Rare weather brings winter in summer

IT’S called the Ekman Transport, a rare weather pattern off the Queensland coast that is bringing winter back to our beaches just as summer begins.

From ghost town to gangbusters

FOR years it was an undesirable part of Brisbane. Not even the banks wanted to be seen on the main street. Now it’s transformed itself into one of the city’s most sought-after areas.

Waugh’s ‘total BS’, Pom ‘a very boring human’

IAN Chappell has lashed fellow Australian captain Steve Waugh in a new book, while also branding an Aussie icon stingy and an English rival a “gutless cricketer” and “boring human being”.

Chilling last text to estranged wife

A DAD drowned his daughter and wrapped her arms around her dead dogs in a chilling message to his wife. WARNING: Distressing.

She had her first business at 17

She started her first business while still in high school and now Maddison Lawrence, 22, is finding success in a new business importing a product that reduces chip damage for trucks on the road.

Time for Milford to take charge

ANTHONY Milford says he needs to shoulder more responsibility for the Broncos attack if the club is to succeed in 2017.

NRL legend Cooper reveals drug hell

RUGBY league great Matt Cooper has revealed a raging addiction to painkilling drugs took him to the brink of death. In an extraordinary interview with The Daily Telegraph, Cooper details how he reached breaking point last month, confessing his crippling h...

One final insult as Masters shuts its doors

A RIVAL hardware chain gave Masters one final insult as the failed multibillion-dollar Woolworths experiment prepared to shut its doors for good.

Love wine? You’ll love this

LIKE a drop of wine? You could own an entire winery, with this 45-acre Queensland property set for auction this weekend. But this is no ordinary winery.

9 cheap last-minute Aussie holiday spots

THINK you’ve missed out on booking your family into a great Aussie summer holiday? It’s not too late if you know where to look.