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• Teen allegedly set on fire by ex-boyfriend

  

  A teenager was set on fire in Queensland. Picture: Nine NewsA TEEN is in an induced coma after being set on fire in Brisbane.The 17-year-old woman was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital with serious burns to her arms, legs and upper body, after allegedly being set alight at a home in Marsden on Friday.A 17-year-old man is accused of using flammable liquid to burn her following an argument.Nine News reports the man accused is allegedly the teen’s ex-boyfriend.The girl’s sister poste..

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• Tom Rockliff to return as Brisbane sets its sights on in-form Carlton

  

  Lions lose sixth in a row1:40AFL: Brisbane have suffered their sixth straight defeat after going down to the Hawks by 48-points. BRISBANE will welcome back captain Tom Rockliff from a hamstring injury for Saturday afternoon’s clash with a red-hot Carlton in Melbourne.They will need Rockliff to hit the ground running against the Blues, who claimed their fifth win from six starts with a 16.8 (104) to 12.13 (85) Round 10 upset of Geelong on Sunday.Rockliff has missed the past three games after be..

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• Police charge female patient over assault of nurse in Brisbane hospital

  

  A woman will face court accused of assaulting a nurse at a Brisbane hospital.Police say the 62-year-old nurse was assaulted by a female patient in a ward at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital on Saturday.A 44-year-old woman will face the Brisbane Magistrates Court next month on one count each of serious assault of a public officer performing function causing bodily harm, wilful damage and possession of a knife in a public place. The alleged assault is one of a record number of recent attac..

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• Weir juggernaut slows, but trainer upbeat about Brisbane hopes

  

  Ben Allen, riding Kenjorwood, wins Race 8 at Sandown on Saturday. Photo: Getty Images We have got used to expecting the all-conquering Darren Weir machine to keep rolling along from success to success. But although the wheels don't actually fall off, occasionally they come loose.Weir had trained 275 winners across Australia (86 in the Melbourne metropolitan area) before the weekend's racing, and most pundits expected that tally to grow by at least three, if n..

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• Four-wheel-drive collides with bus in East Brisbane

  

  A 20-year-old man has suffered lacerations to his head after his four-wheel-drive collided with a bus in East Brisbane on Sunday afternoon.Police were notified of the incident on Mowbray Terrace around 1.30pm and set up diversions while they cleared the bus. A man suffered lacerations to his head when his four-wheel-drive collided with a bus. Photo: Supplied A spokeswoman for Queensland Ambulance confirmed two patients were assessed at the scene. One of them was taken to the Princess A..

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• Poor rich kids miss mum's millions

  

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• FFA tells Roar: We need an answer on Monday

  

  Real Madrid wins UCL thriller in penalty shootout1:54UCL: Watch Real Madrid seal their 11th Champions League title with a thrilling penalty shootout win over Atletico Madrid. UPDATE: BRISBANE Roar owner Nirwan Bakrie has been given until 5pm on Monday to document his future plans for the three-time A-League champions or run the risk of breaching his A-League licence agreement.The Courier-Mail has learnt that Football Federation Australia chief executive David Gallop on Sunday gave Jakarta-based..

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• McEvoy closing on rare Brisbane G1 record

  

  Kerrin McEvoy's win on Music Magnate in the Group One Doomben 10,000 puts him closer to two elite Brisbane riding feats.On Saturday, McEvoy became the first jockey since Graham Cook in 1975 to ride the Doomben Cup-Doomben 10,000 double in the same season after his win on Our Ivanhowe a week earlier.He now has the chance to join Cook as the rider of the big three in Brisbane racing - Doomben Cup, Doomben 10,000 and Stradbroke.Music Magnate has been a shortener in Stradbroke markets and is now at ..

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• Retro Brisbane real estate almost tips $2 million mark at auction

  

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• Single and sick of it? Head to these spots

  

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