Brisbane Times
- + Venice's red carpet fades—Money trouble and construction delays have failed to dampen festival spirits, writes Stephanie Bunbury.
- + Golden goose takes flight—Interests rates uncertainty is turning Queensland's real estate industry from a golden goose into a headless chook.
- + Combat fatigue—Aussie soldiers are fighting and dying in Afghanistan for a caretaker government here and a corrupt one there.
- + Riverfire lights up Brisbane—Hundreds of thousands of people find their best vantage point on the banks of Brisbane River to catch the visual splendour of Riverside 2010.
- + NZ quake: 'Lucky no-one was killed'—Powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake causes widespread devastation in Christchurch, New Zealand.
- + 'Lucky no-one was killed'—Powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake causes widespread devastation in Christchurch, New Zealand.
- + Aussies in earthquake zone 'fine'—Australians staying in central Christchurch are fine and being looked after, their hotel manager says.
- + Thirsty foreigners lap up water rights—International investors are snapping up rights to Australia's most precious resource.
- + Liquid gold—Farmers are selling it and savvy investors are buying it, write Deborah Snow and Debra Jopson.
- + A lesson from the deep—A great-great-grandson of whalers takes time out to hear a timely message from two southern right whales.
- + Bligh won't follow gay adoption move—Qld to retain ban on same-sex couples adopting children despite softening of stance in NSW.
- + Izzy AFL forever more?—With the Broncos out of NRL finals running, Israel Folau heads off to AFL's greener financial pastures - for now.
- + F111's final blaze of glory—Meet the pilots who will light up Brisbane tonight as city farewells the F111.
- + Riverfire: warning to pet owners—Brisbane pet owners are being warned to ensure their furry friends are safely secured during tomorrow night’s Riverfire.
- + Farewell Broncos - and Izzy—Brisbane miss NRL finals for first time in 19 years as Canberra hold on.
- + Say goodbye, Broncos—For the first time since 1991, Brisbane will miss the NRL finals series as Canberra hang on for narrow victory.
- + Hoges free to leave—Paul Hogan has been given permission to leave Australia after a travel ban placed on him by the ATO was lifted.
- + Double (standard) parking—Driver from company which controversially towed a disabled woman's car snapped by eagle-eyed reader.
- + Dad lied over disabled son—Father whose question led to outrage against now-ousted Qld MP Jon Sullivan admits lying.
- + Web threat to video stores—Will the DVD store of the future be like a corner store, a vending machine or just not exist at all?
- + Airport Link: next Clem7?—Bullish traffic forecasts for next Brisbane tunnel should be met with scepticism, says Nicholas Bolton.
- + Towing is 'cheeky' but legal—A decision to tow a car bearing a disabled parking sticker from a disabled space was “cheeky” but legal, according to a Brisbane lawyer.
- + 'Spiritual presence'—Brisbane artist's painstaking and deceptively simple abstract painting wins top prize for religious art.
- + Hard act to Folau—BY 9.20pm tonight, the rugby league career of Israel Folau could be over.
- + Smoking toddler kicks habit—Two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked 40 cigarettes a day quits after receiving intensive specialist care.
- + Riverfire: burning questions—Where to watch, how to get there and - most importantly - will it rain?
- + Riverfire vantage points—With more than half a million people expected to descend on the inner-city for Riverfire this Saturday there will be many seeking out the best possibl...
- + Aussies find less vice nice—Australians are becoming healthier, spurning alcohol, cigarettes and gambling in favour of sport and medication.
- + Boy, 8, bitten by police dog—An eight-year-old boy has been hospitalised after he was bitten by a police dog this morning.
- + 'Your tears flow with theirs'—Brisbane army chaplain finds sudden web fame as his poem goes viral among troops' families.
- + Playing hardball to win—Michelle Grattan: Cynics might say Bob Brown has, over a couple of years, done over Labor in a big way.
- + Coalition costings under fire—Treasury believes discrepancies in Coalition policy costings total at least $4 billion.
- + On your bikes, kids—The days of parents in cars creating traffic snarls around schools could become a thing of the past.
- + Flee Clem7, investors told—Financial advisors say investors in troubled Brisbane tunnel would be wise to cut their losses and run.
