QLD News

Bowled overClever plan that got players back on the bowling green

With an average age of 79, Jeff Taylor knew navigating a lawn bowls schedule through covid would be difficult. But he found a way.

Mercedes Maguire

HolidaysWhere we are heading this Christmas

Holiday-makers are choosing some surprising Queensland Christmas destinations with one very clear advantage.

Jeremy Pierce

EXCLUSIVE‘Life should mean life’: Push to keep killer rapists in jail

Murder victim Anne-Marie Culleton’s sister has launched a national petition calling for mandatory life sentences without parole for rapist killers.

Charles Miranda

EXCLUSIVECentre for eating disorders shut amid surge in cases

There has been an alarming surge in eating disorders during COVID, but a pioneering treatment centre can’t open.

Sue Dunlevy

EXCLUSIVE‘You created the beast’: Veteran’s stark message to Defence

As fallout from the Australian war crimes inquiry continues, a former commando has lashed out at ADF superiors.

Ellen Whinnett

New takeShaun the Sheep as you’ve never seen him

He’s starred on both the big and small screen, now Shun the Sheep is set to take flight – literally – in a whole new format.

Phil Brown

SavingsHow to save thousands on your home loan

Homeowners could be savings thousands of dollars on their mortgage, according to the ACCC, which wants changes to make it even easier.

Matthew Killoran

PETS‘It saved his life’: The hotline to call when your pet gets sick

Christmas is the most dangerous time of year for pets to be accidentally poisoned. Why a free poisoning advice hotline should be on speed dial for all pet owners.

Elissa Lawrence

injuriesBruce Hwy delays after serious crash

A man is in a serious condition after a motorbike crash on the Bruce Hwy at Beerburrum. A rescue helicopter has been tasked to the scene and will shut the highway.

Cormac Pearson

ExclusiveWally Lewis: The day I almost jumped

Wally Lewis has revealed just how close he came to committing suicide after his brain operation caused crippling depression.

Lucy Carne

Special investigationFraser Island fires were ‘time bomb’ waiting to happen

The State Government was warned 11 times about Fraser Island’s mismanagement by a scientific committee that was disbanded soon after.

Chris Clarke and Tobias Jurss-Lewis

PandemicJeannette Young’s secret weapon in COVID war

As she got off the phone in January after a briefing on the emerging coronavirus, a teary Dr Jeannette Young’s first port of call was to reach out to this man.

Janelle Miles

ExclusiveWonder drug killing dog cancers

A one-injection treatment developed in Queensland is wiping out cancerous tumours in dogs, with trials now underway for human cancers.

Jackie Sinnerton

CrisisDevastated industry fears China backlash

With several industries feeling the impact of the China trade war, there are fears one of Queensland’s biggest money spinners could also be under threat.

Jeremy Pierce

Speech‘Through the worst of COVID’: Premier’s message of hope

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk reflected on the heartbreak and courage shown by Queenslanders in 2020 in her annual farewell address.

Hayden Johnson

Brutal weatherStorms roll in ahead of scorching weekend

Southeast Queensland is braced for evening storms as the state heads into another heatwave this weekend.

Cormac Pearson & Nathan Edwards

COURTNurse’s ‘severe fall from grace’ with 185 charges

A highly regarded Brisbane nursing manager repeatedly stole morphine from aged care homes and “covered her tracks” as she became ensnared in a severe opioid addiction.

PATRICK BILLINGS

CRASH HORROR‘What have I done’: Driver leaves man paralysed

A driver who left a man a quadriplegic in a crash at a notorious Brisbane pedestrian crossing has been spared jail.

PATRICK BILLINGS

George St ConfidentialControversial MP makes his exit, stage Right

His birthday antics brought the ire of the Premier, now this Labor MP has quit the Right faction after being overlooked for a role.

Steven Wardill

QWEEKEND‘I lost eight people in one shift’: CHO’s horror night

She’s been applauded for leading Queensland through the COVID-19 pandemic. Now Jeannette Young has revealed how her past shaped her into a medical leader.

Janelle Miles

Exclusive‘I was in tears’: The gripping inside story of fight to save QLD from COVID

After a January meeting about a mystery virus spreading in China, Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young had a feeling of dread that she knew it would turn into a nightmare. Now she’s revealed the inside story of the fight to save Queensland.

Janelle Miles

QWEEKENDWhy CHO was desperate for borders to reopen

She’s been endlessly criticised for her hardline border stance, but now Jeannette Young has revealed her own very personal reasons for desperately wanting it reopened.

Janelle Miles

COURTS$4.4m car find: Dad’s secret life as alleged ‘cash mule’

Pulled over by police in inner Brisbane earlier this year, this Queensland dad blamed his erratic driving on nerves because he was about to propose to his girlfriend. But he was carrying more than an engagement ring, with more details of the $4.4m cash stashed in his car now revealed in court documents.

Vanda Carson