Monday, June 20, 2016

Brisbane weather: Clean-up underway after flash flooding hits ... and other top stories.

  • Brisbane weather: Clean-up underway after flash flooding hits ...

    Brisbane weather: Clean-up underway after flash flooding hits ...
    Brisbane weather: Clean-up underway after flash flooding hits Queensland's south-east Updated June 20, 2016 15:21:41 The clean-up has begun in Brisbane after fierce storms triggered flash flooding across south-east Queensland, with the full extent of the damage yet to be realised.Parts of Brisbane received well over 100 millimetres of rain on Sunday, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said, and many homes and businesses were flooded. Rainfall totals in south-east Queensla..
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  • Brisbane traffic: Crash closes three M1 lanes

    Brisbane traffic: Crash closes three M1 lanes
    Traffic heading south on the Pacific Motorway is banked up for kilometres as emergency services work to clear the scene of an earlier accident.Police have opened an additional lane of the motorway near Coomera but two lanes still remain closed. Traffic is banked up for kilometres on the M1 due to an earlier accident. Photo: Nine News The on-ramp to the motorway near Dreamworld is also closed.Images from news helicopters show cars slowly crawling along the motorway as peak hour traffic co..
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  • Brisbane weather: deluge dumped almost 200mm on suburbs

    Brisbane weather: deluge dumped almost 200mm on suburbs
    Greater Brisbane received an average of 110mm in soaking winter rains that passed through the region Sunday afternoon.And there were even heavier falls in some suburbs as storms rolled through from about 1pm. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Roofs blown off at Mooloolaba Strip club vandalised by women Storm takes a toll on south east Family drives into floodwaters Koby 'spun a pretty good story' 9yo girl battli..
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  • Brisbane strip clubs attacked by young women vandals

    Brisbane strip clubs attacked by young women vandals
    Young women have vandalised Brisbane strip clubs, accusing them of inciting violence against women.But the female owner of one of the clubs has hit back, saying the clubs can be empowering for those who worked at them. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Strip club vandalised by women Roofs blown off at Mooloolaba Storm takes a toll on south east Family drives into floodwaters Koby 'spun a pretty good story' 9yo g..
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  • Kids from the bush belt out tunes in Brisbane thanks to video auditions

    Kids from the bush belt out tunes in Brisbane thanks to video auditions
    Kids from the bush belt out tunes in Brisbane thanks to video auditions Updated June 20, 2016 13:31:02 A pair of high school students from Weipa, on Queensland's Cape York Peninsula, is hoping to make the town more famous for melodies than it is for mining.Carli Addison and Royston Sagigi have been selected to take part in Queensland's largest youth performing arts event, Creative Generation.Like all the other students who auditioned, Carli and Royston submitted their f..
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  • Brisbane Broncos captain Corey Parker announces retirement

    Brisbane Broncos captain Corey Parker announces retirement
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  • Queensland weather: Sunshine Coast battered by storm

    Queensland weather: Sunshine Coast battered by storm
    That's a wrap for our blog this morning, for any more updates, please head to our homepage. Key points: -Minor delays on the Beenleigh, Cleveland, Ferny Grove, Gold Coast, Ipswich/Rosewood and Shorncliffe trains. -There were 130 customers still without power across south east Queensland on Monday morning. -An Energex spokesman said 40 power lines came down across south east Queensland overnight and more than 9000 homes lost power during the storm. -SES volunteers received more than 300 calls f..
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  • Police End Home Siege With Gunman Outside Of Brisbane

    Police End Home Siege With Gunman Outside Of Brisbane
    A man armed with a handgun who barricaded himself inside a house in Karalee in southeast Queensland has been taken into custody. The siege ended peacefully with the man led away in handcuffs, according to media reports. A man has been taken into custody after a short stand-off with police at Karalee, Ipswich. Pic by @StefanFLowe pic.twitter.com/gdrHLh9dI3 — Josh Bavas (@JoshBavas) June 20, 2016 Queensland Police had been locked in a stand-off with the man after declaring an emergency situatio..
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  • Brisbane region's best coffee shops

    Brisbane region's best coffee shops
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  • Brisbane service station robbery thwarted by off-duty cop

    Brisbane service station robbery thwarted by off-duty cop
    An armed woman has been interrupted allegedly robbing a Brisbane service station by an off-duty police officer.Police say the 20-year-old threatened an attendant with two screwdrivers and demanded cash at the Sunnybank Hills service station on Sunday night. A woman allegedly tried to rob a service station while armed with screwdrivers.   The off-duty officer entered the store, realised what was happening and was able to disarm the woman with a cardboard store display and arrest her.She wi..
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