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Brisbane Sellers Are Still Banking Profits as One in Five Melbourne Units Sells at a Loss
Cotality's June-quarter data puts Brisbane on top of the country for resale profits — a $525,000 median gain, with 99.8 per cent of sales in the black — even as national values slip and the record run ends.
The Hyper-Scale Data Centre That Could Draw a Quarter of Queensland's Power
A $31.9 billion, 725-hectare digital park proposed beside a Western Downs cattle feedlot would have peak capacity equal to 1.5 million homes — and has a farmer, a mayor and energy experts asking who powers the AI boom.
The Dolphins Storm Into the NRL Final Four With a Comeback Win Over the Warriors
Trailing 16-8 with 20 minutes left in their first-ever finals match, the Dolphins ran in three late tries to beat the Warriors 26-16 in Auckland — and Suncorp Stadium will host a red-and-white preliminary final.
Balcony Solar Is About to Become Legal, and Renters Are First in Line
Energy ministers have agreed to explore lifting Australia's ban on plug-in solar and batteries — panels that hang off a balcony rail and plug into a power point, already used by one in ten German households.
Queensland Is Testing High-Pitched Pingers to Keep Humpbacks Out of Shark Nets
For the first time in 15 years the acoustic alarms on the state's shark nets are changing pitch, with a five-week trial off Noosa Heads watching how migrating humpbacks respond — though one conservationist says the nets themselves are the problem.
Brisbane Is Handing Its Traffic Lights to AI, With a Human Kept in the Loop
Cameras that recognise pedestrians, cyclists, buses and trucks will help direct signals at 37 intersections on Logan Road and Kelvin Grove Road from early 2027 — a $15 million trial the council says is a first for Australia.
Meet Aberfeldy Barn, the Award-Winning Toowoomba Venue Named After a Scottish Town and Its Whisky
A custom-designed barn built in 2019 on 50 acres at Westbrook, one function a day, and a homepage wall of wedding-industry award badges — Cass and Tony's family-run venue even brings the cows up for the photos.
Meet Bower Estate, the Gold Coast Hinterland Wedding Venue That Doubles as a 120-Acre Conservation Project
A custom-built clear marquee for up to 140 guests, a restored farmhouse cottage and a family that has spent more than 12 years returning former farming land to its native state — two kilometres from the glow worms of Springbrook National Park.
Queensland Loses Its Credit Rating Standing for the First Time Since 2009
S&P Global has cut Queensland from AA+ to AA as Olympic-era infrastructure spending drives debt towards $216.5 billion — and the treasurers in Brisbane and Canberra are already arguing over whose fault it is.
The Small Queensland Town Fighting to Reopen Its Dinosaur Cavern
The Fireclay Caverns at Mount Morgan hold 195-million-year-old theropod footprints in their roof — the only site of its kind in Australia — and they've been locked since 2011. A new feasibility study is the town's latest push to get the door open.
Brisbane's Newest Flood Defence Is a Gigantic Mechanical Esky Lid
An 80-tonne, 22-by-10-metre barrier can descend from the ceiling of Cross River Rail's Albert Street Station and seal it against a 1-in-10,000-year flood. Engineers hope no one alive ever sees it work.
Meet Everlast Studios, the Husband-and-Wife Team Behind an ABIA Gold for Queensland Wedding Photography
Peter and Lauren Toth decided to become photographers halfway across the Nullarbor. A decade on, their Brisbane studio shoots weddings from the Sunshine Coast to Coffs Harbour — with an Australian Bridal Industry Awards Gold the studio says crowned it Queensland's number one.
Meet Willidea Studio, the Brisbane Wedding Photographers With 1,500 Weddings Behind the Lens
Shooting Brisbane, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba since 2011, Willidea Studio pairs candid photography with cinematic film — and backs it with an international awards cabinet the studio puts at more than 20.
What Keeping Kids in Sport Really Costs Queensland Families
A new Australian Sports Commission study puts the true average cost of a child's community sport at $4,567 a year once travel, coaching and lost parental income are counted — and one Rockhampton family's calendar shows exactly how.
Queensland Suspended 39 Blue Cards in Two Months Under Its New Child-Safety Scheme
The reportable conduct scheme has logged 666 complaints since July 1, referred about 200 to police and suspended 39 working-with-children cards — a pace the government defends and critics question.
