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Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Brisbane

Clive Palmer has lost a more than three-year legal battle with the Gold Coast City Council, which would have seen 3,000 new dwellings built next to a sewage treatment plant.

Queensland Health has fixed a technical crash with its electronic medical record system that had prevented health staff at dozens of hospitals and facilities from logging in.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics survey finds around 16 per cent of women have experienced some form of economic abuse. A leading women's advocate says it's a form of abuse that too often is flying under the radar.

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Brisbane

The 83-year-old woman was rushed to hospital with a 150cm garden stake "sticking out of her neck" after she tripped and fell while gardening.

Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner reveals more details about where his council will cut $400 million in spending this financial year, while simultaneously announcing a multi-million-dollar cost increase to the Moggill Road upgrade at Indooroopilly.

The Queensland government has doubled its First Home Owner Grant to $30,000 but the incentive won't suit everyone. Here's what you you need to know.

The scientists found that four pre-existing drugs successfully eliminated cells  that were found to speed up the effects of ageing on the brain, so-called "zombie" cells that grew faster in a COVID-19-affected brain.

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Brisbane

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Brisbane

When an ambulance took Jake to the PA Hospital, he was told there were no beds available and was parked in a hallway on a trolley. It would be more than eight hours before he'd see a doctor.

During the attack, Cian English and his friend were threatened with a knife, forced to undress, assaulted, robbed, degraded and tortured.

David Waldie's dream is to become Australia's next musical talent. His debut album Speak Your Truth challenges perceptions on Down syndrome.

Adam Bray lost his son Zach in the tragedy that claimed 10 lives in June. He wants a federal taskforce to examine bus safety management, seatbelt use, and regulation to ensure no-one else has to suffer his loss.

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Brisbane

Police are investigating a fake flyer dropped in neighbourhood letterboxes showing lewd imagery and incorrect information about a pride march on Brisbane's bayside this weekend.

Cyclists label new careless riding laws in Queensland a "draconian overreaction", but the state government says they are not designed to penalise everyday riding behaviours.

Storms carrying the risk of heavy rain, large hail, and damaging winds are set to hit much of northern and eastern Australia this week while Western Australia bakes under a potential record-breaking November heatwave.

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Brisbane

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Brisbane

A report into practices at Queensland's beleaguered state-run forensics lab has found a controversial DNA project was "fundamentally flawed" and "should never have occurred".

A report into practices at Queensland's forensics lab finds a controversial DNA method was fundamentally flawed and may have resulted in offenders escaping conviction over a period of nine years.

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Brisbane

Labor insists it will not form a coalition with the minor party ahead of next year's local election while the LNP administration also says it will not do any deals with anyone.