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Brisbane woman Keshia Handa, 31, dies in reported fall during rooftop salsa ...

A Brisbane woman, 31, has reportedly died in a fall from a rooftop where she was attending a salsa dance party three days into her holiday in Turkey. It is understood 31-year-old Keshia Handa was at a party at an Istanbul hotel when a makeshift bridge ... >> view original

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“There was this notion of coming up with something that was uniquely Brisbane, quite distinctive, and certainly iconic. Something that really leverages the fantastic climate through outdoors, through restaurants, and ... we ended up designing the Sky ... >> view original

Brisbane traffic: Go-Between Bridge toll free after accident

The toll has been lifted from Brisbane's Go-Between Bridge until midday after a bad accident closed Coronation Drive. A truck and a motorcycle collided at the intersection on the Milton side of the bridge around 9.30am. The 30-year-old male ... >> view original

Brisbane man, in Australia since the age of one, faces deportation to Chile

A Brisbane mother-of-three is pleading for her long-term partner, who has lived in Australia since he was an infant, to be allowed to stay after the Immigration Department started deportation proceedings against him. Ricardo Bolvaran, 42 in December ... >> view original

Regular contenders Sydney Roosters, Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm left ...

There is little to doubt that the three most successful clubs of the NRL era are the Roosters, Melbourne and Brisbane. In the 18 years of the NRL the Roosters have made it through to the preliminary final week on nine occasions, the Storm have got ... >> view original

Slow Solomon Airlines plane forces Qantas jet to 'go around' on Brisbane ...

That represented a dramatic improvement on 2012-13, when a mere 65.2 per cent of departures were on-time, and just 74.4 per cent of arrivals. Brisbane Airport Corporation is currently in the process of building a second parallel runway that is due for ... >> view original

Roar signing covers Henrique absence

George Lambadaridis has been given another shot with Brisbane Roar. Source: Jonathon Searle / News Corp Australia. LIFE after Luke Brattan has started for Brisbane Roar, with midfielder George Lambadaridis signing a two-month deal with the three-time ... >> view original

Homelessness in Brisbane on the rise as more people take refuge under bridges ...

He said he had encountered more than 80 people sleeping rough on suburban Brisbane streets, including at Greenslopes under the bridges at Hanlon Park and on park benches near Ekibin Park. But he believed the number of homeless could be higher. >> view original

Man charged over Brisbane sex attacks

A young man has been charged with sexually assaulting two women in separate attacks at a university and a hospital in Brisbane. Police claim the 19-year-old man followed the first woman into a University of Queensland cafe at St Lucia and sexually ... >> view original

Taliban chief Mullah Mansour warns Afghanistan to cut ties with US

The Taliban's new leader told Afghanistan's government yesterday it must cancel a security deal with the US and expel all foreign troops if it wants peace. Mullah Mansour made the demand in a message marking the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Adha, his ... >> view original