- + Stronger than grief—Australians are all reeling and many folks are feeling
- + Like a candle in the wind—The former MFS boss Michael King has revealed how the pressure to refinance a $250 million debt paralysed him into inaction, writes Michael Evans.
- + Mammals fading away—Report claims that many of our mammals are heading towards extinction in the next decade or two.
- + Steffensen digs his heels in—John Steffensen might not run at the Commonwealth Games because he is still feuding with Athletics Australia.
- + Labor blows economic trump card - again—IN A single day, we saw a snapshot of the best and the worst of federal Labor over the past three years.
- + When to turn off cameras—The 24-hour news channels face tricky choices when violence unfolds before our eyes.
- + Computer scandal nets minister's scalp—NSW minister resigns after using a work computer to visit gambling and adult sites.
- + Abbott may be right on NBN: telcos—Alliance of telcos proposes a new broadband plan that appears aligned with Coalition's policy.
- + Tunnel of woe going nowhere—The Clem7 may be pushing its operators towards financial ruin but motorists have nothing to fear, analysts say.
- + Clem7 is going nowhere—Tunnel may be pushing its operators to financial ruin but motorists have nothing to fear: analysts.
- + Clem7 going nowhere—The Clem7 may be pushing its operators towards financial ruin but motorists have nothing to fear, analysts say.
- + Mass breakout from detention centre—Police surround 92 Afghan detainees who escaped in Darwin, asking for 'mercy'.
- + Detention centre escape—Almost 100 Afghan detainees escaped from the Darwin immigration detention early this morning.
- + Winds of change in a weakening property market—Spring is typically the key season for real estate but untimely headwinds this year will make for a weak property market.
- + Tow trucks 'cross ethical line'—Spotters armed with cameras are patrolling an inner-city parking lot that can reap tow-truck operators thousands of dollars a night.
- + Look who's watching—Spotters armed with cameras are patrolling an inner-city parking lot that reaps tow-truck operators thousands.
- + Tow trucks 'cross the line'—Spotters armed with cameras are patrolling an inner-city parking lot that can reap tow-truck operators thousands.
- + Pub brawlers not so big—There could be a small, simple way to stop alcohol-fuelled violence in Queensland, says an expert.
- + Pub brawlers not so big—There could be a small, simple way to stop alcohol-fuelled violence in Queensland, says an expert.
- + Ads could shame drunks—Guru behind successful anti-speeding ads says similar campaign could help tackle alcohol-fuelled violence in Qld.
- + Why trains run buses off the road—In 1997, buses were the future for SEQ. Not anymore.
- + Toll roads to money pits—Rosy traffic forecasts have turned into red faces and red ink, writes Matt O'Sullivan.
- + Key MP shuns offer from Labor—Julia Gillard has failed in an initial bid to win the backing of key Tasmanian independent MP Andrew Wilkie, as negotiations intensify over who will f...
- + Media glare is her ace—Analysis: Public glare putting enormous pressure on David Jones to settle sexual harassment case swiftly.
- + Clem7 posts $1.67bn loss—Operators predicted 60,000 vehicles a day would use the $3 billion tunnel but have struggled to attract half that figure.
- + MPs to walk in voters' shoes—Premier Anna Bligh has announced a plan for politicians to do workplace internships with their constituents.
- + Wiping Facebook's smile—Analysts suggest the search giant is seeking a share of the social-networking growth its rival enjoys, writes Sonja Ryst.
- + Seven deadly crises—Peter Hartcher: Seven of the most serious dramas have escalated. All pose major problems for the world.
- + Beat the rat race at 160kmh—Brisbane commuters could make it from Central station to Gold or Sunshine coast in an hour under new plan.
- + 'This is bigger than cricket'—Matthew Hayden says restraint should be shown in handling cricket's problem child, Pakistan.
- + The name they will not utter—Police investigating the latest discovery of human remains in Belanglo forest cautious not to mention Ivan Milat.
- + Deans lays down the law—Wallabies coach warns several players to get out of their comfort zone or their World Cup aspirations will be over.
- + Scammers be damned: this plague must stop—CRICKET'S already shaky integrity has been blown out of the water. Credibility has been destroyed and it's not coming back until someone with guts get...
