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Brisbane street forgotten in wake of Cyclone Alfred with no power or water for up to a week
Pockets of South East Queensland households without electricity for days are now out of water as they plead for Energex to reconnect homes based on need — rather than just sheer numbers. Households which rely on tank or bore water — including in Redland Bay — have been without power since Friday and thus unable to pump the water they need and may need to wait until Saturday for electricity.
Here we go again: Ipswich braced for overnight river peak
Ipswich is facing its latest flood disaster, with parts of the city underwater and the Bremer River forecast to reach its 2017 flood peak of 12.35m in the CBD overnight. To the west, Laidley was inundated and flood sirens activated at Grantham, which was devastated by the 2011 floods, but the waters had begun to recede by late Monday Speaking on Monday morning, Premier David Crisafulli said the flood threat in Ipswich and the Lockyer Valley was a major concern.
Goldy facing damage bill in ‘billions’ after Alfred’s trail of destruction
The Gold Coast is facing a multi-billion dollar clean-up after being slammed by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, with its famous beaches badly battered, homes crushed by tumbling trees and tens of thousands of properties without power. The Coast was licking its wounds after bearing the brunt of the cyclone and its severe tropical storm aftermath, with warnings the danger was not yet over.
Trees down, 36k without power, as Alfred’s impact grows
QLD News Don't miss out on the headlines from QLD News. Followed categories will be added to My News. A woman in her 70s has escaped injury after a tree crashed through her roof at Mudgeeraba about 4.35am on Friday, as the damaging effects of Tropical Cyclone Alfred become more real. About 36,000 people across South East Queensland have lost power, with the Gold Coast, where 24,000 outages are being reported, the hardest hit.
Qld floods: Far north braces for second coming of deluge
A second deluge is set to pound the state’s drenched far north on Monday and Tuesday, with major flood warnings for half a dozen rivers as the government pleads with people to be patient and buy only what they need. The crisis shifted to the state’s west and the Gulf of Carpentaria on Sunday with record or near-record rain in towns such as Halifax, north of Ingham, which was hit with 270mm.
Suspicious items found near site of racetrack poisoning drama
By Greg Stolz and Ben Dorries (The Courier Mail) Sabotage of the Magic Millions track is looking increasingly likely, officials say, after suspicious items including weed spray nozzles were found at the Gold Coast racecourse. Queensland's richest and most prestigious racing carnival has been thrown into turmoil after a key stretch of the Gold Coast Turf Club track was mysteriously poisoned late last week.
Rules of the Australian cult Anglican Catholic Mission Community
Welcome to the secret Australian cult where members live under shocking rules including being told what to eat and to exercise for two hours a day. A new investigation by The Courier-Mail has revealed the shocking details of daily life in a cult that has communes across Australia. With echoes of the hit novel and TV series The Handmaid’s Tale, the explosive Prayed Upon video miniseries – launched today – uncovers for the first time the cult’s controlling way of life.
Magic Millions 2024: Billy and Nicole Slater return for Gold Coast spectacular
A smorgasbord of events has been unveiled for the upcoming The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions carnival on the Gold Coast - and rugby league legend Billy Slater is in on the feast. Turf tragics Slater and wife Nicole have been appointed ambassadors for next month’s carnival, alongside the likes of Elsa Pataky, British royal Zara Tindall and husband Mike.
Fresh support for Gold Coast bid to host Commonwealth Games
Sporting groups and the mayor of the Gold Coast have been trying hard to rescue the 2026 Commonwealth Games and Australia’s richest person has now joined them. Billionaire businesswoman and head of mining company Hancock Prospecting Gina Rinehart has joined forces with Swimming Queensland, Volleyball Australia and Artistic Swimming Australia to help Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate in his bid to host the Games.
Going for Goldy: Rinehart throws support behind Games rescue bid
Exclusive Australia’s richest person has breathed new life into the Gold Coast’s audacious bid to pick up the 2026 Commonwealth Games dumped by Victoria. HAVE YOUR SAY IN OUR POLL Your view: New Qld Games debate erupts Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has breathed fresh life into the Gold Coast’s bid to save the 2026 Commonwealth Games that were dumped by Victoria.
‘Dan’s lemon is our lemonade’: Gold Coast’s bold plan to save 2026 Comm Games
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has boldly declared the Tourist Strip could step up to host the doomed 2026 Commonwealth Games – if the Federal government diverts Victorian funding to southeast Queensland. Speaking to media on Thursday, Councillor Tate said the city’s own Commonwealth Games in 2018 had earned a “five-gold star” review and had been a major winner for the city’s reputation and legacy. “We are already Games-ready,” he said.
