Brisbane
Billy cart championships to draw crowd of thousands
Friday, August 20, 2010, 12:49 pm | Reported by Denica Gorman
The sixth annual Lord Mayor’s Billycart Championships organised by the Rotary club of Carindale will take place this Sunday at the Carindale Recreation Reserve in Brisbane’s south.
BAM! Festival faces cancellation
Friday, August 20, 2010, 2:58 am | Reported by Marnie Gerrard
BAM! Festival organisers have announced they would cancel this year’s festival unless ticket sales increase in the next week.
Youth contracts ‘linked’ to rugby league’s development
Friday, August 20, 2010, 2:35 am | Reported by Mitch Ogden
Local Brisbane boy Lachlan Creighton will have to deal with the insecurity of youth contracts in rugby league after recently signing to the Gold Coast Titans.
Rudd’s seat ‘a popularity contest’
Thursday, August 19, 2010, 7:48 pm | Reported by Michelle Thomas
The media scrutiny surrounding former prime minister Kevin Rudd in his Brisbane electorate of Griffith is overshadowing voters’ other political options, opposing candidates say.
Undecided Queensland voters grill leaders
Thursday, August 19, 2010, 6:08 pm | Reported by Tom Doyle
Prime Minister Julia Gillard emerged well from some questions at the public forum at the Broncos Leagues Club in Brisbane on Wednesday night, speaking after Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. Each candidate took one hour to answer questions from a 200-strong audience.
Local designers come together to help developing countries
Thursday, August 19, 2010, 2:13 pm | Reported by Louise Cheer
A student organisation is giving young Brisbane designers a chance to showcase their pieces to raise funds to buy medical supplies for developing countries.
Construction ‘cleared up’ as election looms
Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 11:46 pm | Reported by Zornitza Mintchev
A resident of Wooloowin on Brisbane’s northside says loud and disruptive construction on the Northern Busway appears to have died down in the lead-up to the Federal election.
Premier Colts charge into finals frenzy
Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 10:45 am | Reported by Lincoln Humphries
Queensland’s premier under 20s rugby competition is heating up as the next generation of wallaby superstars cannon themselves into the Premier Colts finals to be held at Ballymore later this month.
Bellbowrie to get pedestrian crossing
Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 1:28 pm | Reported by Kate Boston
After more than decade of campaigning and many serious accidents a pedestrian crossing has finally been approved for a dangerous stretch of road in Brisbane’s west.
Walk Against Warming heats up election
Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 12:04 pm | Reported by Sebastian Sinclair
Queenslanders gathered at King George Square for Walk Against Warming on Sunday to protest the lack of ‘green’ policies in 2010’s federal election.
