Queensland town is nation’s bludger capital

A SOUTHEAST Queensland town had more people failing to turn up to work-for-the-dole appointments or jobseeker interviews than in any other Australian centre.

Going it alone: $2b to get rail on track

THE State Government will signal it is prepared to go it alone on Cross River Rail, in a State Budget announcement today regarding the much vaunted project.

Parts of southeast to cop a drenching

SOUTHEAST Queensland residents are being warned to take care and disaster management centres are monitoring the situation as up to 100mm of rain is forecast for the region today.

Walters shows he’s tough enough

KEVIN Walters craved to be a head coach for decades but it took until four months shy of his 50th birthday to find out what it really means, writes ROBERT CRADDOCK.

Latest twist in Pisasale cash saga

THE barrister who asked Paul Pisasale to ferry $50,000 cash interstate on an urgent mission has made an admission that, if realised earlier, could have seen the whole saga avoided.

Billed for her mother’s murder

STILL coming to terms with her mother’s brutal murder, Kally Hawkins was hounded by the State for money in an 18-month ordeal that left her owing thousands of dollars — and saw her mother’s belongings incinerated.

Daley’s worried and Walters wanted speed

NSW coach Laurie Daley reacts to Queensland’s selection changes ahead of Origin II as Maroons coach Kevvie Walters explains one shock omission.

Slater’s form was impossible to ignore

KEVIN Walters says Queensland will need every shred of Billy Slater’s greatness after the Storm fullback clinched an emotional recall for Origin II.

Man dies in campervan rollover

OVERNIGHT: A man has died following a crash in remote Far North Queensland after the campervan he was travelling in rolled.

Brisbane suburb fetching big bucks

BUYERS are paying millions for property in a Brisbane suburb you’ve probably never even heard of.