Saturday, July 23, 2016

Queensland weather: Brisbane enjoys hottest July day for 70 years and other top stories.

  • Queensland weather: Brisbane enjoys hottest July day for 70 years

    Queensland has more than made up for rudely thrusting extra days of winter upon her unsuspecting citizens.On Saturday, the Sunshine State absolutely lived up to its name and offered the warmest July day in 70 years in Brisbane, matching the previously held record from 1946 when the temperature reached a balmy 29.1 degrees. Crowds flocked to the Brisbane city beach and the surrounding parklands to escape the sweltering weather. Photo: Tertius Pickard It was the peak of a run of unseasonab..
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  • Pokemon Go: YouTube star to share Brisbane search for digital ...

    Pokemon Go: YouTube star to share Brisbane search for digital ...
    Pokemon Go: YouTube star to share Brisbane search for digital monsters with 250,000 followers Posted July 23, 2016 14:03:30 More than a quarter of a million people are about to get a taste of what it is like to capture Pokemon in Brisbane thanks to one social media sensation.Australian YouTube star Elly Awesome was one of an estimated 4,000 people who turned out in Brisbane today for a Pokemon Go walk arranged entirely through Facebook.The interactive smartphone game,..
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  • Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett stumped by NRL loss to ...

    Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett stumped by NRL loss to ...
    Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett stumped by NRL loss to Penrith Panthers Posted July 23, 2016 09:59:17 Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett has refused to hit the panic button despite the Broncos' top four NRL hopes copping a dent with a shock home loss to Penrith.Even master coach Wayne Bennett seemed stumped by Brisbane's shock 31-12 NRL loss to Penrith at Lang Park.But the Broncos mentor has refused to hit the panic button despite their top four hopes copping a dent.Be..
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  • Proof our weather is officially nuts

    Proof our weather is officially nuts
    Cold wet day on the way0:33A new system will sweep across the bottom half of Australia bring rain and cold weather. Courtesy Sunrise Seven News This was Sydney yesterday, it won’t be 25C today or anytime soon again.BEAUTIFUL one day for some, freezing cold the next for others.It seems the weather in Australia doesn’t quite know what season it is with warmer than average temperatures changing to cold quicker than you can say winter.A series of cold fronts are rapidly moving over southern Austral..
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  • Raonic set to defend Brisbane title

    Raonic set to defend Brisbane title
    WIMBLEDON runner-up Milos Raonic is set to be among a posse of top-10 players heading to January’s Brisbane International.Raonic’s two wins over Roger Federer this year, the first in last summer’s Pat Rafter Arena final and the second in their recent Wimbledon semi-final, have helped him halve his ranking of No.14 at the start of the year.Brisbane tournament director Cameron Pearson said he was hopeful that Raonic would return next January to try to defend his title.Pearson said that despite the..
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  • Asylum seeker charged with raping Brisbane woman on Tinder date

    Asylum seeker charged with raping Brisbane woman on Tinder date
    A 26-year-old Middle Eastern asylum seeker who spent years in detention on Christmas Island has been charged with raping a Brisbane woman he met on Tinder. The man became a permanent Australian resident four-and-a-half years ago, after a two-year stay in detention seeking political asylum, Defence counsel Nic Tobin told the court. He said the accused will defend the charges – four counts of rape – and the issue was “relatively tenuous consent.”   The man was ordered to remain at his Brisb..
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  • Man dead after car runs off mountain

    Man dead after car runs off mountain
    A 64-YEAR-old man died when his vehicle went off a cliff northwest of Brisbane this morning.Police said the man was travelling on Mt Nebo Rd when he left the roadway and crashed down an embankment about 7.45am.FAT STATE: Our ballooning problemOPEN HOUSE: Three winning homesNEW TWIST: Double murder mysterySOFT DRINKS: Where they’ll be bannedDES HOUGHTON: Betrayal of our kidsHe was pronounced dead at the scene.Mt Nebo Rd was closed for several hours but has since reopened.Elsewhere in Queensland, ..
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  • Woman missing while playing Pokemon

    Woman missing while playing Pokemon
    A 29-year-old New Farm woman has gone missing while playing Pokemon Go on Friday afternoon. Catherine Stalker, originally from the Gold Coast, was out playing the viral mobile game in the Brisbane area but had not made contact with family since about 1.30pm.Her family have taken to social media in a bid to find her as they hold grave concerns for her welfare.In a Facebook post, her twin sister Fiona Stalker said the woman may have checked into a hotel last night.It is understood Ms Stalker is dr..
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  • How a Brisbane boy and a former lawyer built a $1.7bn business

    How a Brisbane boy and a former lawyer built a $1.7bn business
    Genesis Care CEO Dan Collins thinks the company can be as successful as CSL. James Alcock An awful experience with the worst of Australia's healthcare system was the inspiration for the creation 12 years ago of Australia's largest cancer and cardiac services company, GenesisCare.The company's chief executive and co-founder, Dan Collins, told Chanticleer the story on Friday soon after the announcement of the sale of at least half and possibly 75..
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  • Roar brew up foreign exchange

    Roar brew up foreign exchange
    BRISBANE Roar are set to unveil their replacement for departed Spanish midfielder Corona as early as next week, with the deal close to completion.The Courier-Mail this week revealed the Roar were in talks with a European midfielder of international pedigree following silky Corona’s return to Spanish second division club Almeria.It’s understood the expecting signing ¬ who last season played in the top-flight Dutch Eredivisie ¬ has had his medical.The Roar are hoping to announce the deal next week..
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Brisbane flights return to normal after heavy fog lifts .Brisbane flights return to normal after heavy fog lifts .
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