One of outback Queensland’s favourite sons, Graham ‘Butch’ Lenton, joins Eddie Mabo and Steve Irwin in a list of extraordinary people honoured posthumously at the Queensland Greats Awards.
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World wide web of grief: The mourners live streaming their loved ones' funerals
When Sergio Rotta’s mother died, the pain was not only felt in his family home in Brisbane’s south — it was felt half a world away in Annamaria’s hometown of Milan.
'Borrow to build' budget needs no apology, Queensland Treasurer says
Queensland’s state debt is set to increase to $83 billion in the next four years, with new Treasurer Jackie Trad saying she makes no apologies for spending to drive the economy.
Patriotic spirit of Greek-Australian boy endures 100 years after tragic death
After 100 years people still gather to remember a young Greek-Australian boy who died while throwing gifts to soldiers returning from World War I.
'Swap a coffee for a koala' as council levies tax for diminishing habitat
Ratepayers on the Gold Coast will be charged a $3 koala tax from July this year in an Australian-first program to buy land to protect their habitat.
Pay before you pee policy has Maccas customers seeing red
Paying to use the bathroom is pretty common overseas, so when McDonald’s customers in south-east Queensland learned via social media they could only use the bathroom after they ordered, it was met with a mixed response.
'Vicious and deliberate': Logan teen who set girlfriend alight gets 11 years' jail
Brae Taylor Lewis has been found guilty after he attacked 17-year-old Kyesha Finemore in a violent rage, leaving her with lifelong scarring and depression.
Coles supermarket evacuated as floor buckles under shoppers' feet
A buckling floor outside a Coles supermarket in the inner-Brisbane suburb of West End prompts the evacuation of a shopping centre, as engineers tried to work out the cause of the structural problem.
'Its going backwards': Crackdown on apartments and townhouses in suburbia ridiculed by experts
A Brisbane City Council plan to stop townhouses and apartments being built in areas for single homes could drive up property prices and is “going backwards” in terms of urban planning, experts say.
Climate change-related disaster relief is increasing demand on Defence, Senate hears
Australia’s Defence Department has spelled out clearly to a Senate enquiry that climate change is increasing demand and will create “concurrency pressures” for the Defence Force as a rise in disaster relief operations continues.