Saturday, March 19, 2016

Brisbane cyclist and his dog missing since Friday afternoon and other top stories.

  • Brisbane cyclist and his dog missing since Friday afternoon

    Brisbane cyclist and his dog missing since Friday afternoon
    A police aerial search using thermal imaging was expected to continue after dark on Saturday for a missing cyclist and his dog.Police and 46 SES volunteers on foot, on trail bikes and using all-terrain vehicles scoured a 35 square kilometre area on Saturday without success. Peter Jacobson, 42, mssing with his dog in Toohey State Forest. Photo: QPS Peter Jacobson, 42, failed to return home after telling his wife on Friday afternoon that he was going for one of his regular rides through To..
    >> view original

  • Storm warning for election day

    Storm warning for election day
    Stormclouds above a soccer match in Slack Creek. Picture: Richard WalkerWEATHER LATEST: The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a thunderstorm warning for people in Logan, parts of Ipswich and the Scenic Rim council areas. At 3.15pm, the bureau warned that thunderstorms were detected on the weather radar near Beaudesert and Tamborine.Brisbane Election 2016: Latest updatesBrisbane Election 2016: Polling booth violenceBrisbane Election 2016: Candidates listCouncil Election 2016: Polling booths Moreto..
    >> view original

  • Violence at the polling booth

    Violence at the polling booth
    Outside the Brisbane State High School polling booth for the Brisbane City Council election 2016. Picture: LEAH KIDDTHE LNP candidate for The Gabba ward Sean Jacobs has allegedly been attacked by four men in the early hours of this morning while setting up for the election outside Brisbane State High School. Mr Jacobs believed the men were drunk and heading home after a night out when they came across the booth about 4am.Brisbane Election 2016: Latest updatesBrisbane Election 2016: Weather, thun..
    >> view original

  • Queensland votes: Could Jonathan Sri be Brisbane's first Greens ...

    Queensland votes: Could Jonathan Sri be Brisbane's first Greens ...
    The Greens hope their Gabba Ward candidate Jonathan Sri could be Brisbane's first-ever Greens councillor, with long-serving Labor councillor Helen Abraham retiring today.However the West End community development worker has tough political opposition to sway voters, despite working for almost two years and for South Brisbane for The Greens in the 2015 state election. Greens mayoral candidate Ben Pennings, Gabba Ward candidate Jonathon Sri and Greens senator Larissa Waters. Photo: Tony Moor..
    >> view original

  • Harding: 'The most important election in years'

    Harding: 'The most important election in years'
    EGGS on toast might well be the breakfast of champions if ALP lord mayoral candidate takes out Brisbane’s top job today.LIVE BLOG: Queensland council elections 2016Mr Harding, who voted with his wife Anna at Oakleigh State School, described it as the most important election in years.“I was out at Stafford this morning and raring to go,” Mr Harding said.“This is the most important election of the last couple of decades.“And Brisbane faces a big choice, I hope they vote for new energy.”Other Stori..
    >> view original

  • Budgie's rescue from Brisbane train tracks caught on camera

    Budgie's rescue from Brisbane train tracks caught on camera
    Budgie's rescue from Brisbane train tracks caught on camera Posted March 19, 2016 00:16:24 A stubborn budgerigar has been blamed for bringing trains to a halt on one of Brisbane's most popular rail lines after it had to be physically removed from the tracks.The bird was spotted by three teenage girls, who alerted Queensland Rail staff moments before the train was due at Chelmer station, in Brisbane's west.The incident was captured by a CCTV camera at the station and h..
    >> view original

  • Live Brisbane City Council and Queensland Referendum Coverage

    Live Brisbane City Council and Queensland Referendum Coverage
    From 6pm Queensland time (7pm in southern states) I'll be providing a results service on the Brisbane City Council and Lord Mayoral elections, as well as the referendum on fixed four year terms for the Queensland Parliament. The results service can be found at the ABC elections site. I won't be providing results on other Queensland local government elections, but there will be updates at the ABC News Queensland website. The Electoral Commission Queensland will also be running a full results ser..
    >> view original

  • Labor loses Supreme Court bid to have Brisbane Mayor pamphlet ...

    Labor loses Supreme Court bid to have Brisbane Mayor pamphlet ...
    Labor loses Supreme Court bid to have Brisbane Mayor pamphlet declared illegal Updated March 19, 2016 15:57:33 Labor has lost its bid to have the Supreme Court declare a pamphlet distributed by Brisbane Mayor Graham Quirk illegal.Labor campaign director Evan Moorhead said the Liberal National Party (LNP) pamphlet, which was handed out in the controversial seat of Tennyson, had not been registered with the Electoral Commission of Queensland by the deadline.Mr Moorhead sa..
    >> view original

  • Men impersonate police in Brisbane attack

    Men impersonate police in Brisbane attack
    Two men have impersonated police and pulled a gun on a man having a cigarette outside a house on Brisbane's northside. The men were in a red sedan with red and blue flashing lights mounted to the dashboard when they pulled up outside the Wilston home early on Saturday morning. One declared he was a police officer and produced a firearm before ordering the 27-year-old man to raise his hands, kneel and place his belongings on the ground. As he knelt, he was kicked in the head before the man took ..
    >> view original

  • Madonna shocks fans by exposing young woman's breast on stage ...

    Madonna shocks fans by exposing young woman's breast on stage ...
    Pop queen Madonna has shocked fans at her final Brisbane concert, after she invited a young woman on stage and exposed the girl's breast by pulling down her top last night. Footage of the incident at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre has since gone viral, with the awkward laughter of thousands of onlookers clearly audible. "She is the kind of girl you just want to slap on the ass and pull, oh s----," Madonna said as she pulled at Josephine Georgiou's corset-style top and exposed her. "Sorry, s..
    >> view original

Rio Tinto chief Sam Walsh to be replaced by Jean-Sébastien Jacques .Brown to debut at Brisbane UFC spectacular .
Reach out and offer support .Sydney homeless man's throat slit as he slept .

No comments:

Post a Comment