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Brisbane student fighting deportation overwhelmed by support from school

Last month Shamsalipoor, who was months away from graduation at Yeronga State high school, was forcibly taken from the Brisbane immigration transit accommodation centre, where she was still allowed to see her husband, Milad Jafari, and attend classes. >> view original

Brisbane motorcyclist hits deer

BRISBANE Sept 3 AAP - A motorcyclist has suffered serious injuries after colliding with a deer in a west Brisbane suburb. The man, believed to be in his 30s, was riding in Pinjarra Hills when he hit the animal about 1am on Thursday. He was taken to ... >> view original

Dancing with Costica: Brisbane artist creates buzz with digitally-colourised ...

A Brisbane photographer has gained a worldwide following with her restoration and recreation of fine art photos originally taken by a Romanian war photographer in the 1930s. Jane Long discovered photos taken by Costica Acsinte, a Romanian ... >> view original

Brisbane show to fill theatre with gin and tonic vapour for guests to absorb

... and a stage performer wearing a noose around his neck attached to helium balloons. “It allows us to look at culinary experiences and things that we might be afraid of, and transforms them into delight,” Brisbane festival artistic director David ... >> view original

Brisbane Lions captain Tom Rockliff says exits aren't deja vu

When Brisbane Lions coach Justin Leppitsch came to the club in 2013, he faced a player exodus. Two years later, the club is bracing for a swathe of change but captain Tom Rockliff says it's no deja vu. Experience has been the major casualty this time ... >> view original

Brisbane property prices go into overdrive as investor demand surges

Investors from near and far have shifted Brisbane property prices up a gear, as the number of suburbs gaining double-digit growth in the Queensland capital has nearly doubled over the past six months. McDowall in the city's north (16 per cent growth in ... >> view original

Oil Search to close Brisbane office as reshuffles jobs, reduces costs

Oil Search is set to close down its Brisbane office and has cut some jobs as part of a restructuring in response to low oil prices, as talk resurfaces that the Papua New Guinea oil and gas player is set to become the target of a takeover approach from ... >> view original

Former Brisbane Roar coach Mike Mulvey sues club

Former Brisbane Roar coach Mike Mulvey is suing the football club for money owed after being sacked last year. He is seeking about $270,000 plus damages for deceit and misleading conduct from the A-League club, papers lodged in the Brisbane District ... >> view original

Queensland history: Brisbane in 1975 through pictures and newspaper ads

The future South Bank was just a grassy expanse, and with the new Riverside Expressway just completed, Brisbane City was still a jumble of wood and tin colonials, a handful of skyscrapers and 19th century sandstone. And the City Hall clock tower had ... >> view original

Brisbane barrister David Tait apologises over courtroom nap during Sean ...

A senior Brisbane barrister has apologised for falling asleep and snoring during an inquest into the death of professional race car driver Sean Edwards. David Tait QC is representing Mr Edwards's family and had to be woken by the lawyer assisting him ... >> view original