About eight years after a water fountain was removed from King George square, millions of dollars will be spent bringing it back.
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Police appeal to find Dylan Slingsby in connection to assault, car theft
Queensland Police are appealing for public assistance to find Dylan Slingsby, who they believe will be able to assist with their investigation into a car theft and violent assault on the Gold Coast.
Hundreds of council employees walk off the job to battle City Hall
Strike action has spread beyond Brisbane’s bus drivers with council employees from eight other departments fighting City Hall for a better work environment.
Lister ballerina covered by Betoota Advocate mural
Underneath the freshly-painted mural of a satirical article on the “hideous street art” in Brisbane is a dancing ballerina in a pink tutu, created by prominent Australian street artist Anthony Lister more than two years ago.
Review needed of NAPLAN writing tasks for relevancy: Minister
Education Minister Kate Jones wants a review of the NAPLAN writing task to determine whether it is “revelant” to students.
Barrister fined for telling magistrate 'you don't do things according to the law'
Brisbane lawyer Sam Di Carlo is fined $4,000 over a heated exchange with a magistrate after the Attorney-General applied for him to be punished.
Pisasale's barrister friend thinks he should have run for mayor again
The high-profile barrister who claimed responsibility for the $50,000 in cash former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale was stopped with at Melbourne Airport says his friend should have thrown his hat back in the city’s mayoral contest, despite his illness and an extortion charge.
Police stop anti-Palaszczuk graffiti despite 'permission'
A well-known graffiti artist says he is being politically censored after police stopped him painting a mural in Brisbane he had permission to do, about the Queensland Premier failing the reef.
Punch thrown in fatal road rage incident 'after tailgating, cursing'
A man accused of punching another driver who fell into the path of an approaching garbage truck says he lashed out after being tailgated and cursed at on a busy Brisbane motorway.
Palaszczuk concedes Spit decision could create backlash
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk admits she will face criticism for the decision to dump the $3 billion ASF casino resort plan at the Gold Coast’s Spit.




