Category: ABC Brisbane News Updates

It is the end of an era at the Ekka in Brisbane, with the dairy sheds set to be demolished to make way for redevelopment at the RNA showground.

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More research is needed into the high-speed mobile phone technology before it is rolled out in Australia, an international expert says.

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Ipswich mayoral candidate Paul Tully concedes defeat in the by-election, releasing a brief congratulatory statement to his competitor Andrew Antoniolli.

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The worst flu season in five years is putting an unprecedented demand on Queensland’s ambulances, with a 13 per cent increase in calls to triple-0.

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Melbourne is aiming to consolidate its place in the top eight when it takes on Brisbane in Sunday’s opening AFL match. Get all your live stats, scores and streams in our ScoreCentre.

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A retrofitted “Mr Partybot” was a hit in the 1970s and promises to be just as popular when he joins Australia’s largest one-day robotics festival, Robotronica, at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) this Sunday.

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Parents of only children by choice are sometimes seen as “selfish” for not giving their son or daughter a sibling, or are told they’re “putting all their eggs in one basket”. But that’s despite evidence suggesting it’s a lifestyle choice that benefits the whole family.

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AFP Commander Grant Edwards could lead airport security for the G20 and pull a 1,890 tonne plane with his bare hands, but he was to discover brute strength only counts for so much.

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Boxer Manny Pacquiao will return to Brisbane this year for a rematch with world title holder Jeff Horn, Lord Mayor Graham Quirk confirms.

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The first responders to a fatal speedway crash say Queensland Raceway had broken first aid equipment, ran out of fire extinguishers and were too slow to respond.

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