Monday, November 23, 2015

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  • Brisbane's troubled Airportlink sold for $2

    Brisbane's troubled Airportlink sold for $2
    Brisbane's troubled Airportlink sold for $2.8 billion less than construction costUpdatedNovember 24, 2015 15:47:33 The big toll road operator Transurban has bought Brisbane's troubled Airportlink roadway for $2 billion - almost 60 per cent less than the original $4.8 billion construction cost.Transurban won the auction run by toll road receivers PPB, acting on behalf of a syndicate of banks and opportunistic hedge funds which had snapped up tranches of cheap debt when the company was heading..
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  • Brisbane gains ground as jobs hotspot for IT talent

    Brisbane gains ground as jobs hotspot for IT talent
    Brisbane gains ground as jobs hotspot for IT talentJeniffer ForeshewNovember 24, 2015 12:30PMSavePrintBrisbane gains ground as jobs hotspot for IT talentForeign jobseekers looking for hi-tech roles are increasingly looking beyond Sydney and Melbourne to find suitable opportunities, with Brisbane growing more attractive, data shows.Data on clicks information analysed by the world’s largest job site, Indeed, found that Brisbane enjoyed the most marked comparative advantage when it came to attracti..
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  • Brisbane Weather: Golf-ball-sized hail hits south-east Queensland

    Brisbane Weather: Golf-ball-sized hail hits south-east Queensland
    Brisbane Weather: Golf-ball-sized hail hits south-east Queensland ... More than 1700 homes are without power in Brisbane City, and 1100 in the Somerset ...
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  • Brisbane’s big noise

    Brisbane’s big noise
    A new study has assessed the impact of  aircraft noise on home values, as property owners in Brisbane’s blue chip suburbs brace for a future increase in air traffic.An analysis by the Queensland University of Technology, which involved studying 26 years of property performance metrics, has found that aircraft noise has “minimal if any” impact on Brisbane property prices.The analysis, from QUT’s School of Engineering and Built Environment and the QUT Air Transport Innovation Centre analysed price..
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  • Large hail hits Stanthorpe as storms move across Brisbane and Gold Coast - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Large hail hits Stanthorpe as storms move across Brisbane and Gold Coast - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
    Large hail hits Stanthorpe as storms move across Brisbane and Gold CoastUpdatedNovember 23, 2015 22:32:40 A severe thunderstorm has dumped golf ball-sized hail on Stanthorpe in southern Queensland and storms have swept eastwards across the Gold Coast and Brisbane.The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said at 6:25pm, very dangerous thunderstorms were detected on the weather radar near Rosevale, Grandchester and Hatton Vale.By 6:50pm, the storms had reached Rosewood and Marburg, and had been downgra..
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  • AFP removes passenger from Brisbane-bound Virgin flight in Melbourne

    AFP removes passenger from Brisbane-bound Virgin flight in Melbourne
    AFP removes passenger from Brisbane-bound Virgin flight in MelbourneA male passenger on a Virgin Australia flight bound for Brisbane was escorted off the flight in Melbourne by the Australian Federal Police on Monday night.The Australian Federal Police (AFP) would not disclose the reason for moving the passenger off Virgin Australia Flight VA353 .It is understood that the passenger did not pose a threat to national security.Police officers attended Melbourne airport on Monday night after receivi..
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  • Schache right fit for Lions even at No.2

    Schache right fit for Lions even at No.2
    AFL draft 2015: Josh Schache the right fit for Brisbane Lions even with the No.2 pickSAM LANDSBERGERHerald SunNovember 24, 201512:13PMHello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player.IT is a question worth asking.If the Brisbane Lions didn’t beat the Western Bulldogs to end their dismal season, would Josh Schache be the No.1 draft pick?That win, which the AFL said was “unlikely”, relegated Carlton below Brisbane to bottom of the ladder.But the Lions wi..
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  • Roar's Aussie Brazilian 'good enough for Socceroos'

    Roar's Aussie Brazilian 'good enough for Socceroos'
    Brisbane Roar defender Shane Stefanutto says his Brazilian-born team-mate Henrique is good enough to play for the Socceroos.Striker Henrique recently received his Australian citizenship, making him eligible for a potential Socceroos call-up.A few experts – most notably Fox Sports duo Mark Bosnich and John Kosmina – believe Henrique could be in the mix for the national team given his knack over a number of years for scoring important goals.The 30-year-old does possess that unpredictability which ..
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    WHEN husband and wife James and Alisha Kelleher (ex-Jak + Hill, Spring Hill) teamed up with chef mate Scott Price to create a Brisbane CBD bar-eatery, the ...
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  • Brisbane mother dresses as Wonder Woman for last day of chemo

    Brisbane mother dresses as Wonder Woman for last day of chemo
    Danielle Javernig and her family dressed up as superheroes to celebrate her end of chemotherapy treatment.Photo: Samantha Gale PhotographyA Brisbane mum dressed up as a superhero to celebrate the end of her chemotherapy and created a moment her family will remember forever.On November 17 mother of twins Danielle Javernig dressed up as Wonder Woman, something she had planned since May, when she was first diagnosed with breast cancer."From my very first day of chemo I said, 'On my last day I am go..
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