Former Queensland premier Campbell Newman is standing by a series of tweets he made about police “creating total and utter chaos” around the Brisbane CBD when responding to a pedestrian hit and killed by a bus this morning.
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Censors blur Brisbane band's 'male impotence' message
The words “male impotence” are blurred out of a Brisbane’s band music video, uploaded to YouTube as part of a local government-run competition. Council says “sexually explicit content, discriminatory comment and political comment” is not permitted, but the band argues it’s a “statement on the fragility of men”.
Cattle station taken to court over 500-hectare land clearance on Indigenous site
The owner of a Cape York cattle station is accused of clearing 500 hectares of land, including a potential burial site, without properly consulting with the traditional owners of the area.
Think tank calls for greater permanent migration to fill regional worker shortfalls
Rural communities praise foreign arrivals for helping keep schools and shops open as the Regional Australia Institute calls for greater permanent migration.
Lions accuse Nth Melbourne-Tasmania of abusing 'spirit' of AFLW over signing spree
North Melbourne-Tasmania won’t play their first AFLW game until next season — but already they have got on the wrong side of the Brisbane Lions for their aggressive approach to the signing period.
Logan, Ipswich mayors suspended amid charges
The Queensland Government last night scrambled to fix an extraordinary bungle which resulted in the premature announcement that four mayors and a councillor had been suspended, hours before new laws had been signed off by the Governor.
Alan Jones denies 'arrogant' and 'vicious' attacks against Wagners over floods
During his defamation trial, the broadcaster maintains his belief that the Wagner quarry was responsible for the deaths of 12 people in the Grantham floods, but says he had no hydrological evidence to support his claims.
Police release images of second Gold Coast 'kidnapper'
Police believe the second man involved in the alleged kidnapping of a Gold Coast boy is hiding out in the Sydney area, and have urged the public not to approach him.
Queensland needs real-time prescription monitoring 'urgently', coroner says
A prescription monitoring system to prevent “doctor shopping” in Queensland is needed urgently within the next two years, rather than the state waiting for a national scheme to come online, an inquest into four opioid deaths finds.
Sexual assaults rise sharply on Gold Coast, women warned to 'stay in groups'
A spike is sexual assaults on the Gold Coast — half of them in so-called Safe Night Precincts — raises alarm bells, with one senior policeman saying women heading out at night should avoid being alone.