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Record-breaking $12m Brisbane house has just been sold

The top selling home in Brisbane still stands at 46 Aaron Avenue, Hawthorn in August 2014 for $14 million, bought by mining magnate Gina Rinehart, now followed by Balaam. Number 34 Howard Street, Paddington, sold for $10.35 million in June 2009. >> view original

North Queensland Cowboys defeated the Brisbane Broncos 31-20 to record ...

But it was all Brisbane early as the NRL leader opened up an early 12-point lead with wingers Lachlan Maranta and Jordan Kahu scoring out wide within the first quarter of the game, and Corey Parker nailing a conversion from either sideline. But it was ... >> view original

Wheel of Brisbane undergoing first major maintenance works

The Wheel of Brisbane has come to a standstill – but only for a few weeks. The now-familiar landmark at South Bank is undergoing its first major maintenance works since being installed in 2009. Executive Director of the Wheel of Brisbane John Elliott ... >> view original

'Ice' drug affects up to 40 per cent in Brisbane watch house: prisoner surveys

The highly addictive drug 'ice' or crystal methyl-amphetamine – would now affect almost 40 per cent of prisoners arrested and brought through the Brisbane's main police watch house in Roma Street. That is double the proportion five years ago in 2009-2010. >> view original

Brisbane's Dayne Beams says the rapid rise of Port Adelaide should inspire ...

Beams said Port's fast-track to finals could be the blueprint for Brisbane. “They weren't too dissimilar to us a few years back so we can certainly take some lessons from them,'' Beams said. “It just takes confidence. I remember that early stage of ... >> view original

Spectacular images show thousands of spiders using their silk to fly

Everybody knows the phrase 'it's raining cats and dogs,' but how many times have you heard that it's raining spiders? A resident of the Southern Tablelands in New South Wales took to Facebook to report that millions of baby spiders appeared to be falling ... >> view original

Troposhere is warming up; researchers confirm using publicly available data

The upper levels of the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, the troposphere, are warming up proving that temperatures have actually gone up during to global warming and these increased temperatures have started affecting layers of the atmosphere. >> view original

Science Guy Bill Nye opens Kickstarter campaign for spacecraft - Las Vegas Review

Bill Nye The Science Guy discusses oil spill science on CNN's John King USA. (CNN). image. By JILLIAN EUGENIOS CNN. In the future, humans may be able to sail through the universe to discover new lands, much like the early explorers on Earth. >> view original

Distant light might hold the key to why the universe is filled with matter

EVERYTHING we see, touch and experience is made up of matter but for the longest time scientists had no idea why it existed. Now they may have found an answer. NASA's Fermi space telescope has detected high-energy light linked to a magnetic field that ... >> view original

Lomborg's think tank looking for a home

Bjorn Lomborg says he is confident the Australia Consensus Centre will go ahead. Ben Rushton. by Tim Dodd. Who would have thought there would $4 million up for grabs for an Australian university? Education Minister Christopher Pyne has put that amount ... >> view original