Brisbane Roar snare first ever AFC Champions League win and other top stories

Brisbane Roar snare first ever AFC Champions League win

There were shades of the Roar of old in Wednesday night's historic win over Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan - the club's first ever victory in the AFC Champions League. Brisbane were relentless in their pressure, clever with their movements and positive ... >> view original

Brisbane, Cairns, Gold Coast property hotspots: report

Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Cairns have been prime locations for property value growth, in the past year according to a new state government report. The 2015 Valuer-General's Property Market Report shows an average 5.6 per cent growth ... >> view original

H&M Brisbane opening: Indooroopilly store unveiled

The wait is nearly over for Brisbane fashionistas. It's nowless than 24 hours before international retail giant H&M opens its first Queensland store at Indooroopilly Shopping Centre and queues are expected to build long before the doors open. It is the ... >> view original

Unions protest Abbott government in Brisbane

The strains of Cold Chisel's Standing on the Outside served as a warm-up to Wednesday's union protest in Brisbane, part of a coordinated national campaign, outside Parliament House on George Street. It was, perhaps, an odd choice of song. Protesters ... >> view original

Brisbane's middle-ring suburbs the next big thing in real estate

Demographer Bernard Salt, a director of accounting firm KPMG, yesterday picked out a ring of more than 110 suburbs, located 6-20km from the Brisbane central business district, for “the next big thing” over the coming decade. Suburbs in the zone run the ... >> view original

Russia hopes Vladimir Putin's Brisbane G20 koala friend survived mass cull

Russia hopes Vladimir Putin's Brisbane G20 koala friend survived mass cull. Russian embassy in Australia takes an apparently lighthearted swipe with Facebook comment about recent secret culling of koalas in Victoria. Tony Abbott and Vladimir Putin with ... >> view original

Brisbane, Fast, First: Footage shows motoryclist riding head-on into a ute in ...

DRAMATIC footage has emerged of a motorcyclist riding head-on into a ute on a Brisbane road. The footage was posted to YouTube as an example not to do when riding but the rider has hit back in a fiery online debate. In the video, the female rider can ... >> view original

NAB Challenge squads: Swans' kids on show

EXCITING Sydney Swans recruit Isaac Heeney will get the chance to audition for a round one berth when an under-strength Swans outfit takes on the Brisbane Lions in Friday night's NAB Challenge clash in Coffs Harbour. Heeney, who had been managed ... >> view original

Brisbane-based troops bound for Iraq

The Army's 7th Brigade, based in Brisbane, will provide most of the troops for the latest training mission to Iraq. Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Tuesday announced 300 troops would serve with a New Zealand force to train Iraqi soldiers in the fight ... >> view original

LNP to host International Women's Day event at male-only Brisbane's Tattersall ...

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten seized on news LNP Women had selected Brisbane's Tattersall's Club to host Friday's worldwide women's event - broken by The Courier-Mail - to question Mr Abbott over the appropriateness of the venue. Mr Abbott said the ... >> view original