DON’T MISS: Special investigation into dingo threat on K’gari
An idyllic tourist paradise is facing an unprecedented threat of aggressive wild dogs. Our exclusive investigation takes you behind the scenes. QLD News Don't miss out on the headlines from QLD News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Dingoes tearing at tents, stalking people on the beach. Queensland’s idyllic tourist paradise of K’gari is facing an unprecedented threat of aggressive wild dogs.
Haas brother’s miracle recovery after drug overdose leaves another dead
The brother of Brisbane Broncos star Payne Haas has made a miraculous recovery after being left in a critical condition following a drug overdose that claimed another man’s life. Payne Haas: Footy, family and my life as a Bronco Brisbane Broncos star Payne Haas faces more off-field turmoil, after his younger brother was taken to hospital in a critical on Sunday in a suspected drug overdose that also claimed the life of another young man on the Gold Coast.
Brisbane, NSW floods 2022: Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Bede Durbidge to the rescue
They were just “a bunch of surfers on jet skis and a bunch of mums in a warehouse”. But together, they created a “huge civilian army” who became heroes on the 2022 flood battleground. Gold Coast surf stars including Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson and Bede Durbidge were part of a massive relief effort that became one of the few feel-good stories of the devastating floods.
‘Gonna run him off his bike’: Police allege roadside threat, deadly pursuit before fatal crash
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Gold Coast woman charged after police allegedly found loaded gun and drugs in car
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Olympic snowboarder Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin’s widow tells of ongoing heartache
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NightQuarter shut down over alleged multiple breaches of Covid-19 rules
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Ex-Lingerie Football League stars hope to score touchdown with new pool safety app
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Alleged lockdown escapees could face jail time
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Queensland health authorities launch urgent contact tracing after couple flees Melbourne lockdown
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Australian nanny shortage as COVID-19 keeps borders shut
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Qld film industry identity off to Germany in real-life fight for life
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‘Get off Bumble, Tinder’: Tostee in online spat with pilates studio owner
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Mates plead guilty to kidnap, assault prior to man's death
by Greg Stolz 16th Apr 2021 4:04 PM | Updated: 5:08 PM Premium Content Subscriber only Two mates have pleaded guilty to the bizarre kidnapping of a Brisbane private school teacher hours before he was run over and killed by a semi-trailer on the Pacific Highway. Anthony Stott, a popular and respected French teacher at a private school which cannot be identified for legal reasons, died in bizarre circumstances in February last year.
WATCH LIVE: Premier to give COVID update as lockdown extension looms
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will give an update on Queensland’s COVID-19 numbers this morning, as experts warn Greater Brisbane’s lockdown will almost certainly be extended into Easter. She is expected to hold a media conference at 9am. This coronavirus article is free in the interests of public safety. To support local journalism and access all of The Courier-Mail’s premium content, subscribe for just $1 for 28 days here.
Bad news for Brisbane Bluesfest fans
by Greg Stolz 30th Mar 2021 12:41 PM Premium Content Subscriber only Residents of the greater Brisbane area and visitors affected by the lockdown will be banned from attending the first day of the Byron Bay Bluesfest. Organisers of the long-running Easter music festival have released a statement assuring patrons the event is still going ahead, despite Byron Bay now being at the centre of the latest COVID-19 crisis.
Covid update: Qld Health admits ‘house party’ bungle as ‘missing link’ identified
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Coronavirus Qld: Mamma’s restaurant closes after scare
Camera IconNot Supplied Credit: News Corp Australia A restaurant at the centre of Queensland’s latest COVID-19 crisis has closed its doors until after Easter. A 26-year-old Stafford tradie who spent three hours at Mamma’s Italian Restaurant at Redcliffe north of Brisbane last Sunday while unknowingly infectious with the virus has sparked the state’s latest pandemic crisis.
‘Man with gun’ puts Gold Coast suburb, school in lockdown
A state school and part of a Gold Coast suburb have been locked down by police as officers negotiate with a man who is believed to be armed with a gun. At 11.50am, police made an emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) due to the ongoing incident. According to a police spokesman, officers were alerted of a domestic violence incident overnight, which is understood to be related to today’s lockdown.
