancelled due to Sydney chaos

The chaos caused by storms battering Sydney is having a knock-on effect on airports across the country including Brisbane, with several flights cancelled or delayed.

3 roads where 300 drivers caught speeding

In one week close to 300 motorists were recorded speeding on these three southeast Queensland roads and the top traffic cop says it is “atrocious”.

Uproar over ‘engineered’ baby girls

Enhanced humans, or monsters? A Chinese researcher’s claim that he has created the world’s first ‘engineered’ babies has been met with outrage.

The houses where kids rule

IF a child had an unlimited budget and free reign to design their own dream house, what would it look like? We let one imaginative child play architect for a day, and then went househunting.