The Everyday Tricks Brisbane Drivers Are Using to Dodge Camera-Issued Parking Fines
Plastic sheets, camping chairs, dishcloths: as Brisbane City Council's 24/7 parking cameras spread to more than 40 locations, inner-city drivers are hiding their plates — and the council can't fine them for it.
A Waterfront Suburb of 2,200 New Homes Is Coming to Brisbane, and None Are Affordable Housing
The Northshore Hamilton site — once tipped as the 2032 athletes village — will be carved up among five developers for 13 towers, a hotel and shops. What it won't include is any affordable housing, and only 9 per cent of Queensland homes are within a median earner's reach.
Regional Roads Claimed 906 Lives Last Year, and Complacency Is Doing the Killing
A new Australian Road Safety Foundation analysis finds deaths outside the capitals rose 10.5 per cent in 2025, to nearly 70 per cent of the national toll — and in Queensland, no region knows it better than the Wide Bay.
Southern Queensland Set to Sweat Through Record-Challenging Early-September Heat
A powerful front is serving up wild weather across the eastern states — for south-east Queensland that means mid-30s heat and a slight risk of early-September records, right as half a million people head to the river for Riverfire.
Twenty Years Without Steve Irwin: Bindi and Robert Lead the Tributes
Two decades after the Crocodile Hunter was killed by a stingray barb off Port Douglas, his children remember a 'superhero' — and the mates who lived the wild ride remember the man behind the khaki.
Darius Boyd Is the New Maroons Coach, and the Next Origin Era Starts Now
Queensland's second all-time try-scorer takes over from Billy Slater on a two-year deal after back-to-back under-19s series wins over NSW — and, like Slater, he arrives with no NRL head coaching experience.
Meet Wynmère Estate, the Tamborine Mountain Venue Bringing European Grandeur to Hinterland Weddings
Five acres of French parterre gardens, a Georgian reception hall, three ceremony locations and a deliberately limited calendar — Gareth and Stephanie Jones's estate sits 30 minutes from the Gold Coast and an hour from Brisbane.
Meet In The Grove, the Bundaberg Garden Venue Where the Whole Wedding Happens Beneath the Pines
A Federation gazebo, a silk-lined marquee for up to 100 guests and 1.4 hectares of hoop pines and palms — Ian and Sandy's family property north of Bundaberg runs ceremony, styling and reception in one place.
Queensland's Crime Victim Numbers Are Falling, and the LNP Wants the Credit
ABS data shows 277,411 Queenslanders were victims of crime in 2025 — down around 4 per cent and already below the premier's benchmark. Experts say the fall began before the LNP's signature laws.
Riverfire 2026: Everything Brisbane Needs to Know Before the Sky Lights Up
Half a million people, six barges, military flyovers and no CityCats — Riverfire opens Brisbane Festival on Saturday night. The times, viewing spots and closures to know.
The Fight to Save the Cavendish as Panama Disease Reaches an 11th Queensland Farm
Panama disease TR4 has been found on an 11th Queensland banana farm — one belonging to the industry figure leading the fight against it. Hopes now rest on QUT's GM banana and crossbred lines expected from 2028.
Dugong Numbers in the Gulf Have Halved, and No One Is Sure Why
Aerial surveys put the Gulf of Carpentaria's dugongs at about 5,000, down from 10,000 in 2007 — with the sharpest fall in Queensland waters and 11 dead animals washed up in recent weeks.
The 1,400 Queenslanders Stuck in Hospital Beds They No Longer Need
More than 1,400 patients were waiting in Queensland hospital beds in April for an aged care or NDIS place — up from 1,100 a year earlier, with a reported cost above $3 million a day.
The CityCats Will Sit Out Riverfire: Ferry Workers Call a 24-Hour Strike
Up to half a million people are expected on the river on Saturday night, 27,000 of whom took a ferry last year. The MUA's 24-hour stoppage lands on exactly that day, and every side is blaming another.
The Push to Bathe Brisbane's Olympics in Green and Gold, One Wattle at a Time
The Queensland Wattle Association wants thousands of wattles planted before 2032 so the Brisbane Golden Wattle blooms right through the Games — and it has already collected about 10,000 seeds.