Drowning tragedy father faces child sex charges
by GREG STOLZ 13th Mar 2021 8:13 AM Premium Content Subscriber only A CHEF who lost his wife and two of his children in a flood tragedy is facing shock child sex and drug charges. Matthew Kabealo's family was torn apart in April 2017 when the van driven by his wife Stephanie King, and carrying their three children, skidded into the flood-swollen Tweed River at Tumbulgum in the wake of Cyclone Debbie.
Deputy: 'We're not trigger-happy on borders'
by Greg Stolz, Jeremy Pierce 12th Mar 2021 5:05 AM | Updated: 11:47 AM Premium Content Subscriber only Deputy Premier Steven Miles says Queensland has not taken a "trigger-happy" approach to border closures, as tourism operators question the effectiveness of a Federal Government subsidised airfare deal. And he accused Prime Minister Scott Morrison of hating parts of the state on the back of the Federal Government's airfare rollout.
Qld launches $2m show of force to lure tourists
by GREG STOLZ 10th Mar 2021 5:33 AM Premium Content Subscriber only Queensland's 'safety' as a largely COVID-free holiday spot will be highlighted as part of an 'aggressive' new $2 million interstate tourism blitz to be launched before Easter. Queenslanders on Wednesday be given a sneak peek of the campaign, featuring Queensland musicians Busby Marou who have starred in the state's tourism ads since 2018.
Family supports lifesaver charged with surf club rape
by Greg Stolz 3rd Mar 2021 10:13 AM Premium Content Subscriber only A young lifesaver has faced court charged with raping a woman at a Gold Coast surf club. The man, 22, comes from a prestigious lifesaving family but can't be named for legal reasons. The competitive lifesaver was charged with raping the 21-year-old woman at the surf club, which also cannot be identified, on September 13 last year.
Bikie snitches ‘key’ to solving dad’s highway murder
by Shiloh Payne, Greg Stolz 1st Mar 2021 8:47 AM Premium Content Subscriber only The family of a young Gold Coast dad gunned down in a suspected road rage attack 12 years ago will today make a fresh plea for information as police reveal outlaw bikies and crime gangs were believed to be behind his killings. Omega Ruston, 32, was shot dead next a bus stop near a McDonald's restaurant on the Gold Coast Highway at Burleigh Heads on Australia Day in 2009.
Police poised to re-establish checkpoints as Vic cluster grows
by Greg Stolz 13th Feb 2021 12:12 PM Premium Content Subscriber only Police are blitzing the border and Queensland airports on the lookout for Victorians and Western Australians trying to sneak into the state. Queenslanders returning from declared hotspots in the two states are also in the sights of cops who have ramped up patrols after the border was again slammed shut to people travelling from Greater Melbourne after the city's latest COVID-19 outbreak.
Bizarre reason $30k fundraiser for drowned woman shut down
by Greg Stolz 11th Feb 2021 10:46 AM Premium Content Subscriber only Friends of a Melbourne woman who drowned on the Gold Coast have been left further distressed after a GoFundMe campaign to send her body home to Russia was suddenly suspended amid concerns it could breach US sanctions. The online fundraiser was launched after personal trainer Julia Boiko, 29, and her friend, Gold Coast gym manager Jake Jacobs, 32, drowned during a late night swim at Broadbeach last Thursday.
Desperate effort to send ‘incredibly kind’ Julia home
by Greg Stolz 7th Feb 2021 7:01 PM Premium Content Subscriber only A FUNDRAISING campaign has been launched to send the body of a young woman who died in a tragic double drowning on the Gold Coast home to her mother in Russia. Julia Boiko, 29, and her friend Jake Jacobs, 32, drowned during a late night swim at Broadbeach on Thursday. Mr Jacobs was the manager of local gym My Fitness Club, where Ms Boiko - a champion bodybuilder and personal trainer - also trained.
‘Genuinely f---ing sorry’: Prankster faces $1m fine
by GREG STOLZ 3rd Feb 2021 2:59 PM Premium Content Subscriber only A prankster Gold Coast fisherman facing a $1 million fine and up to seven years' jail for his latest outrageous social media stunt has broken his silence to say he's 'genuinely f---en sorry'. Willem Ungermann, known as Willem Powerfish to his 740,000 social media fans, is notorious for his YouTube videos in which he pranks local fishermen while dressed in skin-tight Lycra.
