Illegal jaywalkers to be under video surveillance in Brisbane’s CBD under a new plan to improve pedestrian safety in the wake of recent incidents where people have been injured or killed in traffic accidents at intersections.
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'The lights are flashing red' as growing numbers of families face bankruptcy
More than 32,000 Australians declared bankruptcy during the 2018 financial year, with households in resource-dependent WA and Queensland doing it particularly tough — and outer suburbs with young families making up most of the 10 worst hit.
'They think it's a private hospital': Name change on the cards for Brisbane's Lady Cilento
The Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane could soon be renamed the Queensland Children’s Hospital, the Queensland Health Minister says, amid confusion among parents about the public facility.
Your speedo can be affected by your tyres, so tread carefully
If you’ve had new tyres fitted to your vehicle recently, it may pay to have the accuracy of your speedometer checked.
Queensland's budget estimates ran like a 'protection racket', expert says
Former Labor speaker John Mickel calls for an overhaul to Queensland’s estimates hearings process and says the current generation of politicians are unaware how it should work after the constant use of standing orders against questions last week.
'Our hands were saturated in it': Workers angry contamination risks not explained at airport site
Workers who found themselves wading through groundwater contaminated by PFAS chemicals at the Gold Coast Airport say they were not fully informed about the risks to their health.
Aviation firefighters had up to 20 times normal PFAS levels in blood, documents reveal
Firefighters working at airports across Australia have been found with elevated levels of toxic PFAS chemicals in their blood, with some returning levels 10 to 20 times higher than the general population, documents obtained by the ABC under freedom of information laws reveal.
Police found would-be terrorist possessed sawn-off rifle, machetes
Logan man Agim Kruezi had planned to travel to Syria to fight against the Assad regime but instead bought weapons and equipment to make molotov cocktails for an unspecified attack at home after his passport was cancelled, the Supreme Court has heard.
Homeless people given cameras and find beauty in each day
A picture paints a thousand words, and for a group of people living on the street, photographs help give others perspective of what everyday life is like.
'Poster boy' for campaign to expunge historic gay convictions not eligible, lawyer says
The face of the Queensland Government’s move to strike out convictions related to homosexuality may be unable to clear his name under the new laws.