Should Queensland host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it was revealed this morning by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk The Gabba is the proposed main Stadium. Ms Palaszczuk says The Gabba has been home to Queensland sport for 126 years but to take it to a further level it will need support from all levels of government. A potential upgrade to the stadium would incre

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a flood warning for parts of North Queensland as it tells residents to expect up to three hundred mills of daily rainfall over the next few days. A flood watch is in place between Cooktown and Ingham and a strong winds warning is in place for the Cairns and Townsville coastal waters. A trough in the Coral Sea that could move on to the

A Sunshine Coast man on holidays in Brisbane has jumped into the Brisbane River on his way to dinner to save a young woman from slipping under the water. John Gee was on a river cruise when he spotted the women. Before jumping in he tried to reach her with a rope but was unsuccessful.

High profile lawyer Chris Murphy wins his defamation case as a judge ordered The Daily Telegraph to pay one hundred and ten thousand dollars in damages after suggesting Mr Murphy was too old and deaf to practice as a lawyer anymore. The claim from The Daily Telegraph publisher Annette Sharp said Mr Murphy who is seventy two was unwilling or unable to represent clients due to his hearing has been ruled untrue.  

The European Union and Russia both say they are optimistic that the US and Iran will successfully renew the two countries’ 2015 nuclear deal as negotiations draw to a close in Vienna. The expression of optimism comes as the US described the talks as ‘constructive’ and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the two countries had reached a ‘new understanding’. The indirect talks in Vienna we

The United Nations says 2021 must be the year of climate action ahead of US President Joe Biden’s virtual international climate summit at the end of this week. Biden invited 40 world leaders to take part in the climate talks as he tries to put climate action at the forefront of the international political agenda. The UN says despite initial optimism, the COVID-19 pandemi

Brisbane City Council is set to meet with residents in Eight Mile Plains amid strong community backlash over plans to build a new healthcare complex on a bushland area along Underwood Road. The proposed development would be built on the same area of bushland that was approved in 2014 for the construction of a new mosque, sparking community concerns about overdevelopment. There have been over eight hund

A baby snake from Queensland has been found in a bag of lettuce at Aldi in Sydney after a one thousand kilometre trip from Toowoomba. The snake was found wrapped around lettuce leaves in a packet after a family bought it from a local Aldi supermarket.

Logan City Council is cracking down on the development of tiny housing lots by introducing a move to mandate a minimum lot size of 300 square metres. As one of south-east Queensland’s fastest growing regions a study found the housing lots are getting smaller and providing less housing choices.  The council’s decision to call time on developers taking advantage of the current scheme has some developers