Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Brisbane traffic and trains: crashes cause major delays for commuters and other top stories.

  • Brisbane traffic and trains: crashes cause major delays for commuters

    Brisbane traffic and trains: crashes cause major delays for commuters
    The traffic remains at a standstill along two motorways north and south of Brisbane. The Gateway Motorway between Brisbane Airport and Brisbane Entertainment Centre remained bumper to bumper, while the Pacific Motorway faces heavy congestion between Woolloongabba and Mount Gravatt. Traffic was flowing freely on all other roads north and south of the CBD. We are now wrapping up the blog, please head to our homepage if their are any further updates.   A shot taken from the webcam at Woolloo..
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  • Brisbane casino project under threat

    Brisbane casino project under threat
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  • Brisbane home goes up in flames

    Brisbane home goes up in flames
    FIRE has partly destroyed a home in Brisbane’s inner-north this afternoon.The home, on Gorman St in Kalinga, was believed to be undergoing renovation and went up in flames at about 3.15pm.Neighbours said it was lucky the fire didn’t spread to nearby homes.Monica Partridge, who lives next door, said she was thankful her housedidn’t catch alight.“It was quite scary coming home and seeing the smoke and flames,” she said.“It was lucky no one was inside and it didn’t spread further.”media_cameraFire ..
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  • Brisbane siege ends, man's body found

    Brisbane siege ends, man's body found
    A siege at a Brisbane house has ended after police found the body of a man inside.Heavily armed officers surrounded the home at Chandler, in the city's outer southeast, after the man made threats towards two people and armed himself with a gun.An exclusion zone was established at 2pm after the pair were able to flee and call triple-zero.Police revoked the emergency situation at 5.25pm after officers found the man dead inside.It's understood he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.* Readers se..
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  • Sam Skinner cruelly denied his AFL debut after knee injury at ...

    Sam Skinner cruelly denied his AFL debut after knee injury at ...
    BRISBANE Lions defender Sam Skinner has been cruelly denied his first game in the AFL after scans confirmed he tore his anterior cruciate ligament at training on Thursday.The promising key defender will undergo a full knee reconstruction on his already repaired knee — one he injured playing for Vic Country in 2015.The Lions originally thought Skinner’s injury would delay his debut by 1-2 weeks but after swelling did not subside by Friday morning, club doctors examined again with this time a more..
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  • Three-storey house engulfed in flames in north Brisbane

    Three-storey house engulfed in flames in north Brisbane
    A three-storey house has gone up in flames in a north Brisbane suburb on Friday afternoon.Firefighters were called out to Gorman Street at about 3.15pm  to find the second and third storey of the Kalinga house completely engulfed in flames. A three-storey house fire in Kalinga was under control in under 30 minutes Photo: Queensland Ambulance Service It took five units working to quell the blaze, with the fire under control in under 30 minutes.Paramedics were on standby, but there was no ..
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  • Lively Brisbane riffs on its colourful past

    Lively Brisbane riffs on its colourful past
    The Story Bridge, seen from Spicers Balfour, could tell some stories of Brisbane's seamy past. The devil's work is done in Brisbane – on George Street, to be precise. That's the site of the heritage-listed Government Printing Office, with its two devils sculpted by William Priestly MacIntosh crouched on the parapet above the entrance. For good measure, the devil's face also appears above the main door."When mechanical printing arrived in the 15th centu..
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  • Wayne's world collapsing as Chooks triumph

    Wayne's world collapsing as Chooks triumph
    WAYNE’s World is collapsing. Spectacularly. And there isn’t a tear being shed in NSW.Brisbane’s season continued to crumble when whacked 32-16 by second-last placed Sydney Roosters at a sparse Allianz Stadium.Bennett’s Broncos look shot. Gone. Brisbane has now lost seven of their past nine games and may only sit inside the top eight on percentages after this round.Most thought Brisbane would sweep through this season and once again meet rivals North Queensland in the NRL grand final.That seems l..
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  • 'You just need a f***ing lay'

    'You just need a f***ing lay'
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  • Felt fans dance on the ceiling at Otto Ristorante, Brisbane. Photo ...

    Felt fans dance on the ceiling at Otto Ristorante, Brisbane. Photo ...
    Address 480 Queen St Brisbane City, QLD 4000 View map 07 3835 2888 Features Accepts bookings, Bar, Business lunch, Degustation, Events, Gluten-free options, Groups, Licensed, Long lunch, Outdoor seating, Views, Romance-first date, Private dining Prices Expensive (mains over $40) Chef Will Cowper Payments eftpos, AMEX, Cash, Visa, Mastercard Les Danseuses felt fans spin from the Otto ceiling in perpetual pirouette, morphing from Dervish dancewear to t..
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