Qantas will stop using potentially toxic firefighting foam in Australia after a spill in the Brisbane River caused a massive fish kill.
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Brisbane parents urged to have a Plan B amid peak hour bus strike
A planned four-hour bus driver strike in Brisbane this afternoon is expected to affect more than 120,000 commuters, many of them schoolchildren, as hundreds of union members step up their industrial action.
US sailors restore war widow's backyard
American sailors doing good deeds while on a break from the USS Ronald Reagan do “six months’ work in one morning”, helping a Brisbane war widow restore her backyard.
US sailors restore war widow's backyard
American sailors doing good deeds while on a break from the USS Ronald Reagan do “six months’ work in one morning”, helping a Brisbane war widow restore her backyard.
Tiahleigh's foster brother jailed for lies after pact at secret family meeting
A foster brother of slain Queensland school girl Tiahleigh Palmer is jailed for three months, after admitting he lied about the 12-year-old’s disappearance because of a secret family pact.
Milk to be shipped 2,000km after farmers lose local hospital contract
Milk will be transported from Brisbane to far north Queensland hospitals after Queensland Health ends a supply contract with a local milk processor.
Anger in outback town after former cop charged with fraud and stealing
Former Queensland police officer Daniel Allan Baker faces a Brisbane court charged with fraud, stealing and misconduct relating to his time as a sergeant in Camooweal, after being extradited from the Northern Territory.
Free charging plan to boost Queensland electric car numbers
Eighteen fast-charging stations will be installed around Queensland to create a “super highway” to allow electric vehicles to travel from the Gold Coast to Cairns.
Stephen Moore to call time on Wallabies career at end of season
Wallabies skipper Stephen Moore announces he will stand down from the captaincy immediately but will retire from international rugby at the end of the season.
Pest wasp on Australian islands could threaten agriculture
There are concerns that if the exotic pest Macao paper wasp is not eradicated from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, it may change the way of life for locals and threaten agriculture on the Australian mainland.