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Yeronga State High School saw the equivalent of 16 new teachers join the school between 2024 and 2025.

The high-growth corridors where state schools are hiring more teachers revealed

Almost half of teachers newly employed by the Queensland government in 2025 were funnelled into schools categorised under one departmental region.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt

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A battle of the best butcher has emerged for this year’s Queensland Day Awards.

Sausage makers share secrets as butcher’s battle heats up

A video literally showing how a sausage is made has catapulted one Queensland butcher into the public eye, as he fights to be crowned the best in the state.

  • Brittney Deguara
Jesinta Franklin with daughter Tallulah in a Mother’s Day campaign for jewllery brand Saint Valentine.

‘I’d made so many sacrifices’: Jesinta Franklin shares Buddy’s post-retirement pledge

The one-time AFL power couple always pictured themselves as a family of four, until a holiday changed everything.

  • Gyan Yankovich
The Brisbane Anzac Day parade in 2022.

Anzac Day 2026: Where to attend services across South East Queensland

From dawn services at suburban cenotaphs to major marches through city centres, dozens of South East Queensland events are planned to mark Anzac Day 2026.

  • William Davis
Carina Leagues Club CEO Adam Wiencke and Cleveland Bowls Club Chairman Darryl McConochie at Cleveland Bowls Club.

Long-term plans for Cleveland Bowls Club revealed as venue acquired

“When a club closes, the community doesn’t just lose a venue – it loses community connection and reinvestment in its grassroots.”

  • William Davis
A 32-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder and torture after the alleged Sunday morning attack.

Man charged with attempted murder, torture of woman

Police allege the 32-year-old man attacked a woman, held her captive and tortured her at a home north-west of Brisbane on Sunday.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
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Prices jumped on Tuesday across the city.

Brisbane fuel hikes lead RACQ to refer retailers to watchdog

The RACQ says petrol stations spiked their prices out of cycle on Tuesday morning despite there being no real impact from the war in the Middle East.

  • Julius Dennis
2032 Olympic Games organising committee president Andrew Liveris at the IOC meeting during the 2026 Winter Games in Milan.

Liveris doubles down on Olympics cost pledge, rattles tin for US sponsors

Brisbane Olympics president Andrew Liveris has doubled down on his pledge that the Games will not require taxpayer funds to operate, as he scours corporate America for sponsors to cover the event’s regional spread.

  • Michael Koziol
Hailey Bieber is now the proud owner of a Gold Coast diamond cleaning wand called Dr Diamond.

Layla gifted Hailey Bieber her diamond cleaning stick. Then she quit her job

A chance encounter with Bieber saw sales of this Gold Coast-made product soar 3000 per cent in a week – and the model hadn’t even endorsed it.

  • Brittney Deguara
Beach erosion at Surfers Paradise beach after the Cyclone hit in March, 2025.

Plan to fix beaches washed away by Cyclone Alfred

The beaches along the south-east coastline will be returned to “their former glory”.

  • William Davis