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Should have been a public square: The 39-storey tower about to rock this Sydney suburb
6+ hour, 2+ min ago (539+ words) Standing at the corner of Railway Parade and Burleigh Street in Burwood, it's not AC/DC but rather Elvis Costello that springs to mind. This is the intersection of hell-bent and heaven-sent in a part of Sydney that has heeded…...
Flegler opens up on 'emotional' Origin return
3+ hour, 32+ min ago (36+ words) Brisbane Times Maroons prop Tom Flegler speaks to media after earning selection for the State of Origin series opener. Updated May 18, 2026 " 6: 00pm, first published 5: 57pm...
Enough to blow you off your feet: Wind howled before dad crushed in scaffolding tragedy
22+ min ago (419+ words) May 18, 2026 " 4: 13pm A wind gust nearly strong enough to "blow you off your feet" struck when scaffolding crushed a father watching his son play soccer, a coroner has been told. Andy Jones died after a 2. 4-metre scaffolding tower collapsed and pinned…...
Dirty soda lands a permanent Aussie home in the Valley
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (556+ words) The Mormon-driven soft drink craze has arrived in Brisbane, with people queueing down the block to try it. Heard of dirty soda? If so, there's a good chance Madeline Holthe is responsible. Holthe was one of the early movers on…...
Legacy starts now: The Gold Coasts $10m Olympic hockey runway
1+ hour, 7+ min ago (569+ words) May 18, 2026 " 3: 58pm The Gold Coast will spend $10 million preparing its hockey venue for Brisbane 2032, Mayor Tom Tate said on Monday as a new pre-Games international tournament was announced for the site. The FIH Pro League will be held at the Gold…...
Multibillion-dollar deal to lay base for new homes on Brisbane's fringes
1+ hour, 37+ min ago (519+ words) May 18, 2026 " 3: 23pm A multibillion-dollar investment in roads and utilities will supercharge new suburbs on the fringes of Greater Brisbane and in Queensland's far north where governments promised 51, 000 new homes would be built. Under a deal between the Queensland and federal governments,…...
Trump faces a reckoning as the markets start to wobble
5+ hour, 33+ min ago (1095+ words) May 18, 2026 " 11: 59am Hot inflation data and the absence of anything to suggest that the chokehold Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz has on global oil supplies will be lifted has sent global bond yields surging, tightening global financial conditions and…...
Richard Marles and Penny Wong spend $179, 401 on US trip
12+ hour, 32+ min ago (1072+ words) May 18, 2026 " 5: 00am Communications Minister Anika Wells may have sent the Albanese government into a tailspin over her use of parliamentary expenses late last year. But the saga clearly hasn't deterred her Labor colleagues from shelling out to discharge their ministerial duties…...
Steel mill becomes nation's first to switch on mostly green power
12+ hour, 32+ min ago (830+ words) May 18, 2026 " 5: 00am A steel mill on the industrial edge of Melbourne has become the first in Australia to draw more than half its power from renewable energy sources, marking a step forward in the push to clean up one of the…...
Brisbane's wet weather to clear for cold nights mid-week
7+ hour, 54+ min ago (371+ words) May 18, 2026 " 9: 32am A rainy start to the week is expected to drag through to mid-Tuesday, but overnight temperatures could plummet after a nationwide cloud band lifts mid-week. Senior meteorologist Harry Clarke said weather in Brisbane would remain bleak until Tuesday afternoon,…...