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Date with DESTINY
has a way of repeating at the Brisbane Lions. The premiership class of 2024-25 today has its chance of emulating the threepeat of 2001-02-03, under a legendary coach who is as focused on developing individuals as he is on formulating a game...
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MEDICARE AI’S FIRST STRIKE
Urgent work to fortify Australia’s digital defences has been ordered after Medicare became the world’s first known national government system to fall prey to a rogue AI bot. The US-based company behind ChatGPT will also launch a review into how its...
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BRACE FOR JIMPACT
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has laid the groundwork for a dire federal budget update – warning of billions in extra costs to service debt. Government borrowings surpassed $1 trillion last month, and interest repayment costs are now the fastest-growing area...
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WORLD UNITES TO REIN IN BOTS
Australia has joined 18 other nations in calling for the urgent introduction of artificial intelligence safety protocols and a new oversight body to ensure the technology remains under human control. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed the...
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Who else now thinks this Fitzroy River rocks?
I came to Rockhampton yesterday sceptical about whether the mighty Fitzroy River was as good as the locals claim. Turns out, it is. Framed by ancient gums and fraying paperbark trees, the brown Fitzroy paints the quintessential picture of regional...
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FINAL KICK IN THE GUTS
Star Brisbane Lions midfielder Lachie Neale will rely on his spotless record when he attempts to have a match ban downgraded and avoid missing the AFL grand final. Neale was yesterday handed a one-week ban for a gut punch on Hawthorn’s Jack Ginnivan...
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PALMED OFF
A Queensland couple running an exclusive hedge fund befriended, wined, dined and went boating with their clients – including retirees, a single mother and even their 95-yearold neighbour – before taking off overseas with investors owed...
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STICKY WICKET
The iconic Gabba cricket pitch will be shifted across Brisbane under a top-secret plan to safeguard Brisbane’s sporting soul. It can be revealed options including using a Chinook helicopter to transport the pitch have been discussed.
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NO CROC : ROCKY’S BIG TICK
Premier David Crisafulli says Rockhampton will host the rowing and paddling events at the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games after organisers proved the regional city’s Fitzroy River course can be made fair for all competitors. It would be the first...
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MASTER AND COMMANDER
Peter V’landys will become the most powerful single person ever in rugby league after being endorsed as the kingpin of the NRL. The Courier-Mail can reveal the ARL Commission has signed off on combining the chair position already held by Mr V’landys...
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TRUMPED UP TATE
PRESIDENT’S APPRENTICE Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has told a journalist to “f--k off” after the White House discredited his boasts of having shared a steak with the US President. The Trump Organisation has also labelled Mayor Tate’s claim to having...
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TELLING PORKIES
A prominent Queensland racehorse owner and meat processing king is allegedly among those behind a multimillion-dollar pork racket orchestrated over more than a decade. Successful pig farmer Darren Gary Wilson – part-owner of massive Ipswich company...
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Fan frenzy for Selwyn selfies
The Dolphins have urged Brisbane’s footy fans to pack Suncorp Stadium after gatecrashing Brazilian soccer superstar Vini Jr’s Australian tour. A turf war is looming between the NRL and soccer after the Dolphins snuck under the guard of the Socceroos...
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NURSES PULL THE PLUG
Burnt-out nurses are leaving hospitals in droves as they struggle under insufficient staffing that they say puts patients at risk. Nurses like Kirralee Pauly (pictured) are lifting the lid on conditions in Queensland hospitals as exclusive data reveals...
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BUCK STOPS HERE
Brisbane boss Dave Donaghy has backed besieged coach Michael Maguire to rebuild the Broncos as a premiership force after finalising the most comprehensive review in the club’s 38-year history. The Saturday CourierMail has obtained details of the...
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TAKE A PUNT ON US
The 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games could deliver Brisbane a chance to host NFL stars like George Kittle (pictured) as a test event for the city’s new stadium. Melbourne’s contract with the NFL ends in 2029, leaving the door open for Brisbane to take...
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NO VEST , NO FEAR
Cesar Barraza, the sharpshooting police officer who took out one of the Bondi massacre gunmen, had just three bullets left when the firefight ended – having raced to the scene without a bulletproof vest, body camera or even his mobile phone.
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REGATTA’S ROOM ROW
Rowing Queensland is fielding complaints from parents unable to get accommodation in Rockhampton ahead of next weekend’s schools state championships. Premier David Crisafulli yesterday unleashed on world rowing officials who have raised logistical...
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KEEP THE TROPHY IN OUEENSLAND
The NRL trophy is staying in Brisbane – if Tom Gilbert and his Dolphins have anything to do with it. The Broncos put in the worst title defence in 118 years, crashing out of contention and leaving the Dolphins to fly the finals flag in The River...
