Friday, November 6, 2015

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  • Zara Brisbane to open November 20

    Zara Brisbane to open November 20
    Zara Brisbane to open November 20Zara fashion store on Pitt street Mall, Sydney CBD. Brisbane is about to have its own Zara.Photo: Kate GeraghtyThe wait is finally over. You can stop holding your breath now, Brisvegas. Zara Brisbane will open its doors on November 20, and no, it is not a rumour any more.The store is at 155 Queen Street, opposite what will be Japanese fashion retailer Uniqlo.Journalists, fashion stylists and selected bloggers have been invited to have an early peak at the store. New staff have also been called for training sessions in anticipation of the opening.The excitement is understandable as it has been four years since talk about Brisbane Zara emerged. Local blogger Ma..
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  • Royal Commission: victim calls Brisbane Grammar School official to resign

    Royal Commission: victim calls Brisbane Grammar School official to resign
    Video will begin in5seconds.School boss sorry 'if everybody will feel better'A former Deputy Headmaster at Brisbane Grammar asks "what good is an apology?" while admitting "countless boys" were abused on his watch.PT2M25S620349A victim of some of paedophile counsellor Kevin Lynch's worst abuse has called on Brisbane Grammar School's highest authority to resign and accused him of crying "crocodile tears" to the child sex abuse royal commission.The man known only as BQA, who earlier in the week gave evidence the disgraced counsellor had penetrated him until he bled, said he thought Mr Stack's position as chairman of the school's Board of Trustees was untenable.Brisbane Grammar School board of ..
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  • UQ architecture students create designs as counterpoints to...

    UQ architecture students create designs as counterpoints to...
    UQ architecture students create designs as counterpoints to Brisbane casino resort developmentPostedNovember 07, 2015 09:24:53 University of Queensland (UQ) architecture students have come up with their own designs for the controversial Queen's Wharf casino resort site in the Brisbane CBD.The students have been creating alternate designs based on information from the Destination Brisbane Consortium website, working to a brief similar to that used by the consortium itself.UQ school of architecture senior lecturer John de Manincor said there were many good reasons for choosing the casino project as a design assignment."Among our many areas of research and teaching at UQ, the [architecture]..
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  • Sydney FC and Brisbane Roar draw 0-0 in disappointing A-League clash - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Sydney FC and Brisbane Roar draw 0-0 in disappointing A-League clash - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
    Sydney FC and Brisbane Roar draw 0-0 in disappointing A-League clashUpdatedNovember 06, 2015 22:10:13 Sydney FC has maintained its spot atop the A-League ladder following an arduous goalless draw with Brisbane.Friday night's top-of-the-table blockbuster could have been mistaken for a session of curling, so slow was the affair at the SFS.SCOREBOARD: SYD 0-0 BRISydney FC 0-0 Brisbaneat SFS, November 6, 20152Shots on target06Shots off target547%Possession53%2Corners33Offsides1Sydney FC: 0Brisbane Roar: 0View full stats sheetIt also offered little indication unbeaten Sydney is finally going to make life tough for travelling teams, with the hosts giving the ball up over and over to a largely ..
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  • Brisbane priest Andrew Johns defrocked over child exploitation material conviction - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Brisbane priest Andrew Johns defrocked over child exploitation material convictionPostedNovember 07, 2015 13:56:23 The Anglican Church has defrocked a Brisbane priest who pleaded guilty to making and possessing child exploitation material.Andrew Peter Stabback Johns, also known as Brother William, was convicted in February of two offences, dating back to between 2010 and 2014.Johns was charged by police with one count of making child exploitation material and one count of possessing child exploitation material.The offences occurred between February 26, 2010 and February 28, 2014 when the defendant was aged in his 80s.Johns pleaded guilty to both charges and was sentenced to 15 months in ..
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  • Brisbane weather: Storms for southeast Queensland | The Courier-Mail

    Brisbane weather: Storms for southeast Queensland | The Courier-Mail
    Lightning strikes 1 William Street, Brisbane during a storm on Thursday night. Picture: Peter WallisSource:SuppliedSTORMS are sweeping across the southeast with parts of Logan and the Gold Coast in the warning area.The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 8:05 pm, severe thunderstorms were detected on weather radar near Moogerah Dam, Aratula and Maroon Dam.These thunderstorms are moving towards the east. They are forecast to affect Boonah, the area between Boonah and Beaudesert and Kooralbyn by 8:35 pm and Beaudesert, Laravale and the area south of Canungra by 9:05 pm.Damaging winds, heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones are likely.About 2-3cm hail was observed ..
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  • Immigration department insider organised $500000 visa scam

    Immigration department insider organised $500000 visa scam
    FIFTY-seven illegal immigrants have disappeared and are on the run after paying a corrupt Brisbane immigration official more than half a million dollars in bribes ...
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  • Rivals dump Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett from NRL competition committee

    Rivals dump Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett from NRL competition committee
    Broncos coach Wayne Bennett has been voted off the NRL Competition Committee.Photo: Brett HemmingsSeven-time premiership-winning Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett has been dumped from the NRL competition Committee after rival coaches voted for Sydney Roosters mentor Trent Robinson and South Sydney's Michael Maguire to represent them.Bennett, who suffered his first grand final defeat as a head coach in this year's golden-point decider against North Queensland, lost his position to Maguire after a vote of all 16 NRL coaches.Roosters coach Trent Robinson will remain on the NRL Competition Commitee.Photo: Mark MetcalfeRobinson, who was an incumbent member of the competition committee, and Maguire als..
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  • Brisbane hold Sydney away from home

    Brisbane hold Sydney away from home
    Sydney and Brisbane have shared the points in a lacklustre scoreless draw in their top of the table A-League clash at Allianz Stadium. 06/11/15. Return to video ...
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  • Josh McGuire to return to pre-season two weeks early for Brisbane | The Courier-Mail

    Josh McGuire to return to pre-season two weeks early for Brisbane | The Courier-Mail
    Josh McGuire ruptured his Achilles tendon in 2015.GRAND final heartbreak player Josh McGuire will return to pre-season training two weeks before most of his Broncos clubmates.McGuire will step up his mission to restore himself as the No. 1 Broncos prop next season after an achilles tendon rupture ruined his involvement in Brisbane’s premiership charge.McGuire returns to training on Monday week, with most of his workout mates to be Queensland Cup and under-20 players.OUT:Bennett dumped from NRL committeeMOVE:Could Rabbitohs stars move north?The majority of Brisbane’s beaten grand final side will resume training on November 30.The club’s four New Zealand internationals, who have two more Tests..
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