Police concerns over motorbike death numbers
QUEENSLAND motorcyclists are the target of a new police campaign after damning statistics were released highlighting the hugely disproportionate number of deaths they have been involved in t...
‘Massive Games transport planning failure’
MORE THAN eighty-five per cent of readers who took part in an online poll agree that Games transport organisers got it wrong. One reader even called it a “massive failure.”
Five ways cruising brings families together
WHEN it comes to family-friendly holidays, many ideas spring to mind. Theme parks jam-packed with rides to thrill the kids, seaside escapes to thrill the teens and day spas and wine bars to ...
The brains behind Games ghost town
TRANSPORT expert rejects that organisers got the traffic plan wrong – turning the Glitter Strip into a ghost town – and reveals what could have been done to help struggling businesses.
When flatmates become soulmates
THIS couple signed up to share rent together and ended up sharing their hearts. These are the suburbs where you might find a soulmate, as well as a flatmate.
They say marriage makes you happier. It doesn’t
CLAIMS that marriage makes people happier, healthier and more integrated into society are grossly exaggerated or just plain wrong, says the writer of a book championing the single life.
Socks and jocks ban for prisoners
THEY smuggle more than budgies, apparently. Prisoners doing hard time face discomfort because of a tough new jailhouse socks-and-jocks ban. Underwear gifts will be prohibited in the state’...
Turnbull credits Trump for Koreas historic summit
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull has praised Donald Trump for bringing about historic talks between North and South Korean leaders, after their landmark announcement to denuclearise the Penin...
Mamma Mia! Here ABBA goes again
FANS of legendary Swedish band ABBA are rejoicing today with news the pop group are reuniting to release new music for the first time in 35 years.
Crippling cost of lifesaving surgery
AN INCREASING number of healthy women with the deadly breast cancer gene are choosing to have a double mastectomy, only to be told they have to wait years for the surgery or be tens of thous...
Beef haven steaks a claim
THE beef was a delicious, visceral hunk of meat that makes a bloke want to tear off his shirt, thump his chest and admit that, deep down, we are all savages.
