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Qantas passenger shares photo of packed plane en route to Brisbane 2133186

The Qantas passenger claimed he was flying from Townsville to Brisbane on Monday afternoon on a plane crammed with travellers.




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IGA supermarket in Brighton, Queensland defends decision to sell toilet paper in four packs

Kerry Sheaff owns the store in Brighton in northern Brisbane that has been running low on supply amid the outbreak of coronavirus.




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Woman who accused MP of inappropriate behaviour towards her teenage daughter apologises

Whitsunday MP Jason Costigan sued Heather McKeown for $350,000 in the Brisbane District Court on January 23.




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Passenger on a packed Qantas flight from Sydney to Brisbane was infected with coronavirus

Queensland Health warned other passengers of the diagnosis by text and then a phone call before directing them to self-quarantine in an email on Thursday.




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Amber alert after six-week-old baby girl taken from home near Brisbane

The girl was taken from a home in Narangba, north of Brisbane, by Aedan Carroll at around midday on Friday.




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Apollo Jackson is charging $100 a month for fans to learn his magic tricks online

He previously struggled to make ends meet when work dried up after The Bachelorette. 




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Gorden Tallis calls out Darius Boyd for whinging over potentially relocating for the NRL season

The code are looking into hosting the entire roster of teams in Sydney for the competition due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, with many players from outside clubs complaining about potentially relocating.




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Amateur cook makes burrito bowls with fried tortilla wraps

Brisbane sales assistant Taylah Jordan discovered how to make edible salad bowls by spraying wraps with cooking oil, layering them over the bottom of a small bowl and cooking in an air fryer for 10 minutes.




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Qantas scraps the middle seat after damning photo of a packed flight during the coronavirus crisis

The airline announced the changes after a photo surfaced of a packed plane flying from Townsville in far north Queensland to Brisbane last Monday.




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Australian petrol prices tipped to plunge by another 20 per cent to less than 75 cents a litre

Westpac senior economist Justin Smirk is expecting average petrol prices in Australia's biggest cities to plunge by a fifth by the end of June. This would see unleaded sell for less than 75 cents a litre.




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Coles worker proposed to by her boyfriend over the microphone in front of panic-buyers 

Sam Sargaison confessed his love for girlfriend Tegan Mangan while she was working at Coles Beenleigh, south of Brisbane, over the store's speaker system.




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Brisbane mother is slammed for trying to sell her massive stash of toilet paper 

The Brisbane woman has 21 packs of toilet paper, each with 18 rolls for sale online.  She's selling a pack of Quilton toilet paper for $20 - double the supermarket price.




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Funeral of shark attack victim who died on Great Barrier Reef live-streamed coronavirus restrictions

Zachary Robba, 23, had been enjoying working at his 'dream job' on the southern Barrier Reef with a group of rangers when he was attacked by a shark on April 6.




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Channel Ten's MasterChef takes a serious tumble in the ratings

Channel Ten's revamped MasterChef suffered a slight ratings tumble on Monday night, failing to gain more than one million viewers. 




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Man, 34, tortured, burned and raped a woman during a three week drug-induced campaign of terror

Nicholas John Crilley, 34, subjected a 21-year-old woman to 'physical, psychological and sadistic violence' over 23 days in June 2017 at his townhouse in Bulimba, Brisbane.




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Nicholas John Crilley: How dramatic police pursuit snagged evil banker

An evil banker who raped a woman daily and set her on fire led police on a dramatic pursuit through the streets of Brisbane, stealing two cars and breaking into a house before finally surrendering.




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The items Australians are NOT panic buying amid the coronavirus crisis

Sales of mints and gum have gone down ever since the Australian government introduced strict new social distancing rules.




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Jockey who headbutted rival after Australian race is handed six-month ban

Australian jockey Luke Tarrant has been given a six-month ban after head-butting fellow rider Larry Cassidy during an altercation at Doomben racecourse on Wednesday.




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The list of high-risk workers that could cause a second wave of COVID-19 if they don't get tested

Brisbane Dr Evan Jones said staff in high risk working environments should be tested immediately to prevent another spike in COVID-19 cases.




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Queensland couple allegedly robbed at knifepoint by teenagers during Anzac Day dawn service

A 62-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman allegedly had their phones and green Toyota Camry stolen by four teenagers on Saturday morning at their home in Rangeville, Queensland.




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Missing 13-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes nearly a month ago and hasn't been seen since

The 13-year-old was last seen running from a home on Yugumbri Cresent in Logan, south of Brisbane, at midday on April 1.




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Drunk driver who went on tequila bender managed to avoid a two-year ban through legal loophole 

Hefeng Li, 30, was found asleep at the wheel on Padstow Road at Eight Mile Plains, in Brisbane's south, by police at about 11pm on March 21.




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Christian College Moreton principal ordered a five-year-old boy to cut his hair or LEAVE the school

A primary school principal who threatened to expel a five-year-old boy because of his long hair will have to let him attend classed for the time being. 




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Big W store is forced to close as coronavirus crisis hits retail

The store, which employed 70 people locally in Brisbane, had 'underperformed for some time', bosses said.




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Mystery virus leaves hundreds of the birds dead in suburban Brisbane

The disease, known as lorikeet paralysis syndrome or clenched-foot syndrom, has left birds immobile on the sidewalks of suburban Brisbane.




