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Essendon taunted Brisbane Lions in 2001 AFL Grand Final with black armbands

The Herald Sun has confirmed a group of Bombers wore black armbands around their forearms in an attempt to taunt their Brisbane rivals. Brisbane used intravenous drips to rehydrate players at half time of games in 2001 until the controversial practice ... >> view original

Pick of the plates: The Brisbane Times Good Food Guide 2016 awards

The regional kitchens of Queensland outshone their city counterparts at The Brisbane Times Good Food Guide 2016 awards, held on Monday night at Lightspace in Fortitude Valley. For the first time in the hat stakes, regional restaurants outscored urban ... >> view original

Brisbane Syria fighter Ashley Dyball to die in battle or face jail: Peter Dutton

A Brisbane man believed to be fighting against the Islamic State in Syria has been issued stern warnings by Immigration Minister Peter Dutton and a terror expert. Mr Dutton warned Ashley Dyball would die on the battlefield or face jail on his return home. >> view original

Lindt to open Brisbane chocolate shop

Swiss chocolate connoisseur Lindt is set to open a shop in Brisbane. Lindt & Sprüngli Australia will open its first Queensland store at the Brisbane Airport DFO centre in August, following a $30 million expansion of Skygate that will add an extra 5000 ... >> view original

Liberal Member for Brisbane in preselection battle after criticising PM

Ms Gambaro, who held the north Brisbane seat of Petrie for more than a decade until 2007, won Brisbane in 2010 and has improved the margin by a combined swing of 8.8 per cent over the two polls. She now holds Brisbane by a 4.28 per cent margin and is ... >> view original

Brisbane Times Good Food Guide 2016: award winners

Aria also won this category in 2013 and has continued to garner accolades for an intelligent list that not only wins points for its expression of Australian wine but also increasingly has taken on its own Brisbane-specific personality. Granted, head ... >> view original

Babbler birds use primitive language to communicate with meaning, study shows

A bird in the Australian outback is communicating in a way previously attributed only to humans, a study shows. The study published in the journal PLOS biology found the chestnut-crowned babbler was able to string together sounds and mix them up in ... >> view original

Go Pro captures turtle-eye-view of the Great Barrier Reef

World Wide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF) strapped a GoPro to a turtle's shell to give people an insight. "To find out more about the level of pollution affecting turtles within the Great Barrier Reef, we're working on innovative project in Queensland ... >> view original

Advanced developing countries quartet BASIC puts out vision of proposed Paris ...

NEW DELHI: The advanced developing countries quartet, BASIC, has put out its vision of the proposed Paris Agreement. Meeting in New York, on the sidelines of the UN climate day, the quartet of advance developing countries has suggested focusing on ... >> view original

Aussie mine set to become source of almost magical material graphene

An Australian mine is at the forefront of producing a magical material that could revolutionise the way we make everything around us. submit to reddit · Email article · Print · Reprints & permissions. The CEO of Valence Industries, Christopher Darby. >> view original