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CLEAN UP OR PAY UP
Social media giants face $100m fines if they fail to keep Australians safe from harmful and illegal content under sweeping new federal government reforms. Labor will this week release its draft Digital Duty of Care laws, which will force tech companies...
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GAME OF HOMES
Brisbane’s Northshore Hamilton will be transformed into a subtropical residential precinct ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, with more than six hectares of barren industrial land set to be redeveloped to house up to 5000 Queenslanders. The...
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IN COLD BLOOD
Darryl Valroy Young has been found guilty of shooting dead his three neighbours – Mervyn Schwarz, 71, his wife Maree Schwarz, 59, and stepson Graham Tighe, 35, at the front gate of his Bogie farm in 2022. The decision after more than 14 hours of...
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PAYNEFUL FAREWELL
Ben Hunt fired a formidable statement in the battle for the Brisbane No.7 jumper as the Broncos gave Payne Haas a fitting farewell with a 34-20 belting of the Bulldogs on Thursday night. Brisbane’s season from hell ended with a final-round ray of...
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HAASTA LA VISTA
Rabbitohs-bound star Payne Haas has credited the Broncos for helping transform him from an NRL bad boy to the game’s No.1 prop. Haas will make his 159th and final appearance for the Broncos in Thursday night’s season-closer against the Bulldogs in...
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FERRY STRIKE CROWD CHAOS
Brisbane’s ferries will be shut down for Riverfire in a major blow set to force almost 30,000 revellers on to buses and other transport on one of the city’s busiest nights. A 24-hour strike will begin from 4am on Saturday – the same day up to 500,000...
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TOLL TOPS TSUNAMI
It was meant to be the holiday of a lifetime but it may instead become the most devastating natural disaster involving Australians overseas – surpassing even the death toll from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. The number of Australians unaccounted for in...
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Queensland mum missing in flood crisis
Families of Australians missing in the Nepal floods are distraught at China’s delays and confusion regarding the release of information about what happened to their loved ones. Beijing officials finally revealed that six Australians were missing on...
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YOU’LL NEVER WALK ALONE
Jai Arrow will never walk alone. And here was the tangible proof. Thirty minutes before kickoff between Souths and the Titans on Saturday at Cbus Super Stadium, Fox’s dressing-room cameras captured the most raw, real and touching moment of the NRL...
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PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE
Drones are being deployed to search for survivors as entire villages remain submerged in mud and debris and thousands of people are missing. The death toll from the catastrophic Nepal floods was at 543 on Friday night, with at least 38 Australians...
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DEATH VALLEY
The federal government is privately expecting the worst as at least 35 Australians, including two boys, remain missing after an ice avalanche triggered devastating flash flooding in Nepal. More than 270 people have been confirmed dead with senior...
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GIANT REYNO POSTER
The Brisbane Broncos won’t be back-to-back champions this season but their loyal fans will be, retaining their title as the kings of the NRL crowds. The bitter rivalry between the Sydney Roosters and South Sydney is about to take a juicy turn, with the...
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HE HAD DONE IT BEFORE
Jules Neale has sensationally claimed her estranged husband Lachie cheated on her with at least two different women in a bombshell new interview. Neale has described discovering her husband’s affair with her best friend in December last year as the...
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Hero mum’s dream of
Gold Coast athlete reveals the split-second decision that put her on the path to 2032
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SINS OF A REALITY TV SHOW
The Anglican Church is demanding producers scrub footage of Brisbane’s St John’s Cathedral from a raunchy new reality series about sex workers, claiming it was misled into allowing the controversial shoot.
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JAIL FIX FOR BAIL CHAOS
More than 6000 Queenslanders would be thrown behind bars for committing serious crimes while on bail under drastic law changes being considered by the state government, it can be revealed. Exclusive data provided by the government to the Sunday Mail...
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MOSCOW MOLE
An accused Russian spy who allegedly embedded himself within the Ukrainian army has been arrested while living in Brisbane. Vladimir Teslov, 27, allegedly travelled to both Russia and Ukraine as part of foreign interference activities.
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NO WOMAN DESERVES THIS
A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted in a Melbourne hotel after being hired by Sydney Swans AFL players for lap dances says: “All I care about is justice.” The exotic dancer says there were nine men in the Pullman East Melbourne hotel room...
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STATE OF SILENCE
Community groups have been hauled into ministerial offices and threatened with funding cuts as retribution for publicly criticising the state government or its policies. Advocates across the child safety, domestic violence prevention, youth justice...
