Event sales company Ticketmaster defends its resale website, which has been used by scalpers to market inflated-price tickets to events such as Justin Bieber’s Brisbane concert and Midnight Oil’s reunion tour, as Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett calls for law changes.
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Second rape charge laid against former union boss
A former union boss appears in a Brisbane court on more charges stemming from the alleged rape of a woman he met outside a Fortitude Valley bar.
Stationery social enterprise changing girls' lives
A Brisbane woman creates a social enterprise stationery business to help fund education projects for women in developing countries.
Campbell Newman accuses Tim Nicholls of avoiding responsibility
Queensland Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls plays down his former boss’s social media response to a keynote speech, after Campbell Newman accused him of avoiding responsibility for public service cuts and privatisation plans.
Mia Ayliffe-Chung's mother urges Australia to improve backpacker safety
The mother of British traveller Mia Ayliffe-Chung, who was fatally stabbed in north Queensland, calls on the Australian Government to do more to protect young backpackers after the alleged abduction and rape of another female in outback Queensland.
Food agility research centre to find foods of the future
The Federal Government announces a new cooperative research centre investigating how to produce food for the future.
Former union boss charged with rape of woman he met outside Brisbane bar
A former union official is released on bail after facing the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged with raping a woman he met in Fortitude Valley last week.