From tonight, the Brisbane Broncos will no longer have cheerleaders — they’ll henceforth be a dance squad, replete with new outfits, in a bid to “desexualise” the female dancers.
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Cyclones Trevor and Veronica are stirring up a storm of questions
Isn’t it late for a cyclone? Why two at once? Could they collide? And between Trevor and Veronica, what happened to U? Your questions answered.
Aussie intellectually disabled cricket team boosted by elite coaching
Cricket Australia hopes an increase in elite coaching will improve the performance of its intellectually disabled men’s side and attract new players to the sport.
Child dies after being hit by car at service station
The Queensland Ambulance Service says CPR was carried out on the child for some time after they were hit at a service station north of Brisbane, but they could not be saved.
Woman who allegedly abducted 5yo child 'was invited into house'
Police charge a 24-year-old woman who allegedly took a five-year-old child from a home in Biloela before driving them to a location 100 kilometres away.
Mother jailed in Brisbane for genital mutilation of two daughters
A woman has become the first person in Queensland to be jailed for the crime of female genital mutilation, after she took her two young daughters to Africa for the procedure.
Uniting Church reverend accused of indecently touching girl
A 73-year-old former Uniting Church reverend is facing five charges for allegedly indecently touching a teenage girl in the 1990s. He was granted bail in a Gold Coast court this morning, to face a committal hearing in April.
Man who twice buried wife's body sentenced to 15 years for manslaughter
Edmund Ian Riggs is jailed for 15 years after pleading guilty to manslaughter for killing his wife and twice burying her remains to avoid being caught.
Kylie concert raises access and safety concerns for disabled music lover
A Brisbane mother is calling for a shake-up in disability access for concert-goers after her daughter’s experience at the weekend’s Kylie Minogue show.
Live export industry says it's being 'regulated out of existence' as new rules released
Some argue the long-awaited shakeup of live export rules released this week does not go far enough, while others warn they go too far and threaten the industry’s future.