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Magpie swooping is 'actually pretty rare' — and there are steps you can take (and avoid) to reduce the risk

Brisbane City Council has fielded almost 2,500 reports of swooping birds in the last three years. Numbers are down — but that doesn't necessarily mean it is happening less.
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A magpie

Prison escapee behind famous meme 'a succulent Chinese meal' shares lunch with arresting officer 32 years later

More than three decades after Jack Karlson's infamous arrest at a Chinese restaurant in Brisbane captured the nation, a film crew is setting out to document his life.
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Screengrab of a grey-haired man being wrestled into a car by a few policeman

Son of worker critically injured in 12m fall at Brisbane Cross River Rail site saw it happen, union claims

The 54-year-old man suffered "extensive" internal injuries after falling at the Cross River Rail site, hitting a "penetration" in his fall, and remains in a critical condition.
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CFMEU's Michael Ravbar (left) and Jade Ingham

Worker critical after falling from scaffolding and hitting 'a number of obstacles'

A crane has been used to help emergency services reach a man who fell from scaffolding in Brisbane. 
Industrial scaffolding at a Cross River Rail work site in Brisbane

'Absolutely unavoidable' $960m cost blowout for Brisbane's Cross River Rail revealed

The state government has revealed Queensland's largest infrastructure project will open later and cost almost a billion dollars more than previously planned.
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A design concept for a new CBD train station

Brisbane train station closures, upgrades lead to accessibility issues

The latest station closure as part of Brisbane's Cross River Rail construction has raised questions about transport accessibility while the mammoth infrastructure project is being built.
Artist impression of a new train station with overpass

Car fire in Brisbane's south linked to Oxley shooting, investigation leads to seven arrests

Police arrest seven people, discover a meth lab and believe a car fire overnight is linked to their investigation into a fatal shooting in Brisbane's south-west earlier this week.
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Burnt cars in a garage

Brisbane's Cross River Rail engineering marvels revealed as LNP calls for Elizabeth Line

As Brisbane's $5.4 billion Cross River Rail project powers on, the state's LNP opposition has called for it be renamed after the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Construction site, underground tunnel

First look at Cross River Rail's underground stations

A new video released by Cross River Rail shows how tunnelling works have created Brisbane's first underground railway network.
Underground tunnel works

'It was a horrible place': Brisbane's Boggo Road Gaol to star in Netflix adaption of Boy Swallows Universe

A Netflix adaptation of Trent Dalton’s best-selling book takes viewers inside a Brisbane landmark once home to rats, lice, and hardened criminals.
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Boggo Road Gaol gallows beam

Education bureaucrat pockets $630,000 while suspended during misconduct investigation

Former senior education department bureaucrat Jeff Hunt, who engaged in misconduct over a school principal appointment saga, was paid $630,000 while suspended.
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A man in a suit.

Education Queensland deputy chief resigns two years after being suspended on full pay

In May 2020, Jeff Hunt was suspended after he overruled a high school principal selection panel to install a different person as head of Brisbane's Inner City South State Secondary College. The department has confirmed his resignation took effect this week.
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A man in a suit.

Yeronga station set to stay closed over Christmas after deluge delays Cross River Rail upgrades

Rain has forced Cross River Rail to delay the reopening of Yeronga station into next year, after it was closed in April for major upgrades.
a construction site full of rainwater

Group of police officers crowdfund for legal challenge to vaccine mandate

A group of Queensland police officers and their families is raising money to fight the QPS vaccine mandate, saying it breaches "workplace rights" and "freedoms".
Three police officers with arms around each other as seen from above.

Commercial precinct proposal for Brisbane's Boggo Road Gaol site approved

A proposal to place a two-storey commercial building between the heritage-listed Boggo Road Gaol and the CSIRO precinct at Dutton Park has been approved.
A red and yellow brick building from the 1880s stands with cranes behind it.

Two thirds of students from outside new school catchments

Nearly two-thirds of students at Brisbane South State Secondary College, and just under half at Fortitude Valley State Secondary College are from outside their catchment areas.
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A school building with BSSSC logo in top left corner, with glass windows behind banners with school logos and grass lawn.

Boggo Road Gaol commercial development application still waiting for council decision

A development application for a mixed shopping and office building at the heritage-listed Boggo Road Gaol site in Brisbane's Dutton Park is still waiting for a decision.
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Two yellow and red brick buildings stand beside each other with a crane in the backgound and construction at the front

Major construction boom sees Brisbane city traffic worsen

With a dozen major construction projects underway in Brisbane, the city council worries congestion will worsen.
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Construction site of Queen's Wharf project in Brisbane CBD, with lots of building cranes and construction barge on river.

Five new schools open to serve rapid South-East Queensland population growth

With population growth in inner Brisbane and across the Sunshine Coast expected to continue over the next decade, five new state schools are opening their doors this week and even more are in the pipeline.
An aerial shot of Brisbane South State Secondary College under construction.

'Unlawful' night works see cranky residents go months without sleep

A construction company has subjected residents to months of sleepless nights, noisily working well into the early hours of the morning without a permit from the Brisbane City Council.
An aerial shot of Brisbane South State Secondary College under construction.

Former senior Education Department bureaucrat Jeff Hunt paid $100k while suspended

Former senior Education Department bureaucrat Jeff Hunt receives almost $100,000 while suspended after being stood down over a corruption probe involving the selection of a Brisbane school principal.
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A man in a suit.

'Tearing out that last chapter': Redevelopment plan ignites row over historic Boggo Road jail

The notorious Queensland prison that's seen riots, hangings and prisoner escapes is now facing a looming commercial development, heritage campaigners say.
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Artist's impression of proposed multi-use complex at the Boggo Road Gaol redevelopment in Brisbane.

Scientists look to history for solutions to widespread pasture dieback

Scientists believe they have identified what is killing thousands of hectares of pasture in Queensland.
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The microbiologist looking down at a piece of clump of grass.

'This is how I die': Woman fears for life after homophobic attack

A young Brisbane woman who was flying rainbow flags outside her house in support of same-sex marriage has her windows smashed in with rocks in a late-night attack which could be linked to three other incidents nearby.
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Vandals target same sex marriage supporters in Brisbane.

Third cross river rail plan for Brisbane unveiled

The Queensland Government acknowledges years of frustration at the unveiling of yet another plan to expand Brisbane's inner city rail capacity.
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A map showing where the line and stations for the Brisbane Cross River Rail would go.