Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Brisbane facing apartment oversupply and other top stories.

  • Brisbane facing apartment oversupply

    Metro CEO Luke Hartman says it is incorrect to say that all of inner city Brisbane will head towards an apartment oversupply. Pat Scala Brisbane faces an imminent oversupply of apartments, property research group BIS Shrapnel says.Rental apartments are now the majority – 58 per cent – of all apartments in the inner Brisbane area, which is also experiencing a rise in rental vacancy, BIS Shrapnel's latest market brief reveals.  The vacancy rate i..
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  • Brisbane offers lucrative contract to Adelaide Crows forward Josh ...

    Brisbane offers lucrative contract to Adelaide Crows forward Josh ...
    BRISBANE has made Adelaide key forward Josh Jenkins a lucrative five-year offer, believed to be worth close to $750,000 per season.While Jenkins has indicated his wish to remain with the Crows, the Brisbane offer is significantly greater than what Adelaide has been prepared to pay at this stage.The Crows are willing to give Jenkins, one of the most improved forwards in the game, a four-year deal but are unlikely to come close to matching Brisbane’s dollars on an annual basis.Jenkins remains unsi..
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  • Adam Blair set for Brisbane Broncos NRL captaincy

    Adam Blair set for Brisbane Broncos NRL captaincy
    Just two weeks ago Brisbane great Gorden Tallis described him as "one of the dirtiest players" in the NRL.Now Adam Blair is set to become the next Broncos captain. Controversial Brisbane forward Adam Blair has been named skipper with up to six Broncos on Origin duty. Photo: Getty Images Tallis claimed he was disappointed Blair wore the Broncos jersey after the Kiwi forward's now infamous chicken wing tackle on Kangaroo Sam Thaiday - his Brisbane teammate - in the trans-Tasman Test.Fast f..
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  • Adelaide 36ers will head to Brisbane for the pre-season series and ...

    Adelaide 36ers will head to Brisbane for the pre-season series and ...
    Former Cairns import Torrey Craig.CLASHING dates with the NBL’s Pre-season Blitz tournament in Brisbane in September means the 36ers now will not contest the Merlion Cup in Singapore.The Basketball Association of Singapore invited the Sixers to compete for the Merlion Cup against rival international teams from September 21-25.Yugoslavia Belgrade, the Chinese national team, Korea Kia Motors, Malaysia Petronas, Japan Kagoshima, Indonesia Asia-Pacific Bank contested the previous tournament and ther..
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  • Human remains found on Laidley West property, near Brisbane, yet ...

    Human remains found on Laidley West property, near Brisbane, yet ...
    Human remains found on Laidley West property, near Brisbane, yet to be identified Updated May 24, 2016 18:02:30 Police investigating the disappearance of a 44-year-old man have discovered human remains on a property, west of Brisbane.The body was found in a lantana thicket last Saturday on a 31-acre property at Laidley West.The property used to be owned by Darrell Simon, who was reported missing in November 2014.Mr Simon was last seen on the morning of November 16 that ..
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  • Baby abandoned on veranda of Brisbane house

    Baby abandoned on veranda of Brisbane house
    Baby abandoned on veranda of Brisbane houseAAPMay 24, 2016 7:12AMSavePrint A university student has found a baby abandoned on the front veranda of a share house in Brisbane. Long Nguyen called police after finding the three-month-old girl alone at the Herston property just after noon on Sunday.The child wasn’t hurt and is undergoing hospital checks along with a woman, 41, who was found near Brisbane’s international airport later that day.Queensland police could not confirm reports she had a todd..
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  • Tyson Taylor found guilty of murdering Brisbane referee Tony McGrath

    Tyson Taylor found guilty of murdering Brisbane referee Tony McGrath
    Tyson Taylor found guilty of murdering Brisbane referee Tony McGrath Updated May 24, 2016 18:12:53 Tyson John Taylor has been found guilty of both murder and attempted murder of Brisbane rugby league referee Tony McGrath.Mr McGrath, 57, was shot in the head in the garage of his Woolloongabba home in May 2013.Taylor, 41, had pleaded not guilty to the murder charge and to a count of attempted murder stemming from a fire at the same house six months earlier.Taylor had been..
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  • Concerns again over Brisbane Roar's owners

    Concerns again over Brisbane Roar's owners
    Concerns are growing over the club's lack of urgency and direction under the Bakrie Group, who are yet to provide a solid commitment that they will continue to fund the Roar and build on the success of last season. Demis Djamaoeddin - one of the two Bakrie representatives who have been stationed in Brisbane since the club's huge financial problems came to light last year - is due to arrive back from Jakarta, where he was to meet club owner Nirwan Bakrie, in the coming days. Football Federation..
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  • No Brisbane Cup for Our Ivanhowe

    No Brisbane Cup for Our Ivanhowe
    Our Ivanhowe (Image: Tom Pollock) Hall of Fame trainer Lee Freedman has confirmed Our Ivanhowe won’t contest the Brisbane Cup, instead going to the paddock to prepare for his spring campaign. Our Ivanhowe captured his first Australian victory in the Doomben Cup on Saturday, giving him the third Group 1 of his career after tasting success twice at the top level in Germany. It was a welcome change of fortune for the six-year-old entire, who finished third in last year’s Caulfield Cup. “To st..
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  • Lock out trouble ahead for Brisbane business, property values

    Lock out trouble ahead for Brisbane business, property values
    John Collins, Powderfinger bassist, and Scott Hutchinson, CEO of Hutchinsons, at the Triffid in Brisbane. Image: Robert Shakespeare New lockout laws to be introduced in Queensland have commercial and retail property owners starting to take preventive action as they worry values could take a big hit. The concerns have been heightened since a report by the NSW government, made public last week, showed that lockout laws had hit commercial and ret..
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Brisbane home targeted in drive-by shooting .Election 2016: Labor plans to appoint discrimination commissioner to ensure LGBTI people 'feel safer' .
Sri Lanka flood misery forces over 200000 to flee Colombo .Where Brisbane rents have crashed .

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