Safe sex campaign targets older women

Katherine Feeney A new sex health campaign is targeting people outside the "condom generation".

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Meet the snow birds: Brisbane's hidden population

Katherine Feeney A house seems like a fixed structure, but everyone knows theirs will expand or contract depending on the season; roofs shift in summer, doors warp in damp, and table settings swell come Christmas.

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Flood buyback will transform 6ha of properties into parks

Katherine Feeney Brisbane City Council has decided the future for $35 million worth of flood-affected land once shared between 73 private property owners across Brisbane.

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Vermin found in Brisbane restaurants

Katherine Feeney Nearly 83 per cent of food outlets in Brisbane hold an Eat Safe star rating of three or above but $57,000 worth of fines were issued to 114 venues across the city last financial year for failing to...

Let's get digital: why Brisbane needs to wire up

Katherine Feeney A panel of experts at Brisbane's inaugural digital strategy think tank have raised concerns about the city's digital literacy standards.

Queensland TAFEs face uncertain future

Katherine Feeney A 40 per cent reduction in the number Queensland TAFEs is one of the more contentious recommendations made to Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek in an interim report set to seal the sector's...

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Checks lifted on council legal bills

Katherine Feeney City Hall's chief legal eagle will be able to authorise contracts with barristers worth $500,000 without seeking tenders or quotes under a new rule passed by the Liberal National Party-controlled...

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What Brisbane's 'Big Brother' has seen

Katherine Feeney Brisbane's 'Big Brother' surveillance network is watching and working, according to figures obtained by brisbanetimes.com.au.

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Residents take advantage of car park squeeze

Katherine Feeney Scores of Brisbane residents are making up to $120 a week from leasing their driveways and garages to motorists eager to avoid the city's steep off-street parking fees and sprawling metered on-street...

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Living high on the 'Hog'

Katherine Feeney Kathy Thompson is a warm, friendly woman in her 60s who runs a medical supplies shop in a suburban Brisbane shopping centre. Yet when she pulls in for petrol, women and children shrink in fear.

Brisbane's underbelly explored

Katherine Feeney Hangings, ghosts, lesbian vampires, bushrangers, bloody boozey brawls, police bashings and a terrorist bombing - welcome to your tour of Brisbane.

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Cut of cloth impresses

Katherine Feeney Another year, another chance for Brisbane designers to show their wares at Australia's high-profile Fashion Week, and this year's local collections are already raising eyebrows and not for the wrong...

Peculiar, provocative and otherworldly at Old Government House

Katherine Feeney Anyone who's ever been outraged by government spending should spare a thought for the residents of old Brisbane.

Over 50 and frisky: STI rates rise

Katherine Feeney More seniors are having unsafe sex and are at growing risk of contracting sexual infections more commonly associated with teenagers and young adults recently published Australian figures reveal.

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I am woman, see me draw

Katherine Feeney Like politics, religion and big business, the art world has a long history of male domination. In Australia, the story is no different.

Neo-Nazi music festival to go ahead

Katherine Feeney Queensland Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie has maintained the stance of his Labor predecessor concerning a major white-pride event to be held in Brisbane this weekend.

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Someone left the cake out in a blizzard: tribute to Pole's tradies

Katherine Feeney Famous and glorified, the explorers of Antarctica have names everyone knows such as Mawson, Amundsen, and Hillary.

Mayoral battle taken to 'shifty' laneways

Katherine Feeney From footpaths and public transport to Brisbane's backstreets, the battle for Lord Mayor continued today with a $2 million announcement from incumbent Graham Quirk set to transform “shifty” laneways...

The city standard, but do you recognise it?

Katherine Feeney What is the value of a flag?

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