Missing girl case hangs on 30 mins

IT COMES down to just half an hour. That’s the window of time lifeguard Robert Hytch cannot verify his whereabouts the night schoolgirl Rachel Antonio vanished.

Gordon crisis could spark general election

POWERFUL crossbencher Billy Gordon owes at least $34,000 in child support payments to two different women a year after promising to deal with the debts.

Meeting to address tardy storm warnings

UPDATE: Councillors will today meet to investigate why Brisbane’s early storm warning system, described by Mayor Graham Quirk two months ago as “accurate and early”, failed to issue alerts ahead of Saturday’s supercell storm.

Newman’s singing Labor’s praise

FORMER premier Campbell Newman is backing a Labor policy that the LNP has heavily criticised.

Forget what you knew about Brisbane property

BRISBANE’S auction hot spots are no longer in the traditional blue chip suburbs, with areas up to half an hour away logging the big bucks.

‘Wasting time’: Mark Taylor’s fury

AN UGLY side of cricket was on show at the SCG yesterday, and former Australian captain Mark Taylor lashed out.

Fears city on verge of bikie turf war

ARMED bikies are posing for pictures in suburban streets as fears grow that a turf war will erupt between rival gangs staking a claim to one Queensland city.

‘It will only end in heartache’

A SENIOR policeman has delivered a controversial briefing about traffic pursuits, and a sledge to the state’s top cop, telling officers to “pray” that a change in leadership “will bring some sensibility and balance back”.

Man dies after head-on collision

UPDATE: A Queensland man has died after a serious crash when the vehicle he was driving collided with a truck heading in the opposite direction.