Backpacker held hostage for two months

UPDATE: A British backpacker who was repeatedly attacked during a two-month hostage ordeal in Queensland was saved after a routine traffic stop, when she was found behind the wheel of a car with her attacker, police allege.

Man charged with murdering club chef

UPDATE: A man found dead at his home in a gated community in Brisbane’s western suburbs has been identified as a chef at an exclusive golf club. Police have since charged a man with murder.

BoM not wrong, just misunderstood

THE weather bureau says its prediction of rain across Brisbane last week was not wrong - residents just “misunderstood’ the forecast.

Trump travel ban bad for Australia

PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s fresh travel ban is bad news for a proposed Australia-US refugee swap deal the president recently labelled as ‘dumb’.

‘One of the best catches you’ll ever see’

VIDEO: Steve Smith took one of the all-time great catches as the Australian captain used skill rather than words to try and turn the second Test.

XXXX in for a brewed awakening

A HIGHLY-anticipated new brewery is finally opening its doors this week, and it’s just down the street from the iconic Castlemaine Perkins brewery.

Surfing world rocked by winds of change

SURFING’S most famous transgender identity is back living life as her former male self in her Queensland home town.

‘Line up some Muslims. Who’s the good one?’

PAULINE Hanson has claimed Muslims are taking over our suburbs by offering Australians “suitcases full of cash” in a gobsmacking interview.

University’s shameful silence

THE lack of commentary from QUT on the controversial race hate laws that saw three of its students taken to court is astonishing. But the very existence of the computer lab behind the whole controversy was its first mistake, writes Des Houghton.

Where land values have jumped

NEW land valuations show an increase in just 10 of the areas assessed. And while there were increases of up to a whopping 57 per cent, some regions saw a drop in land values by as much as 54 per cent.