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The Guardian - AU · Jan 18, 2022

Family of youngest Queenslander to die with COVID-19 lodges formal complaint about treatment at Redcliffe Hospital

Lachlan Moore, who was born with the neurodevelopmental condition Angelman syndrome, cerebral palsy and epilepsy, was found dead in bed earlier this month, hours after being sent home from the Redcliffe Hospital, north of Brisbane.

ABC News · Jan 18, 2022

Roar coach welcomes A-League home comforts

Brisbane coach Warren Moon is hopeful back-to-back home games will be the catalyst for his team's stuttering A-League Men's campaign to finally gain momentum.

AAP · Jan 18, 2022

Queenslanders urged to get COVID-19 booster shots but GPs face inconsistent vaccine supply

As Queensland health authorities urge people to get booster doses, a prominent Brisbane GP says she has been forced to cancel COVID-19 vaccination appointments because the vaccine supplies did not arrive.

ABC News · Jan 17, 2022

Ashes tour from hell demands changes throughout English cricket... and players must take responsibility too

First impressions last, but so does how you say goodbye. This dismal Ashes series ended just as it started, six very long weeks ago, with an England batter showing his stumps to an Australian, who duly knocked them over for an embarrassing golden duck.

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2022

Returning Marsh stars in Scorchers success

A swift half-century for the returning Mitch Marsh has powered BBL minor premiers to a six-wicket win over lowly Brisbane Heat in Melbourne

AAP · Jan 17, 2022

Queensland fire emergency leaves Brisbane's air quality worse than Beijing

If you're finding it hard to breathe in Brisbane today there's a good reason — thanks to the smoke haze from southern Queensland bushfires the air quality is currently worse than Beijing.

ABC News · Nov 11, 2019

Book Review: A Century Is Not Enough By Sourav Ganguly

A Century Is Not EnoughBy Sourav Ganguly, co-written with Gautam BhattacharyaPublished by JuggernautPages 258It was on a sunny winter day in December 1995 when, as a schoolboy, I watched Sourav Ganguly on a cricket ground for the first time. He was dismissed for a paltry nine runs in Bengal’s first…

Newslaundry · Mar 10, 2018

Thousands of Syrian, Iraqi refugees to be settled in four south-east Queensland cities

About 3,500 Syrian and Iraqi refugees bound for Queensland will be settled in the state's south-east in Brisbane, Logan, the Gold Coast and Toowoomba, the Federal Government confirms.

ABC News · Dec 23, 2016

Hot August night breaks records around southern, central Queensland

Brisbane and a handful of other Queensland cities experience their hottest August night on record.

ABC News · Aug 24, 2016