Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Brisbane weather webcam snaps meteor passing over south east ... and other top stories.

  • Brisbane weather webcam snaps meteor passing over south east ...

    Brisbane  weather webcam snaps meteor passing over south east  ...
    Brisbane weather webcam snaps meteor passing over south east QueenslandUpdatedJanuary 12, 2016 19:02:52 A Brisbane webcam set up to monitor the weather has snapped the moment a meteor blazed over the city.The Australian Weathercam Network's (AWN) camera at New Farm, which takes a photo every 20 seconds at night, captured the shooting star over a green-lit Story Bridge at exactly 7:50:40pm on Monday.It was also sighted by dozens of people who took to social media to share their excitement.Dr ..
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  • Cole Miller's father gives stirring eulogy at Brisbane funeral for 'one ...

    Cole Miller's father gives stirring eulogy at  Brisbane  funeral for 'one  ...
    Cole Miller's father gives stirring eulogy at Brisbane funeral for 'one-punch' victimUpdatedJanuary 13, 2016 12:56:04 Cole Miller's father has given an emotional eulogy at a funeral service held for his son today, saying his youngest child would always hold a special place in his heart.More than 1,000 people turned out at the Cathedral of St Stephen in Brisbane's CBD to farewell the 18-year-old, who waskilled in an alleged one-punch attack in Brisbane earlier this month.The church overflowed..
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  • Man shot in chest with arrow north of Brisbane

    Man shot in chest with arrow north of  Brisbane
    Man shot in chest with arrow north of BrisbaneUpdatedJanuary 12, 2016 19:52:54 A 35-year-old man has been rushed to hospital after being shot in the chest with an arrow north of Brisbane.Another man in his 30s has been arrested.Ambulances were called to a Lawnton home just after 1:00pm after reports a man had been shot near his heart.A Queensland Police Service spokesman said the arrow travelled through the man's arm and into his chest.He was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital ..
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  • Brisbane City Council taken to court over high-rise development ...

    Brisbane  City Council taken to court over high-rise development  ...
    Brisbane City Council taken to court over high-rise development next to Customs HouseBy Andrew KosUpdatedJanuary 12, 2016 21:01:31 The owners of heritage-listed Customs House are taking the Brisbane City Council to court after it approved construction of a 47-storey building next door.The University of Queensland said Cbus Property's $375 million 443 Queen Street development would be constructed too close to the heritage-listed building and be out of proportion, contradicting the council's o..
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  • David Bowie's 1978 visit to Brisbane 'intolerable': Russ Hinze

    David Bowie's 1978 visit to  Brisbane  'intolerable': Russ Hinze
    Disgraced Bjelke-Petersen minister Russ Hinze led the Queensland charge against David Bowie.Photo: Peter Rae "These pop singers come out here to make a quick quid by disturbing our peace and tranquillity. The fact that he's a Pommie as well wouldn't help."That was how one of the Bjelke-Petersen government's most controversial ministers, Russ Hinze, greeted David Bowie in 1978.But never mind that bollocks – Bowie's 1978 Lang Park concert went down in Brisbane gig folklore.David Bowie during h..
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  • Devastating Brisbane floods five years on

    Five years ago Ainsley O'Brien watched as a rising river moved slowly towards her Brisbane cafe.The 32-year-old Rosalie resident had just flown home from a European holiday on January 11, 2011, when she was told to prepare for flood levels seen in 1974 when shops in her suburb were completely submerged."We'd just come off a 26 hour flight so we didn't know what was going on," she told AAP. She went straight to her cafe Alter Ego on the city's northside and began filling sand bags and mo..
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  • Snake bites increase in north Brisbane

    Snake bites increase in north  Brisbane
    An expert says urban expansion could explain an increase in snakes bites in parts of southeast Queensland.Photo: YanniUrban expansion could be partly to blame for an increase in snake bites in parts of southeast Queensland including Brisbane's northern suburbs, an expert says.Queensland ambulance figures show 90 people reported being bitten in the service's metro north area, which spans from Roma St in the city to Kilcoy, last year.That's a one-third increase from 2014 and comes despite the stat..
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