Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Brisbane ref's death 'cold-blood execution': court and other top stories.

  • Brisbane ref's death 'cold-blood execution': court

    Brisbane ref's death 'cold-blood execution': court
    A Brisbane rugby league official was shot dead in a "cold-blood execution" just months after his home was set alight, a court has heard.Tyson John Taylor, 41, fronted Brisbane's Supreme Court on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to murdering retired accountant Tony McGrath in May 2013. Tony McGrath, a tax office employee who had been appointed president of the Brisbane Rugby League Referees Association, died from a single gunshot to the head. Photo: Courtesy of the Brisbane Rugby L He also ..
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  • Brisbane hotspots: where the pockets of affordability are

    Brisbane hotspots: where the pockets of affordability are
    Brisbane: still offering good growth - for buyers with the average Queensland loan. Danny Watkins / EyeEm Brisbane still boasts suburbs that are affordable to first home buyers and in which ongoing development is likely to keep pushing price growth.Runcorn and Keperra - 19km and 9km respectively from the CBD - are among areas offering the best prospects for houses, while the closer Mt Gravatt East and Cannon Hill are showing the strongest growt..
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  • Solar Buddy: Brisbane man helps light up the lives of ...

    Solar Buddy: Brisbane man helps light up the lives of ...
    Solar Buddy: Brisbane man helps light up the lives of underprivileged children across the world Updated May 10, 2016 13:36:35 A Brisbane man has created a small solar light that he believes will rid the world of energy poverty.Simon Doble's invention Solar Buddy is a light refugees and children in developing countries can use inside tents.The small sealed units, which include an integrated solar panel, run for 10 hours. Mr Doble said his marriage breakdown, and losing h..
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  • The city hub poised to boom

    The city hub poised to boom
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  • Teenage boys set out on Brisbane River expedition

    Teenage boys set out on Brisbane River expedition
    Brisbane local George Kefford's love for exploring all started with a bratwurst on a mountain.Before living in Australia, the 14-year-old grew up in Germany with his parents and remembers often hiking a mountain close to his family home. Jaxson Samuels and George Kefford are preparing for their next adventure. Photo: Supplied Each time he reached the summit he would be rewarded with a bratwurst, a reward that sparked a love for nature in the determined young man."Quite often we would go ..
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  • Malcolm Turnbull dines at Brisbane's Moo Moo

    Malcolm Turnbull dines at Brisbane's Moo Moo
    After calling the federal election on Sunday, Malcolm Turnbull was straight off to Queensland and the marginal seats of Briz Vegas, overnighting in the northern capital on Monday.And after a hard day of ad nauseam  "jobs and growth", a man has to eat! So the PM and his travelling circus, including cabinet secretary Arthur Sinodinos, hatched a positive protein plan for the present and headed off to Moo Moo steakhouse at the Port Office Building down near Eagle Street Pier. No iron deficiency the..
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  • Brisbane's most expensive home? Ascot mansion could take the title

    Brisbane's most expensive home? Ascot mansion could take the title
    An Ascot property perched high on a hill has been tipped to become Brisbane’s most expensive house. It is the first time the private residence has entered the market, and its agent says high-end buyers are licking their lips at the opportunity to own it. Ray White New Farm principal Matt Lancashire said the house would challenge anything currently in the Australian market. Uninterrupted city views are one of the home’s many features. Photo: Supplied “There is no doubt that this home is going to..
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Brisbane Broncos' Adam Blair a 'dirty player': Gorden Tallis .Deakin study shows kids who don't get enough sleep more likely to be obese .
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