Brisbane weather: High temperatures and powerful waves to combine and other top stories.

• Brisbane weather: High temperatures and powerful waves to combine

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Hot, humid and rainy for Brisbane The weekend leading up to Australia day will have "warm and muggy conditions" with potentially dangerous surf conditions along the coast. PT1M25S 620 349 Brisbane is in for some hot nights ahead as minimum temperatures for the Australia Day weekend, until Tuesday, are forecast to remain as high as 23 degrees.Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Mark Trenorden says no relief is in sight from the hot nights for the for..

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• Teens charged over Brisbane joyride

  

  Teens charged over Brisbane joyride Police tried to end the chase using road spikes but the car kept driving on its rims until it came to a stop on the highway. Two teenagers face a string of charges after allegedly taking a stolen car on a four-hour joyride across Brisbane's south.The car allegedly hit a police vehicle and another car during the pursuit, which began in Eagleby after 11pm.Police later tried to end the chase using road spikes, but the car kep..

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• Bruce Djite double helps Adelaide United beat Brisbane Roar

  

  Bruce Djite double helps Adelaide United beat Brisbane Roar Video will begin in 5 seconds. Adelaide United thrash Brisbane Roar 4-1 Bruce Djite stars for Adelaide United at Suncorp Stadium to claim Brisbane Roar's first home-ground loss of the season. PT1M29S 620 349 BRISBANE: A drought-breaking double by Adelaide's Bruce Djite has fired the Reds to a 4-1 A-League victory over Brisbane on Friday.The 28-year-old forward hadn't scored in 23 games but found the back of the net ..

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• Chinese visitors drive Brisbane Airport growth

  

  Brisbane Airport has experienced a jump in passenger numbers from China. The Chinese economy may have been the cause of some consternation of late, but Brisbane Airport has continued to ride the Asian powerhouse's wave, with an increase of 27.5 per cent in visitors arriving from the country in 2015.Brisbane Airport Corporation released its 2015 figures on Friday, which showed an overall increase in international passenger numbers of 4.8 per cent.The news was n..

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• Brisbane man charged after rat-biting video

  

  Brisbane man charged after rat-biting video Matt Maloney allegedly bit the head off a live rat in a Facebook video posted on Tuesday. Photo: Mad Matts vids Matt Maloney, who spread a video of himself appearing to bite the head off a live rat on social media, has been charged with one count of animal cruelty and will front Brisbane Magistrates Court on March 7.RSPCA inspectors raided Maloney's home, seizing 17 rats and a python after seeing the video that th..

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• The 'big problem' in the battle for Brisbane

  

  The battle to be Brisbane’s Mayor has been more of a fizzle in the lead up to the polls. Picture: Ric FrearsonIT MAY be the biggest council in Australia but the battle for Brisbane is shaping as a fizzer with a lack of big policy announcements and flashy stunts. Budget constraints have locked up coffers, limiting the major infrastructure announcements seen in previous years ahead of the March 19 poll.While Labor’s internal party polling shows just over a third of people think Lord Mayor Graham Q..

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• Serious crash closes part of Pacific Motorway

  

  QLD NewsBrisbane traffic: Serious crash closes part of Pacific MotorwayJanuary 23, 2016 12:07amChris HonneryThe Courier-Mail

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• Schools costing Brisbane families $100k extra

  

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• Beach lifestyle in inner west

  

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• Brisbane artist Cara Westworth helps fans remember their idols ...

  

  Brisbane artist Cara Westworth helps fans remember their idols through kawaii nail art Updated January 22, 2016 13:25:45 A Brisbane woman is using fingernails on men and women as canvases to help people express themselves through small works of art.Cara Westworth has been taking kawaii nail art to craft beer bars, cafes and locations throughout the river city. I want to spread nail art to men because if they got sharks or Star Wars design it's not feminie but cool .....

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