If you are a person with a disability inspired to take up a para-sport, first you must undergo physical tests and an assessment to determine which class you are able to compete in.
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Venomous snake found curled up with child's stuffed toys
A red-bellied black snake made for an unwanted addition to a little girl’s stuffed animal collection after it wriggled its way into her toy box. Watch the moment it’s discovered and pulled out by a snake catcher.
'Cheaper to fly to Japan return than Brisbane' outback residents slam regional air travel costs
Regional Queenslanders are heading to a Senate inquiry in Cloncurry to voice anger and frustration at the cost of flying across the state, arguing it is often cheaper to fly overseas, and something has to give.
Singlet ban only for blokes 'discriminatory', surf clubs told
Queensland surf clubs are starting to rethink dress codes that apply different standards to men and women, amid complaints from patrons and warnings such rules amount to discrimination.
200 years after Frankenstein, an Australian artist is carrying the torch for science's monsters
Patricia Piccinini’s sculptures of genetically-engineered creatures invite empathy rather than horror — much as her hero Mary Shelley did with her classic novel.
Aussie duo take gold after compatriots bomb final dive
Esther Qin and Georgia Sheehan claim gold with their final dive in the women’s synchronised 3m springboard at the Commonwealth Games, after fellow Australians Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith stumble late.
10yo wins battle to save the stomachs of turtles
A 10-year-old girl helps convince a local government on the doorstep of the Great Barrier Reef to phase out using plastic straws in its council operations for the first time in Queensland.
Brisbane house prices up nearly 300pc, price of land to blame
Brisbane house prices surge nearly 300 per cent in real terms over the past 30 years, primarily driven by the cost of land, rather than the quality of housing, a new report says.
Do you know these lovebirds? Photographer takes to Facebook to find couple
An amateur photographer who snapped a young couple kissing on a jetty north of Brisbane a month ago takes to Facebook in the hopes of finding them, so he can pass on a copy of their romantic moment.
The talented women behind some of Brisbane's newest murals
There’s plenty of room for the female aesthetic in Australia’s street art scene and these three women are proving it.