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Teen's racist Brisbane train rant disgusting: magistrate

A teenager who shot to internet infamy after racially abusing a security guard on a Brisbane train has been given a suspended jail sentence. Abdel-Kader Russell-Boumzar, 18, became a YouTube sensation for all the wrong reasons in October 2014 when ... >> view original

High hopes for The Corner Office, Brisbane's newest club for bizoids.

The pair say the idea for The Corner Office was born out of a frustration with the lack of luxury meeting spaces in Brisbane. They wanted somewhere business professionals could “come and go as they need' with great service and the latest technology. >> view original

Union commission targets union boss house

The royal commission into trade union corruption will examine whether a former union boss paid for work done by tradies on his luxury Brisbane home. On opening hearings in Brisbane on Monday, counsel assisting Sarah McNaughton SC said the ... >> view original

Brisbane Broncos' cover finally blown as Wayne Bennett's side installed ...

In making Brisbane warm $3.50 favourites ahead of the Roosters and the Storm, bookmakers acknowledge the Broncos are like a Melbourne Cup runner who had been quietly tucked on the fence suddenly exploding out of a pocket 100m from home. >> view original

Bat with deadly lyssavirus found at Brisbane's popular West End markets

Queensland Health is urging anyone who may have been in contact with a sick bat in Brisbane's West End on Saturday to come forward. The animal was found at the popular Davies Park markets and subsequently tested positive to lyssavirus, which can be ... >> view original

3D pavement artist chalks it up at the Brisbane Festival

McCracken collaborated with fellow artist Amelia Batchelor in her latest work; a whirlwind of colour with a carnival burlesque-steam punk theme currently on show down in South Bank as a part of Brisbane Festival. Amelia Batchelor will be creating ... >> view original

New summer festival set to cure FOMO for punters in Brisbane

Brisbane will get 2016 started right by welcoming a brand new festival on Saturday, January 9 at the Riverstage amphitheatre. The FOMO festival will be presented by BBE – who have toured acts like RL Grime, Little Dragon, Odesza – and the team behind ... >> view original

Rally for Mojgan Shamsalipoor calls on government to release Brisbane student ...

She had been living in Brisbane for two years, and is married to an Australian resident, but was forcibly removed to Darwin last month. Ms Shamsalipoor had been just months away from finishing high school at Yeronga. Many of her school community and ... >> view original

Brisbane City plays host to Bicycles Welcome Here

Pedal Brisbane co-founder Mara Quinn says the ride was aimed at helping people think differently about cyclists. "There is some support form the public for cycling but there is also an attitude from drivers who aren't supportive enough with cyclists on ... >> view original

Secret life of father Stephen Playford accused of killing daughter in Brisbane

Playford, 52, was this week arrested, accused of killing his six-year-old daughter Sidney in their rented Kedron home in Brisbane's inner north. He allegedly fled his home in a Mercedes-Benz 4WD and was later found on the Gold Coast Hinterland. >> view original