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• Brisbane weather: Lightning strikes pair taking selfie during stormy Sunday

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Thunderstorm 'hit like a tornado'Ipswich suburbs face a "massive cleanup effort" after a powerful thunderstorm ripped through south east Queensland on Sunday night.PT1M1S620349Two backpackers are believed to have been taking a selfie at a scenic lookout in southern Queensland when they were struck by lightning.Southern Downs councillor Cameron Gow said the pair were struck at Stanthorpe's Mount Marley Lookout on Sunday evening.A Redbank home was almost split in two by..

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• Brisbane traffic: Pacific Motorway crash kills two

  

  Video will begin in5seconds.Two killed in highway crashTwo people are killed after a collision between a truck and a car on the Pacific Motorway at Eight Mile Plains on Monday morning.7 News QueenslandPT0M44S620349Two people have died after a truck allegedly smashed into the back of a vehicle on the Pacific Motorway at Eight Mile Plains on Monday morning.Police said they received initial reports of a vehicle travelling southbound on the Pacific Motorway, near the Logan Road off ramp, when it all..

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  BRISBANE dentist Chris Hart got sick of not being able to sleep so he made a device to ... human nose” said Dr Hart, clinical director of Brisbane-based Oventus.

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• Brisbane traffic: Truck bursts into flames on Logan Motorway

  

  Brisbane traffic: Truck bursts into flames on Logan MotorwayVideo will begin in5seconds.Truck explodes on Logan MotorwayA Nine news crew stops to film a burning truck on the Logan Motorway when it explodes in front of them.Nine NewsPT0M24S620349A driver managed to free himself from his truck just before it burst into flames on the Logan Motorway near Heathwood on Monday.Emergency crews were called to the scene on the Logan Motorway, just before the Heathwood turnoff, at about 11.40am.Motorists c..

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• David Pourre named permanent Brisbane Roar CEO

  

  David Pourre named permanent Brisbane Roar CEORoar coach John Aloisi and Henrique celebrate an A-League win this year. The club has announced interim CEO David Pourre will fill the role on a permanent basis.Photo: Chris HydeBrisbane's interim chief executive David Pourre has been appointed to the role permanently.Pourre has been with the Roar for nearly two years, initially as commercial director before moving into the interim CEO position during an overhaul of the club's administration early in..

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• Asbestos cancer warrior Lou Williams tells Brisbane her life-changing story

  

  Lou Williams in Brisbane with her daughter Debbie and husband Keith.Photo: Tony MooreLou Williams as a young girl would use broken pieces of asbestos sheeting as a chalk.Today, she is one ofAustralia's best known meso-warriors.Ms Williams fights mesothelioma, the asbestos cancer."My first exposure with asbestos was when I was about seven and Dad built another room onto our house with this asbestos fibro sheeting," the prominent lobbyist told a Brisbane conference last week.Advertisement"And with..

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• How the Roar are proving critics wrong

  

  Newcastle Jets draw with Brisbane Roar1:56A-League: Newcastle Jets pick up another vital result, drawing 1-1 with Brisbane Roar at Hunter StadiumTHE Roar weren’t given much hope heading into their first-round clash against Western Sydney Wanderers and despite Brisbane’s good start to the season, there’s likely to be a similar sentiment ahead of Saturday night’s battle between the same two teams at the same venue.Got a question for Marco? Don’t agree with what he says? Leave a comment in thecomme..

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  Channel 10 weather guru Josh Holt and Bachelor contestant Rachel Moore were spotted deep in conversation at Ten's annual white party at the weekend.

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  THE man who took high-end cosmetics and fragrances to the suburbs, Richard Malouf of the Malouf Pharmacies Group, is selling his luxury Hamilton home after ...

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• Ben Hunt looking forward to NRL restart with Brisbane Broncos following grand final mistake - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

  

  Ben Hunt looking forward to NRL restart with Brisbane Broncos following grand final mistakeUpdatedNovember 30, 2015 17:11:07 Brisbane star Ben Hunt is looking forward to playing football again after moving on from his "heartbreaking" errors in the Broncos' NRL grand final loss to North Queensland.Two late mistakes from half-back Hunt opened the door for the Cowboys' dramatic 17-16 win in last seasons' decider including his knock-on from the start of golden point extra-time.Hunt's extra-time ..

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