The Latest Breaking News from Brisbane

Qld man, woman arrested after police chase

Police have arrested a man and a woman after allegedly pursuing the duo through a popular Brisbane tourist spot and finding about $100,000 and drugs.

AAP · Mar 16, 2022

Collingwood-Brisbane AFLW final postponed after COVID-19 hits Magpies squad

Saturday's AFLW qualifying final will be moved to a later date after a wave of COVID-19 cases leaves the Magpies unable to field a full squad.

ABC News · Mar 16, 2022

Cold-case killer gets life sentence

A Queensland man who confessed to murdering Gregory James Thurlow in north Brisbane more than 25 years ago will spend the next two decades behind bars.

AAP · Mar 16, 2022

Qld Man critical after being shot in head

Queensland police are piecing together what happened in the lead-up to a man being shot in the head in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane.

AAP · Mar 15, 2022

South-east Queensland flood emergency posed particular and urgent problems for people with disabilities

Uncle Willie Prince was forced to flee rising floodwaters twice in two days and if his support worker had not been with him through the ordeal he could have been in serious trouble.

ABC News · Mar 14, 2022

Grave concerns for asylum seekers locked in indefinite detention near Perth airport

As refugees are released in Melbourne and Brisbane, on the other side of the country there is no end in sight for a small group of increasingly desperate asylum seekers in Perth, who have already been detained for nine years.

ABC News · Mar 14, 2022

Trapped, stripped of assets, and silenced. And it's all perfectly legal

When the Public Trustee is given the keys to your life, speaking out publicly is illegal, and it can block you from trying to regain your freedom. Four Corners went to the Supreme Court to reveal the hidden ordeals of those who have escaped the system.

ABC News · Mar 14, 2022

Killer who threw petrol bomb on Brisbane bus driver Manmeet Alisher appeared 'settled and stable' before attack, inquest hears

A man who suffered homicidal ideations and held "deep-seated delusions" was discharged from his long-running mental health treatment two months before he killed Brisbane bus driver Manmeet Alisher.

ABC News · Mar 14, 2022

Brisbane bio-tech lab creates 'revolutionary' 3D-printed body parts to treat cancer patients

On the upper levels of an inconspicuous building on the Brisbane Royal and Women's Hospital, "revolutionary" 3D printing technology is creating custom-made moulds that may one day save your life.

ABC News · Mar 13, 2022

After the floods, the distressing but necessary case for managed retreat

From Brisbane to Sydney, many thousands of Australians have been reliving a devastating experience they hoped – in 2021, 2020, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2012 or 2010/11 – would never happen to them again.

The Conversation · Mar 13, 2022