Mine's 200-year threat to water
Bridie Jabour A new open-cut coalmine in Queensland, to be dug by Clive Palmer's Waratah Coal company, could affect water supplies in the region for up to 200 years.
'Prince' gets 14 years' jail
Bridie Jabour 'Fake Tahitian prince' who worked for Queensland Health, has been sentenced to 14 years in jail.
Boy, 8, critically ill from bat attack
Bridie Jabour AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD boy is in a coma after catching the bat lyssavirus - only the third ever confirmed case in Australia.
English backpacker found in remote outback
Bridie Jabour AN ENGLISH backpacker missing in Queensland's outback has been found alive - sunburnt but hydrated.
Bodies find brings floods toll to six
Bridie Jabour, Brisbane Police have found two bodies in a swollen creek near Gatton, west of Brisbane, bringing the death toll in Queensland's floods to six.
Disaster-hit north braces for worse
Bridie Jabour and Ilya Gridneff Up to 1500 people were feared trapped in Bundaberg last night as the Queensland city's floodwaters were set to reach record levels in the state's mounting flood crisis.
A candidate for every seat, promises Katter
Bridie Jabour, Tony Moore THE leader of Katter's Australian Party, the maverick north Queensland MP Bob Katter, announced on Tuesday it will run a candidate in every seat at the federal election and contest the Senate in...
Palmer to advise on G20 summit
Bridie Jabour BILLIONAIRE Clive Palmer has been appointed to a key position at a new organisation that will advise the Brisbane G20 summit and counts the former US presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter among...
Tyrannosaurus Rex draws a link between the beautiful and bizarre
Bridie Jabour JEFF the T-Rex is casting an almighty pall of controversy over the coming Australian PGA Championship.
Custody dispute sisters leave
Bridie Jabour All four sisters involved in an international custody dispute have now departed for Italy.
Mother of daughters sent back to Italy 'is afraid to visit them'
Bridie Jabour THE mother of four girls taken kicking and screaming from her side as part of an international custody battle has no immediate plans to fly to Italy to visit them, despite her daughters being ordered...
Bligh rules out comeback
Bridie Jabour Former Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has rubbished a newspaper report that she is considering a political comeback in Sydney.
Virgin reviews 'sexist' flight policy
Bridie Jabour Public backlash prompts Virgin Australia to announce it will review its policy barring men from sitting beside unaccompanied children on flights.
Gillard holds community cabinet meeting near Brisbane
Bridie Jabour The Gonski Review dominated a community cabinet meeting west of Brisbane last night, with Prime Minister Julia Gillard imploring voters to pressure their state governments into working with the...
'Boys are buried, get help'
Bridie Jabour A father, whose son and his young friend were buried alive in north Queensland on Monday night, tried to dig both children out with his bare hands and made a frantic call for help when he uncovered...
Man found guilty of triple murder after four-day deliberation
Amy Remeikis, Bridie Jabour Massimo ''Max'' Sica has been found guilty of the murders of his ex-girlfriend Neelma Singh and her two younger siblings, Kunal and Sidhi, in their Brisbane home in 2003.
Tent embassy shuns Mabo anniversary
Bridie Jabour THERE were mixed emotions among protesters marking the 20th anniversary of the Mabo decision at the Musgrave Park tent embassy in Brisbane yesterday.
Julia Gillard spruiks kids' bonus in Queensland
Bridie Jabour Prime Minister Julia Gillard has chosen a playground north of Brisbane to celebrate Mother's Day and promote the Federal Government's SchoolKids Bonus.
The reclusive side of a grieving husband
Rory Callinan and Bridie Jabour As detectives ramp up their hunt for the killer of Brisbane mother Allison Baden-Clay, her husband Gerard has hired a top criminal lawyer, bunkered down in his parents home and is yet to make a plea...