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I COULD’VE DROWNED
Martin Taupau passed out facefirst into an ice bath on his first day of pre-season training under Michael Maguire, before being sacked for liking an Instagram post that was critical of the Brisbane Broncos coach. Taupau has revealed the frightening...
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SNOUTS IN THE TROUGH CCC BUST ALLEGED $30M PIG RACKET
A whopping $30m in cash was allegedly smuggled into Queensland and frozen meat products fraudulently relabelled in what the state’s corruption watchdog has labelled a crossborder pork racket. Investigators have also alleged $10m of sales records were...
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BUSH BLUES DEEPEN
Australians living in the bush are feeling stressed, exhausted and overwhelmed, with an exclusive poll revealing people feel regional life has worsened for the second year in a row. The annual Mood of the Nation survey – conducted for News Corp...
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ALBO’S $ 1.2BN STORM DRAIN
Queensland faces a huge funding shortfall under Anthony Albanese’s proposal to dud the states of federal disaster cash, with shock new analysis showing $1.2bn would have been lost during the most recent devastating floods and cyclones under the...
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SNAPCHAT HONEY TRAP
A man allegedly brutally beaten by a group of teens may have been lured to his death in a “catch a predator” style ambush using Snapchat, police will allege.
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MY GIRL WON’T BE THE LAST
The devastated mother of Djuarn Baker-Adams, who was allegedly killed by her ex-partner this week, says the state government must overhaul the way domestic violence is dealt with before another parent is left grieving their child. Ms Baker-Adams...
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FOUR DEAD IN 45 DAYS
A rapper allegedly killed his expartner within days of police having contact with the woman in the fourth domestic violence-linked murder in Queensland in 45 days. Paramedics made frantic attempts to resuscitate Djuarn Baker-Adams before she died of...
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PRISON FOR BAIL BREACH ADULTS
Adults who breach their bail will be immediately sent to jail under a major law change being considered by the LNP government. It marks a major expansion of the government’s existing “breach of bail, go to jail” policy, which is aimed at youth...
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I’LL END THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL
A Queensland man on trial for murdering his neighbours allegedly said “I’ll end this once and for all” before shooting them dead, but his defence team plans to argue he was never there, a court has heard. Darryl Valroy Young (pictured), 63, has...
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CLASSROOM SCREEN BAN
Laptops and tablets could be banned in Queensland primary schools while the state’s education minister calls for a pen-and-paper component to NAPLAN testing to be considered amid declining results. Thousands of parents have backed calls for a school...
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RAIN OF ERROR
The Bureau of Meteorology has been caught out for extraordinary forecast failures throughout Queensland, with more than 650 errors since 2024, including during the first cyclone to affect the South East in more than 50 years. A months-long...
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SEX & OUT
Australian cricket vice-captain Ashleigh Gardner should be stripped of her captaincy after having an affair with a junior teammate, according to exwife Monica Wright who has broken her silence over the tryst and also slammed Cricket Australia for its...
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THE BUCK STARTS HERE
First Nations cowboys and girls were front and centre for an Indigenous rodeo clinic on Thursday, ahead of the 67th edition of the iconic Mount Isa Mines Rodeo this weekend. Almost 800 competitors, including 200 females, from every corner of Australia...
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TRIALS AND ERRORS
Every DNA statement issued to police and state prosecutors in the past three years is under review, amid fresh failures at Queensland’s scandalplagued forensic lab. Forensic Science Queensland is looking through each of the 904 statements to check if...
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TRUTH BOM ON THE WAY
The Bureau of Meteorology’s disastrous rollout of its $96m website revamp will be examined as part of a review into the $600m-a-year agency. The BOM was widely panned last October after the makeover that left users unable to navigate the site. At the...
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CASH FOR COMPANY
A man has described being kissed by radio legend Alan Jones in a “chomping” action that covered his face from his nose to his chin, on the first day of the broadcaster’s trial for indecent assault and sexual touching. Complainant J was a promising...
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AUSSIE TRACK’S NEW GOLDEN AGE
Matt Denny’s dramatic physical makeover has paid off with his second consecutive Commonwealth Games discus title. The big Queenslander dropped 17kg from the weight he competed at when finishing fourth at last year’s world championships in Tokyo. He...
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Vic Park masterplan revealed GAMES CHANGER
Two towering pedestrian bridges built over the Inner City Bypass will link Brisbane Stadium to the city and National Aquatic Centre as part of a landmark masterplan for the Olympic and Paralympic Games precinct. Two-thirds of Victoria Park will remain...
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That’s MY BOY
Australia’s greatest Commonwealth Games swim team in history has claimed an astonishing 37 gold medals and will pocket $1,272,500 in prizemoney from Gina Rinehart after a Glasgow Games to remember. The Australians walked triumphantly out of the...
