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Category: ABC Brisbane News Updates
Wine industry gives world's top sommeliers a taste of Australia
As chefs from the world’s 50 best restaurants descended on Melbourne, Wine Australia invited their sommeliers along as well.
Revealed: How AFL docs keep bloodied players on the field
A retired AFL club doctor reveals the tricks deployed to get players back on the field just minutes after they receive lacerations, dislocations, broken noses or corked thighs.
Volunteers aplenty awaiting call to help with cyclone and flood clean-up
Thousands of volunteers ready to join the clean-up in central and northern Queensland are yet to be called in because councils and local organisations have not asked for help.
Wivenhoe Dam $900m facelift considered to prevent flood disaster
Seqwater is considering a massive upgrade of Wivenhoe Dam that could raise the dam wall by 4 metres in a bid to prevent a “rare” catastrophic flood event in Brisbane in the future.
Millers, marketer agree sugar code of conduct too late to force peace deal
Queensland Sugar Limited and Wilmar could be on the brink of a peace deal, but both agree it had nothing to do with a new federal code of conduct.
Clive Palmer-owned company sued for $106 million
Liquidators of the failed Queensland Nickel company are chasing millions of dollars allegedly owed by Clive Palmer’s company Mineralogy, including huge payments made to Mr Palmer himself.
LNP staff member 'strongly counselled' over One Nation deal: Tim Nicholls
A senior policy advisor to Queensland Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls is “strongly counselled” for acting without authority in making a deal with Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party.
Baby bilby triplets emerge in time for Easter
Easter arrives early for one south-east Queensland nature centre, with three bilby babies emerging from their mother’s pouch this week.
Kyrgios a different beast these days, US star Sock says
You can throw previous form out the window when Aussie tennis firebrand Nick Kyrgios faces off against good friend Jack Sock in this week’s Davis Cup tie.