“Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin talked about giving up filming to spend more time with his kids in the lead up to his death, widow Terri Irwin says, as she sits for her portrait on Anh’s Brush With Fame.
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Community 'blindsided' by Fairfax decision to close printing presses, MP says
Fairfax Media is being urged to reconsider its deal to share printing resources with competitor News Corp, with at least 100 jobs expected to be lost in New South Wales and Queensland.
'It's daylight robbery': Brisbane drivers paying highest short-term parking fees in the country
A report by the RACQ reveals Brisbane motorists are paying the most for off-street short-term parking in the nation. For 30 minutes it will cost you $17 to park, nearly double what Melbourne and Sydney drivers pay.
Teen shocks doctors, thrives after life support turned off
Two weeks after Tristan Sik was critically injured in a road accident, doctors advised his parents to turn off his life support, but one year on and he has made an incredible recovery.
Free dog given away on Facebook turns up two weeks later with facial injuries
An animal rescue group is imploring people to take animals they can no longer care for to rescue groups or shelters after a dog offered up “free to a good home” on Facebook turned up two weeks later in a pound with facial injuries.
Could you sleep through a 42.6-degree night?
Night-time temperature records in the northern hemisphere have been smashed in the past few weeks. Nights are getting warmer all over the world, with deadly consequences.
Brisbane man suing internet search engines for not removing false slurs
Jarrod Sierocki is taking on Google, Bing and Yahoo in the Queensland Supreme Court over their ongoing failure to remove links to defamatory web pages.
Fatal industrial accident on Brisbane's bayside
A person is killed in an incident between a truck and a pedestrian on a manufacturing site at Cleveland, on Brisbane’s bayside.
Battling PTSD 'everyday reality' for emergency services, Senate inquiry told
An entrenched stigma among the emergency services is preventing open discussion about mental health, despite many workers experiencing trauma on a daily basis, a Senate inquiry in Brisbane is told.
Son was sent messages from dead father's email account
The son of a man whose dismembered body was found burning on the side of a rural road in Queensland received birthday and Christmas messages from his father’s email account after the remains were found, a court hears.