A cartoonist from Bundaberg has created an online comic calling out the casual racism he says was “rife” in his school growing up.
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Two prison guards assaulted at far north Queensland facility
The union representing corrective services is calling for greater support for corrective staff after two Lotus Glen guards were allegedly assaulted on Monday.
Brisbane City Council backtracks and bans plastic straws
The council has committed to banning plastic straws, single-use plastic bottles and helium balloons less than two weeks after they ruled out implementing a ban.
Victorian man charged over $100,000 in corrupt Ipswich City Council payments
The 60-year-old is accused of paying $104,000 to the council’s former chief executive officer and his wife during 2012 and 2013.
First glimpse at Brisbane's underground Metro station
The biggest single cost of the $944 million Brisbane Metro project is the underground Cultural Centre station.
Passenger 'pulled out firearm' after officers tried to stop taxi: Police
A man has been charged after a taxi driver was allegedly threatened with a firearm in Mackay early Wednesday morning.
Ipswich mayor matter heard in Brisbane court
Ipswich mayor Andrew Antoniolli, charged with seven counts of fraud, had his matter briefly heard in a Brisbane court on Wednesday.
Queensland woman dragged in roadside robbery
A woman has been dragged by a car during a roadside robbery in Brisbane.
Hysterectomies may be unnecessarily invasive: survey
A lack of surgical skills among gynaecologists could be seeing Australian women undergoing unnecessarily invasive hysterectomies, a study has found.
New bus route proposed to service inner Brisbane in morning peak hour
Brisbane City Council contacted more than 6000 households asking them to help convince the state government the inner-city riverside suburbs need a second high-frequency bus route.