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Brisbane driver tells courts he was 'going through a bad time' when he almost rammed police

Dominic Reece Bryham, 25, told Brisbane Supreme Court he was 'going through a bad time' when he got behind the wheel on April 4 in 2019.




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Steve Irwin's 'hot niece' Rebecca Lobie shows off shapely derrière

The 32-year-old isn't shy when it comes to showing off her sensational figure.




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Nicholas Crilley: Victim at risk of going blind of horrific torture ordeal

The victim of a sadistic bank worker who was raped, tortured and set on fire over 23 days has been left with 'absolutely nothing' and is at risk of going blind due to her injuries.




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Nicholas John Crilley: Bulimba bank worker's criminal past revealed

An evil bank worker had only recently walked free from jail for attacking a woman at McDonalds when he sadistically tortured a 21-year-old for 23 days, set her on fire and left her for dead.




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Tragedy as man, 40, dies after losing control of his electric skateboard and hitting his head

A Queensland man has died after falling off an electric skateboard, hitting his head, police said on Sunday.




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Married At First Sight's Mishel Karen goes overboard with airbrushing

Mishel Karen has made no secret of her fondness for Botox - but she is less forthcoming about her habit of airbrushing herself beyond all recognition on Instagram




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Voice coach reveals her tips and tricks to sounding more confident when you're public speaking

Australian voice coach Sally Prosser has revealed how to sound more confident when you're public speaking. She said you should avoid 'vocal fry', don't use filler words and don't 'upspeak'.




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Nicholas Crilley's housemate Jeromy Lee Harris charged with being an accessory to torture

The housemate of a man who raped, beat and lit a woman on fire over 23 days is behind bars himself accused of being an accessory to torture.




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Yoga teacher claims coronavirus lockdown is to blame for his driving offences

James 'Mantra' Schultz was caught driving on a demerit point suspended license at Mansfield, in Brisbane's south, on March 24.




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Brisbane father-of-two had melanoma removed from year after doctor told him it was 'nothing serious'

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT -Rob Lindsay, 51, from Brisbane, noticed a small pink patch on the top of his right ear in September 2019 but claims his GP told him it was 'nothing serious'.




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Man in Rydges South Bank Hotel in Brisbane fined $1,500 for breaking mandatory quarantine twice

The 33-year-old arrived from Hawaii and was taken to Rydges South Bank Hotel in Brisbane to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine to slow the spread of COVID-19.




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Married At First Sight's Mishel Karen 'embarrassed' over airbrush scandal

Mishel Karen has finally explained the story behind a heavily airbrushed photo she posted to Instagram last week.




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Why more Australian women are choosing to give birth at home during the coronvairus crisis

Tough social distancing measures and fears of contracting the deadly illness have been the driving force behind the sudden spike in the number of homebirths in Australia.




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Brisbane wife Katie Castel granted parole eligibility

Katie Anne Castel, 38, from Brisbane, was granted parole eligibility by the Queensland Court of Appeal on Wednesday after arguing her sentence was 'manifestly excessive'.




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Prisoner, 37, is mysteriously found dead in jail laundry 

The 37-year-old man was found about 4pm on Wednesday, in the laundry of the Woodford Correctional Centre north of Brisbane.




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Two prisoners die at a jail near Brisbane in just 24 hours with one dead in the laundry room 

Two prisoners have died in separate incidents 12 hours apart at Woodford Correctional Centre north of Brisbane.




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NAB predicts double-digit falls in Sydney and Melbourne house prices

National Australia Bank forecasts plunges of 10 to 15 per cent in house and apartment prices because of coronavirus. Sydney and Melbourne weren't the only cities expected to be hit.




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Pound rises against Dollar as Boris Johnson gives Tory conference speech

Shortly after Boris Johnson's speech in Manchester today, the Pound shot up against the US Dollar from 1.2254 at 12.41pm to 1.2296 at 12.53pm.




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Boris Johnson's Brexit envoy arrives in Brussels to hand over UK plan

The legal text of Boris Johnson's plan was handed over along with a letter to commission president Jean-Claude Juncker urging him to accept a 'reasonable compromise'.




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EU politicians give withering assessment of Boris Johnson's backstop solution

Boris Johnson already appears to be fighting a losing battle after EU leaders reacted with dismay at his solution to the Irish backstop.




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Boris Johnson restores the Tory whip to 10 Brexit rebels

Boris Johnson has restored the Tory whip to 10 of the 21 former Conservative rebels who were expelled after backing a bid to block a No Deal Brexit.




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Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson under pressure to agree election pact

Nigel Farage has hinted the Brexit Party will not stand candidates in every seat at a snap general election - even if Boris Johnson campaigns on a pledge to deliver his divorce deal.




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Tories begging Brexit Party candidates NOT to stand in their seats, chairman of Farage's party says

There have been calls from some Brexiteers for an informal electoral 'pact' between Nigel Farage's party and the Tories. Downing Street has so far rejected the idea.




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Boris Johnson needs 50 Labour seats to offset SNP and Lib Dem losses

Boris Johnson will seek to rally his troops for the pre-Christmas showdown by attacking Jeremy Corbyn at what promises to be a brutal PMQs session in the Commons later.




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MPs pay tribute to Speaker John Bercow at his last PMQs

Boris Johnson tore into John Bercow this afternoon with a series of jibes as the Commons Speaker oversaw his final Prime Minister's Questions session.