Brisbane man charged with murder after body found in Highgate Hill home and other top stories

Brisbane man charged with murder after body found in Highgate Hill home

A Brisbane man has been charged with murder following the discovery of another man's body at a unit in the inner-city suburb of Highgate Hill. Police were called to a unit complex on Gladstone Road about 12:30am and found the body of a 42-year-old man. >> view original

Lions too slick for rusty Swans

Brisbane's midfield is now a force to be reckoned with in the AFL. Their ball movement was slick and the Lions forwards showed they can combine kick a winning score. The Lions had 25 scoring shots from 39 inside 50 entries and took eight marks. Sydney ... >> view original

Brisbane Olympics 2028 bid: Mayors back proposal

A group of South East Queensland mayors have backed Brisbane's bid for an Olympic Games in 2028. Backing from the 11 other councils in the region is the first step of many that will be needed to get an official Brisbane bid off the ground. "This is not ... >> view original

Brisbane residents feel safe on the streets, survey shows

The survey was quietly made available in the Brisbane Square Library last year, but its existence was only acknowledged this week when Labor councillors tracked it down. They claimed the survey included figures which showed the LNP administration was ... >> view original

Waitress Donna Phillips remembers Brisbane's Whiskey Au Go Go fireball

Donna Phillips was the drinks waitress and cashier at Brisbane's Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub on March 8, 1973 when 15 people were murdered in a fire-bombing attack that rocked Australia. She was working the front desk. About 10 minutes before the fire ... >> view original

Jackie Trad takes Brisbane's billion-dollar riverfront plan back to the ...

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said a decision by Labor's new infrastructure minister Jackie Trad to take a Brisbane City Council plan to develop 25 hectares of riverside land at South Brisbane back to the drawing board would "impact on confidence in the ... >> view original

Man drowns in suspected free diving incident

A man has drowned at Hutchinson Reef off Moreton Island near Brisbane in an apparent free diving incident, Queensland police say. Authorities said the 19-year-old was with three friends about 7:30am when he blacked out near the surface and sunk into 30 ... >> view original

Brisbane Times' eighth birthday flashback to 2007

Campbell Newman was Brisbane's lord mayor and his successor Lord Mayor Graham Quirk was his transport and infrastructure committee chair guru. Today Campbell has lost his job and Graham has his old one. Today's premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was ... >> view original

Drugs bound for Future Music Festival seized by Queensland anti-bikie squad

Taskforce Maxima detectives seized the drugs and $50,000 in cash in a series of raids across Brisbane and on Russell Island on Friday. They said the drugs had a street value of about half a million dollars and their distribution was linked to the ... >> view original

Former Brisbane Roar boss Mike Mulvey begins Borneo adventure

At the end of last year, the man who masterminded the Brisbane Roar's 2014 championship-winning A-League campaign was sacked as the club made a slow start to the new season. And, yet, just over a week later on December 1, he was named ... >> view original