Violent threats made against Greens mayoral candidate for Brisbane
Ben Pennings' campaign posters have been vandalised in Ashgrove. Photo: Supplied Greens mayoral candidate Ben Pennings' campaign posters in Ashgrove have been defaced with violent threats.Two posters erected on a fence on Waterworks Road were covered with spray paint and a target was painted over Mr Pennings face above the word "scum".While it was unclear what the vandals intended, the target may have been a Celtic cross, symbolism used by several neo-nazi gr..>> view originalVigil continues for Baby Asha in Brisbane
Former Immigration Minister Scott Morrison says the government won't make policy exceptions to allow baby Asha to stay in Australia, adding it would send an open invitation to people smugglers. The 12-month-old girl was brought to the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in Brisbane last month after suffering accidental burns from boiling water in detention on Nauru. She has since recovered but is being held by medical staff until "a suitable home environment is identified". "The risk of departing ..>> view originalSuburbs tipped for best capital growth
Barrett inquiry set to begin in Brisbane
Inexperienced staff, confusing communications and heightened emotions marked the controversial closure of a Brisbane mental health facility, an inquiry has heard.The commission of inquiry into the Barrett Adolescent Psychiatric Centre began in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday.The inquiry will consider issues surrounding the closure of the Wacol centre, which provided long-term inpatient mental health treatment for people under 18, in January 2014.Within eight months of the site's closur..>> view originalMayor's multimillion-dollar Brisbane pledge
An artist’s impression of the proposed Daphne Mayo fountain in the Brisbane RiverNEW fountains will be built in King George Square and in the suburbs under a $6 million election pledge from Lord Mayor Graham Quirk, as new details emerge about a proposed fountain in the middle of the Brisbane River.A $3 million water feature will be built in King George Square, while two other fountains were promised for Dowse Lagoon at Sandgate and the lake at Forest Lake.Cr Quirk also revealed plans for a $2 mi..>> view originalWhat's with all the smoke?
A BUSHFIRE in wetlands southeast of Brisbane shrouded the city in a smoke haze Sunday night. The scrub fire has been burning for more than five hours at Carbrook Wetlands Conservation Park off Beenleigh-Redland Bay Rd.Five rural fire crews and a parks team were to continue back burning the area until the early hours of Monday morning.The smoke had blown across Brisbane’s CBD creating a smoke haze.It comes after temperatures in Brisbane soared to 32.5C on Sunday with wind gusts of up to 44km/h re..>> view originalBrawl filmed in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley as lockout laws loom
A brawl involving a dozen young men broke out in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley nightclub precinct last night, as the state's lockout laws loom. The men started fighting at the GPO Hotel about 2.30am, and the brawl spilled onto the street. "Get him, get him," one man can be heard screaming in a video of the fight. A brawl broke out in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley. (9NEWS) Earlier in the night and one block away from the hotel, a man was arrested after attempting to punch a security guard in the hea..>> view originalDNA evidence unlocks two-decades-old Brisbane rape case
DNA collected in an unrelated investigation has helped police investigating a rape 20 years ago, they say. Newly collected DNA has helped police lay charges over the rape of a 17-year-old woman that went unsolved for almost 20 years.The woman, now 37, was walking alone in Woolloongabba on March 31, 1996, when police allege she was violently and sexually assaulted.A 51-year-old Bellbird Park man was charged on Saturday with rape and several other offences ove..>> view originalCop hits and kills man in Cairns car park collision
Queensland Police Northern Region Assistant Commissioner Paul Taylor. Photo: Queensland Police Service A Queensland assistant police commissioner is being interviewed after killing a man in what is understood to be an accidental collision in a Cairns car park on Monday morning.Northern Region Assistant Commissioner Paul Taylor is believed to have been arriving at work at the Cairns police station in Sheridan Street just before 4.30am on Monday when the collis..>> view originalHow confidence issues cruelled Maranta
Sunday, February 14, 2016
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