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1st January 2025

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Watch now: Alexa’s Story mini-doco - the ‘living miracle’

An inspiring new documentary featuring never-before-seen footage and interviews with Alexa Leary and her parents has gone inside her remarkable battle to walk, talk and compete aga...

Good, bad and ugly of SEQ’s New Year’s Eve celebrations

Eleven people were arrested and a man was assaulted after Brisbane NYE festivities despite police saying revellers were largely well-behaved.

‘Don’t kill us, Mr Goss’: How 71 per cent approval rating was demolished

Cabinet papers from 1994 revealed the crime measure Wayne Goss was not willing to take, in a year when the publication of a gruesome photo turned the tide against his government.

Woman dead in tragic New Year’s Day drowning

A woman has died in a tragic New Year’s Day drowning at a popular Gold Coast swimming spot.

‘Life-threatening situations’: Council calls in private security as homeless standoff continues

A council north of Brisbane claims violence and threats to life has forced them to hire private security staff to protect workers on clean-up duties near homeless camps.

$31m legal stoush after notorious dump turned into ‘putrid’ swamp

An Ipswich rubbing dump owner is suing an earthworks company claiming it should be forced to pay a $30m repair bill after the site was turned into a lake following the 2022 floods.

Search continues for woman thrown from tube

One woman is missing and another was injured in a tubing incident at a South Burnett creek on New Year’s Eve.

Cases of deadly disease explode to unprecedented levels

Queensland is grappling with an unprecedented outbreak of a deadly disease, with more cases in 2024 than the past decade.

Lawyers unleashed on ‘aggressive, assertive’ fire ant exterminators

A crack legal team has been assembled by residents concerned with the conduct of biosecurity officers eradicating fire ants on their properties.

‘I have to keep pushing’: Alexa Leary’s huge 2025 challenge

Australian swimming golden girl Alexa Leary is taking on her biggest challenge yet in 2025, saying she wants to inspire as many people to overcome hurdles as she can. Read her insp...