The first AFL Women’s grand final will be played on the Gold Coast after Brisbane’s Gabba surface was deemed unsafe following two major concerts by pop star Adele earlier this month.
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Free public transport offered to historic AFL Women's grand final
Trains, buses, ferries and light rail will be free in Queensland’s south-east on Saturday to attract more people to the AFL Women’s grand final on the Gold Coast, Transport Minister Jackie Trad says.
Gay panic defence scrapped by Queensland Parliament
Queensland’s move to ditch a “homophobic, archaic law” that allowed gay panic as a partial defence for murder is welcomed by a Catholic priest who has been fighting for change since Wayne Ruks (pictured) was bashed to death in July 2008.