‘Now keep the bloody border open’: Tourism boss
by Greg Stolz 28th Jan 2021 11:11 AM Premium Content Subscriber only Thanks Premier - but please 'keep the bloody border open'. That's the message from a Queensland tourism industry leader after Annastacia Palaszczuk announced that the dreaded border checkpoints were being dismantled and Queensland was being reopened to NSW.
Police bust Sydney five in brazen QLD holiday bid
by Greg Stolz, Shiloh Payne 29th Dec 2020 11:06 AM | Updated: 4:26 PM Premium Content Subscriber only Five Sydneysiders have been hauled out of their Gold Coast holiday unit, marched into hotel quarantine and hit with more than $20,000 in fines after sneaking across the border. Police say the three men and two women, aged 24 to 33, crossed the border on Sunday using a G pass and checked into a resort in Surfers Paradise.
Police identify victim of suspected overdose at festival
by Thomas Chamberlin, Greg Stolz 23rd Dec 2020 10:00 AM Premium Content Subscriber only The man who died at the Elements dance festival on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday has been identified as a French foreign national. The man, aged about 30, was declared dead about 4.10pm after people commenced CPR for almost an hour. He collapsed on the dance floor at the festival, which was being held at Landcruiser Park in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland.
Bookings wipeout: Border chaos to cost millions
by Greg Stolz 22nd Dec 2020 5:03 AM Premium Content Subscriber only Punch-drunk Queensland tourism operators say they are losing the "fighting spirit" that has seen them withstand cyclones, floods and bushfires as they face a $250m king hit from the latest border closure. Less than three weeks after getting up off the canvas when the border reopened following eight months of devastation, the $28bn-a-year tourism industry is back on the ropes.
Hard closure as state acts on NSW COVID-19 crisis
by Shiloh Payne, Antonia O’Flaherty and Greg Stolz 21st Dec 2020 3:48 PM Premium Content Subscriber only Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced a hard border closure to Greater Sydney, with barricades erected from 6am tomorrow. As NSW grapples with an ever-growing coronavirus crisis, Queensland has recorded one new case, a quarantined traveller returned from overseas, and now has 10 active cases.
NSW records 30 new COVID cases as two recorded in Qld
by Nathan Edwards, Jo Glover, Shiloh Payne, Greg Stolz and staff writers 20th Dec 2020 11:24 AM | Updated: 11:36 AM Premium Content Subscriber only NSW has recorded 30 new cases of coronavirus, with 28 of them linked to the Avalon cluster. The two other cases are still under investigation. It comes after Queensland recorded two new cases of COVID-19 overnight, with both cases being detected in hotel quarantine after being acquired overseas. Eleven active cases remain in the state today.
Snake takes a bite out of an Aussie surfing legend
by Greg Stolz 17th Dec 2020 4:43 PM Premium Content Subscriber only Gold Coast surfing legend and would-be politician Wayne 'Rabbit' Bartholomew is in hospital after being attacked by a snake. The former world champion, who stood for the Labor Party in the October 31 state election, has taken to social media to reveal details of his run-in with the reptile. Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew is in hospital after being bitten by a snake.
Dangerous near-misses put Dreamworld in more strife
by Greg Stolz, Jeremy Pierce 10th Dec 2020 6:12 AM Premium Content Subscriber only Dreamworld is again in strife with Queensland's safety regulator after two more dangerous near-misses at the Gold Coast theme park. Just weeks after , a patron narrowly escaped serious injury after another slide mishap. And workers had a lucky escape when the three-tonne arms of the 'swinging rickshaw ride', Pandemonium, fell during maintenance.
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M1 to be closed for hours as checkpoints come down
by Greg Stolz, Jodie Callcott and Jacob Miley 30th Nov 2020 1:27 PM Premium Content Subscriber only A top cop says it will be "like New Year's Eve" on Gold Coast border checkpoints when they are torn down early on Tuesday morning after 250 days. Gold Coast police Chief Superintendent Mark Wheeler says his officers will be celebrating alongside border residents who have endured frustrating delays since the border closed on March 26.
Covid breach fears as Qld schoolies hit Byron
by Greg Stolz 20th Nov 2020 12:35 PM Premium Content Subscriber only A top cop says he and his fellow officers aren't the 'fun' police, but has warned teen revellers they face action if they breach COVID-19 restrictions in Schoolies hotspot Byron Bay. While official Schoolies celebrations have been scrapped, police say they are still bracing for 'thousands' of school-leavers to hit Byron from this weekend and are planning a major blitz to ensure compliance with public health orders.
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