The Broncos post a 48-16 victory over the Sea Eagles to wrap up a home final in the first week of the NRL play-offs, while the Sharks finish fourth on the ladder on the back of a 30-18 win over the Bulldogs
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Majority want Lady Cilento Children's Hospital name changed, survey finds
A decision on the possible renaming of Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital will be made in the coming weeks, after an online survey finds the majority of 38,000 respondents want it changed to Queensland Children’s Hospital.
Voluntary euthanasia inquiry announced in Queensland, the last state to debate the issue
The Queensland Premier orders an inquiry into end-of-life care, including the issue of voluntary euthanasia, saying the issue must be confronted.
Katter's Australian Party stripped of extra staff over 'final solution' speech
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will strip Katter’s Australian Party of five extra staff positions it was granted last term, after it refused to denounce federal senator Fraser Anning’s contentious maiden speech last month.
130yo Brisbane hotel destroyed by fire months after development application dropped
Police are investigating the cause of a blaze which gutted the abandoned heritage listed Broadway Hotel in Woolloongabba. Plans to develop the site were scrapped in recent months following community objections.
Labor pledges half a billion for roads as Shorten makes Queensland pivotal in his pitch for power
Bill Shorten says Queensland will be crucial to Labor seizing power at the next election, but denies the party is taking anything for granted as he pledges upgrades to 3,000 kilometres of road and vows to visit “every part” of the state.
Rare dust storm shrouds south-east Queensland
The large dust storm blanketing Brisbane and parts of south-east Queensland today is the first to hit this part of the state “in a number of years”, the Bureau of Meteorology says, and is an indicator of how dry things are out west.
Static electricity: how best to fight the annual zap battle
From getting out of the car to hair standing on end — small zaps strike many of us at this time of year. So why does it happen?
First coffee, then food, now it's beer's turn to ride the boutique boom
A craft beer boom sweeping the country is seeing a new brewery open each week as drinkers move away from corporate giants in favour of smaller brewers with more unique flavours.
Illegal Ipswich crisis housing for addicts faces threat of closure
The Queensland Government is threatening to shut down a not-for-profit organisation in Ipswich because they are illegally using share houses to help homeless people with addictions.