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“Have you ever seen this many sharks? Well, it’s a first for me.”
A drone has captured footage of hundreds of sharks off Moreton Island.
The video, posted yesterday, showed the sharks swimming among a huge bait ball of sardines.
“Like I say, when there’s fish stay clear, here’s a good reason why,” the account posted as a caption.
The sharks are reportedly bronze whalers.
Here’s a quick recap of some of today’s top headlines:
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One person has been taken into custody after two armed people robbed businesses in Arundel and Nerang last night.
Police said the pair entered a business on Brisbane Road at Arundel shortly after 8pm and threatened a female staff member in her 20s before fleeing with cash.
They then entered a business on Station Street in Nerang about 11pm, armed with the same weapons, and again threatened staff members and stole cash.
While attempting to drive away from the business, they struck another car and drove off.
Tickets to Enchanted Garden go on sale tomorrow, and Brisbane’s full Christmas program is set to be revealed today, as there are just 49 days remaining until St Nick flies into town.
The Enchanted Garden is set to return to Roma Street Parkland from November 21 to December 20 with a new immersive festive tale.
Featuring mischievous guardians of the guardian, Willow and Marigold, An Enchanted Eve is packed with Christmas wonder and dazzling light-show effects, with tens of thousands of twinkling LED lights across more than 22,000 square metres of inner-city parkland.
Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday.
Brisbane City Council is set to launch the city’s full Christmas program this morning.
Brisbane’s Anzac Square has been transformed with a light installation to mark Remembrance Day.
From now until November 11, a falling poppy light display will be projected on the walls of the square each night from 7pm to 10pm, while visitors can place a poppy tribute on the bronze wall.
The Remembrance Day ceremony will be held on November 11 at 10.15am.
See a preview of the installation here.
Brisbane’s citywide green bin rollout is now 80 per cent complete, with more than 119,000 green bins delivered to homes in 151 suburbs.
The remaining 32 suburbs will get about 35,000 green bins by Christmas.
In the June budget, Brisbane City Council introduced a green waste program with a $50 levy.
Every house will get a green bin, and people can opt out, but they will still be charged the levy.
Police have charged a man in his 20s after he allegedly threatened people with what looked like a gun at a roundabout in Logan yesterday afternoon.
Police were called to the intersection of George and Main streets after reports a man was walking around allegedly armed, with what appeared to be a firearm, threatening people.
Officers arrived three minutes later, at 4.36pm, and the man was arrested at 4.38pm.
No one was injured.
A 23-year-old Mount Warren Park man was charged with dangerous conduct with a weapon and obstructing police.
He was expected to appear in Beenleigh Magistrates Court today.
A man has been charged with high range drink-driving after he was allegedly seen swerving across the road on Sunday morning.
Police allege he was seen by officers swerving over the road shoulder and centre dividing lines while driving south on Beerburrum Road in Elimbah, a rural town in Moreton Bay, on November 2.
Officers stopped the car on Twin View Road about 7.15am for an RBT.
The 41-year-old Glasshouse Mountains driver allegedly recorded a blood alcohol concentration of 0.326 per cent back at Caboolture police station.
His licence was immediately suspended, and he was charged with driving under the influence of liquor.
He is due to appear in Caboolture Magistrates Court on November 17.
A fire has ripped through a duplex in Emerald, inland from Rockhampton.
The residence was “fully engulfed” when Queensland Fire department crews arrived about 6.50am today.
Crews remain at the homes, with the fire at the main home under control but a small fire in the neighbouring roof space still being worked on.
Paramedics remain at the property, though have not assisted any patients.
Queensland Police officers are also assisting at this stage.
“Have you ever seen this many sharks? Well, it’s a first for me.”
A drone has captured footage of hundreds of sharks off Moreton Island.
The video, posted yesterday, showed the sharks swimming among a huge bait ball of sardines.
“Like I say, when there’s fish stay clear, here’s a good reason why,” the account posted as a caption.
The sharks are reportedly bronze whalers.
Should e-bikes be registered?
The Department of Transport and Main Roads has reviewed 1106 submissions to Queensland’s parliamentary e-mobility inquiry, which included 36 per cent in support of registration.
But TMR argues non-compliant devices, such as overpowered electric motorbikes, are already banned, and a registration scheme would only work with active enforcement.
The department said registration was effective for road vehicles because they had dealer-assigned plates, and identifiers such as Vehicle Identification Numbers [VIN], and because police conducted high-visibility enforcement.