‘Vicious’ attack - but off you go

THREE men who allegedly bashed a Queensland police officer unconscious after attending a mate’s funeral were freed on bail just 20 hours later, despite a magistrate labelling the attack “sickening”.

 
 
 
 

What caused QR commuter chaos

QUEENSLAND’S beleaguered rail operator is under fire again after an electrical fault shut down the southeast Queensland network, sparking peak-hour chaos.

 
 
 
 

Suicide pact trio bought gas online

THE three women who took their own lives in a tragic ­suicide pact ­obtained how-to-die instructions from ­euthanasia campaigner ­Philip Nitschke and ­lethal gas from his Cairns ‘home brewing’ company.

 
 
 

The bullied kid who fought back

BRISBANE schoolteacher Jeff Horn turned to self defence classes after being bullied as a teenager. The move would pave the way to the biggest fight in Australian boxing history.

 
 
 
 

How Bennett brought Benji back

WAYNE Bennett has revealed he talked Benji Marshall out of retirement after the former Kiwi Test skipper’s planned move to Melbourne fell through.

 
 
 

Venues shut early to beat scanner laws

VENUES throughout Queensland, led by the popular Gambaro Hotel, say they will close their doors early rather than pay to hire expensive ID scanners which are compulsory from this weekend.

 
 
 

Dumped dead man’s gangster life revealed

ACE Hall, the Gold Coast man shot and dumped outside a hospital, led a “wannabe” gangster life with links to a deadly motorcycle gang.

 
 
 
 

Manny tackled over manners

MANNY Pacquiao was left stunned and embarrassed in Brisbane, even ­before Jeff Horn had thrown a punch at him.

 
 
 
 

Ex-RBA man warns of sharp rate rises

HOME loan borrowers face a short and sharp series of rate hikes that threaten to add hundreds of dollars to the ­average monthly repayment, a former Reserve Bank board member has warned.

 
 
 

Is this industry a pricey hoax?

IT’S a problem that will affect up to nine in 10 people at some point during their lives, but nearly every solution is an expensive lie.