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BANANA BOLTERS
Queensland sprinters Lachie Kennedy (right) and Torrie Lewis (left) both broke the national 100m record on an unforgettable night in Glasgow. First Kennedy ran an incredible 9.85sec to claim a silver medal and erase Patrick Johnson’s 23-year-old...
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I WILL KILL MY FAMILY
A man accused of murdering his wife and baby in a brutal stabbing attack allegedly told a psychiatrist about desires to kill his family months before the deaths. Rockhampton man Matthew James Cox was admitted to hospital for mental health treatment in...
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JIM LOSES THE WAR
Inflation has not yet peaked and could get as high as 7 per cent by the end of the year in a worst-case scenario that could materialise as the global oil market is pushed to the brink. In a briefing by his own department, Jim Chalmers has been told...
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KEEP CALM CARRY ON
Millions of phones will sound loud sirens across the country today as the federal government tests its controversial $132m AusAlert warning system. The rollout is already in chaos after state emergency services refused to use the network for the...
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SECRET TAX ON HOMES
A shocking flaw in Labor’s rushed tax laws means grieving families could be hit with a hefty capital gains tax bill after the death of a loved one – before their assets are even sold. Tax experts are sounding the alarm on the poorly drafted...
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DOING IT FOR DAD
Nearly two decades since the death of his father, Robert Irwin says he feels more connected to him than ever. The 22-year-old has revealed that while he is increasingly pulled into the entertainment world, his heart still beats for Australia Zoo – and...
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Nina leads our march to GAMES GLORY
The board of Commonwealth Games Australia took just one hour to decide to hand $4.6m to Scotland and help Glasgow officials get across the line to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Commonwealth Games Australia chief executive Craig Phillips has...
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OUR SPLASH AND CASH
The venue where most of Australia’s gold medals will be won at the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been unveiled – with six years to go until the opening ceremony. The stunning National Aquatic Centre on the site of the historic Centenary Pool...
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I’m so sorry
Broncos winger Josiah Karapani has apologised outside a Brisbane courthouse after pleading guilty to drink driving. “I’m very sorry for my actions,” he said in a brief address outside Holland Park Magistrates court on Tuesday, after it was revealed he...
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AWWSOME FOURSOME
A Brisbane mother has delivered four naturally conceived, identical quadruplet girls in one of the rarest births in the world. The quads remarkably shared one placenta and split from one singular fertilised egg. The shock pregnancy was extremely high...
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Phins jump back up the ladder
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow has delivered the Dolphins to the doorstep of their four-year finals dream by torturing his old club at Suncorp Stadium. The nightmare that was the Dolphins’ 66-0 defeat by Cronulla last round was flushed away by a rousing, if not...
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DAY MY LIFE CHANGED FOREVER
It was like any ordinary day for two best friends – shoe shopping, trying on make-up and laughing together about nothing in particular. Emma McLean – freshly engaged and brimming with excitement about the future – was with her lifelong friend Lily...
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HOUSE OF CARDS
Home values in parts of Queensland have plunged by more than $100,000 since the Albanese government announced landmark property tax reforms in the federal budget, shock new figures show.
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STORM IN A TEACUP
The aggressive and violent storming of a state government office by CFMEU thugs was shrugged off by then-transport minister Mark Bailey as “unions being unions”, an inquiry has heard. A security guard was bowled over after CFMEU members forced open...
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SHUNTED
Commuters will be forced on to crowded and infrequent rail services for at least three more months, but the Transport Minister has turned down a challenge to experience it for himself. Protected industrial action has kept South East Queensland’s rail...
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Building boss details toll of ‘union abuse’
The top executive of the state’s peak building and construction body was so traumatised by relentless harassment by the CFMEU that he tried to take his own life, an inquiry has heard. Former Master Builders Queensland CEO Grant Galvin told the CFMEU...
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HE DIDN’T EVEN LOOK
A pilot who died alongside three passengers in a midair collision between two tourist helicopters at Sea World was “totally distracted, drug-affected” and failed to check the airspace, his boss told an inquest yesterday. And the Brisbane Coroners Court...
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THE KING IS BACK AT QPAC
Brisbane is set for a major theatrical homecoming, with Disney’s The Lion King returning to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre from November 15. When the musical last opened at QPAC in 2014, it sold more tickets in a single day than any show before...
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I’M SCARED. AM I GOING TO BE A WIDOW BEFORE I’M 40
Berina Colakovic has moments where it all seems too much. As her husband, former NRL star Jai Arrow, battles motor neurone disease, Colakovic is waging her own fight within. A challenging fight on multiple fronts for the Canadian native, who moved to...
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