- + Fall of a filthy rich swinger—Widow of millionaire Herman Rockefeller bows head in horror as sordid details emerge about his shadowy ways.
- + Healy defends dropsy Akmal—Aussie wicketkeeping great convinced Pakistan gloveman didn't deliberately bungle chances in Test.
- + I'm the 'devil': Heffernan—The Liberal senator says it was he who called an independent's home, leading to claims of dirty tactics.
- + Street crime 'explosion'—Crackdown in Valley will flood courts with minor offenders: lawyer.
- + Surprise package—If two-toned Tony could keep his wild side in check, he would make a good PM, writes Terry Barnes.
- + Spot-fixing puts stain on sports that will be hard to eradicate—How can you trust what you see on the field?
- + Violence crackdown: Valley to be treated 'like Schoolies'—A $4.2 million overhaul to make Queensland nightclub precincts safer means areas like Fortitude Valley will be treated “like Schoolies” ...
- + Boat gate bill revealed—Ratepayers hit with five-figure bill to maintain river drawbridge used just once in the past year.
- + Sydney Test 'fixed'—Alleged Pakistani match-fixer caught boasting that January's Sydney Test was rigged.
- + A missed connection—Government intervention will be required to give Australian households super-fast fibre, writes Lucy Battersby.
- + Please don't leave us now—Pulling troops out of Afghanistan will condemn mothers and children to suffer, a women's advocate has warned.
- + Storm damage—Five years after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to New Orleans, US still feels the pain of its failure to save its own.
- + It's reigning cats and dogs—Most Australian pet owners say their animals are more loving and dependable than their partners.
- + Dragons hang on for minor premiership—THE Dragons have again won the minor prize. NRL boss David Gallop will present St George Illawarra with the JJ Giltinan Shield at Kogarah next Sunday.
- + Fighting on the homefront—Surviving war and making it home safely is only part of the battle. Many soldiers arrive home and face a struggle with traumatic stress. Steve Dow rep...
- + Abbott denies poll plot—Opposition leader emphatically rejects notion that he is secretly manoeuvring for a second election.
- + Out there in Katter country—Bob Katter seems destined to reshape the political landscape. Jo Chandler visited his home turf to discover what shapes the man.
- + Creativity a way out—The convicted drug smugglers are using art to reveal their 'crazy life', writes Tom Allard in Bali.
- + Abbott denies poll plot—Opposition Leader emphatically rejects the notion that he is secretly manoeuvring for a second election.
- + Roar's new season of hope: the bricks are in place—Out of the ashes of a disastrous 2009 season, Ange Postecoglou and his band of new Brisbane Roar players are so far proving the doubters wrong that t...
- + Roar gun down Phoenix—Former Wellington striker gets last laugh over his old side to help Brisbane maintain brilliant start to A-League season.
- + Mourning mum's stalk terror—Elizabeth Bevan's daughter died of leukaemia. Then her daughter's fiance stalked her for return of engagement ring.
- + It's rock'n'roll, but he likes it—As a Rolling Stone exhibition hits Qld, John Birmingham recalls when working there was every bit the rocking life.
- + I'm Oz and I'm an alcoholic—The most dangerous drug in Australian culture has become part of our identity. How do I know? I'm 19-years-old.
- + A grieving brotherhood—This proud Brisbane unit is among the youngest and the fittest of the Army. It also faces the gravest dangers.
- + NRL probes betting plunge—The league is investigating a highly unusual betting plunge on a low-interest option in a Cowboys-Canterbury game.
- + The 'Finger fuse is lit—It's not easy for a rock band to age gracefully in Australia so Powderfinger are preparing to go out with a bang.
- + Murdered spy's secret life—It reads like a Cold War thriller - an athletic recluse, a mystery job working with codes and a violent death.
- + Rush in emotional appeal—Death row inmate Scott Rush tells court he has nightmares about how long it will take to die by firing squad.
- + Gambaro halts ALP surge—Momentum swings back to LNP in battle for Brisbane.
- + Bandt to Abbott: I will back Labor—Newly elected Greens MP Adam Bandt has told Opposition Leader Tony Abbott directly that his preference is to help Labor form government.
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