Half-a-million more passengers passed through Brisbane Airport in 2016-17 than in the previous financial year, with almost all that growth occurring at the international terminal.
Category: Updates from Brisbane Times – Queensland
Brisbane residents advised not to park cars in street during weekend high tides
Brisbane City Council advised residents in areas prone to localised flooding to avoid parking their cars in the street.
Three-year-old son of slain cop Brett Forte asks for Dad
Slain Queensland police officer Brett Forte’s three-year-old son keeps asking when dad will be home.
Experts outline plan to save south-east Queensland koalas
Scientists are now trying to “read” 10 years of koala “bellows” and using unmanned drones in the latest attempts to understand one of Queensland’s most embarrassing stories, the steady march towards the extinction of the south-east Queensland koala.
City park and laneway to honour Carol Lloyd for Expo 88 and rock career
Another famous Brisbane musician, iconic singer-songwriter Carol Lloyd, is set to have both a park and a Fortitude Valley laneway named after her to honour her achievements as a singer, advertising executive and her role in World Expo 88.
From a Gladstone servo to Australia's largest private military, police arms supplier
The Brisbane-based company, NIOA, has branched out from the commercial gun market, supplying police with their Glock pistols and the military with grenade launchers and cannons.
Former Queensland developer charged with $2.3m fraud
A former Gold Coast property developer has been charged with 13 fraud and dishonesty offences over allegations he used it to unlawfully obtain $2.32 million.
Drugs found hidden inside gas cylinder during police searches on Gold Coast
The majority of the arrests took place in Mackay, but it will be alleged the drug and firearm networks targeted also had connections to the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast.
Convicted murderer of Queensland grandmother loses appeal bid
A one-time junk-mail man found guilty of the bludgeoning murder of a Queensland grandmother has lost an appeal against his conviction.
Demolition works to close Margaret Street in CBD on weekends
The Margaret Street ramps off the Riverside Expressway will be closed for the next seven weekends to let demolition work continue on the new $3 billion Queens Wharf casino complex near George Street in the CBD.