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Category: ABC Brisbane News Updates
Prawn import review 'too little too late' for critics of inspection regime
A review of Australia’s import risk assessment for prawns reignites the debate about the source of a devastating white spot outbreak.
Smokers more likely to develop common skin cancer: research
Smokers are two-and-a-half times more likely to develop a squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) than non-smokers, regardless of how long they’ve smoked, scientists from the Brisbane-based QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute find.
Palmer decries 'Nazi Germany'-style court proceeding
Clive Palmer arrives at court in Brisbane looking dishevelled, with one of his minders — speaking on his behalf — likening the former Queensland Nickel boss’s forced appearance to something that would only happen in “Nazi Germany”.
'I like to amass wealth and keep it', Clive Palmer tells court
Clive Palmer is again questioned over the affairs of his failed mining company Queensland Nickel in the Federal Court in Brisbane, and tells the hearing he is a collector who likes to put something away for a rainy day.
Chiropractor trades two-decade career for firefighting
At age 42, Kate Oliver was sick of “being stuck in a room all day” as a chiropractor and has swapped the career for that of a newly-graduated Queensland firefighter.
Death of Brisbane bus driver prompts audit of violent hotspots
The Rail, Tram and Bus Union is launching a national audit of violent and antisocial hotpots in an effort to bolster drivers’ safety across Australia.
Brisbane's rental market 'as bad as at the height of the mining boom'
Brisbane’s rental market is one of the country’s toughest for low-income earners, the latest affordability index shows.
Renters in Sydney, Hobart feel squeeze, while rest of country remains steady
Australia’s spiralling house prices are putting pressure on the rental market, forcing low-income earners to the outer suburbs while potential buyers save for a deposit, a peak advocacy group says.
Lockyer Valley creek project to prevent repeat of 2011 flood damage
A $2.4 million project including the planting of 20,000 trees is underway in a Lockyer Valley creek to prevent a repeat of the massive devastation to farm land and waterways caused by the 2011 Queensland floods.