Brisbane criminal solicitor Tim Meehan, who represented Daniel Morcombe’s killer Brett Peter Cowan, pleads guilty to fraud charges in Queensland’s Supreme Court and is remanded in custody.
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Johnathan Thurston steps up to the plate for Queensland yet again
Playing through the pain of a busted shoulder, Johnathan Thurston’s unerring conversion to win Origin II for Queensland begs the question: Does JT even experience nerves?
Wild crocodile egg harvest to help struggling community
Wild crocodile eggs will be harvested at a Cape York community in a test case to see if the practice should be allowed again in Queensland.
Daley makes veiled swipe at referees after Origin II heartbreaker
Blues coach Laurie Daley takes a thinly-veiled swipe at the referees following New South Wales’s heartbreaking 18-16 State of Origin II to the Maroons in Sydney.
Cattle industry gives x-ray technology a tick of approval
Australian cattle and sheep producers, lot feeders and red meat processors publicly back the introduction of controversial x-ray technology that promises to provide farmers with a better indication of the actual meat content of a carcase.
Moore returns as Cheika rings changes for Italy Test
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has made six changes to his side for Saturday’s Test against Italy in Brisbane, headed by the return of captain Stephen Moore.
Brisbane restaurant fined over dodgy mayonnaise that sickened 29 people
A Brisbane restaurant that unknowingly used eggs containing salmonella to make mayonnaise, causing 29 people to fall ill, is fined $37,000.
All-timber office building to be built in Brisbane
Fire and termites will be no threat to a nine-storey all-timber office block to be built in inner Brisbane, according to the construction team.
Spike in native animal injuries has RSPCA worried
A native animal hospital in south-east Queensland says it is treating more than double the number of animals it was four years ago.
ALP expels Pisasale after former mayor charged with extortion
Queensland Labor’s administrative committee has decided to terminate Paul Pisasale’s membership.