Brisbane Times Headlines
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 19:09:00 +1000Crane hits Gold Coast building after snapping in storm
A crane has hit a Gold Coast building after a powerful Christmas Day storm hit the region, leading to evacuations.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 18:48:18 +1000Record numbers expected at SA shopping centres on Boxing Day
Another special holiday tradition takes centre stage as the Boxing Day sales kick off, with record numbers expected across Adelaide shopping centres.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 18:31:03 +1000Christmas celebrations return to the birthplace of Jesus
Christmas celebrations have returned to the birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem in Israel for the first time since the ceasefire in Gaza.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 18:29:40 +1000Rabbi's car firebombed in Melbourne
A Rabbi's car displaying Hanukkah decorations has been firebombed in Melbourne in a Christmas morning attack.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 18:17:51 +1000Sydney celebrates Christmas
From Christmas feasts to festive rowing regattas, there was no lack of holiday cheer across Sydney.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 18:09:55 +1000PM visits Sydney charity for Christmas
Some familiar faces have lent a hand for Christmas with the Prime Minister delivering $10 million in funding for the Bill Crews Foundation.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +1000‘Our small family ritual’: The Victorians choosing hot springs bliss over Christmas chaos
More than 1000 people chose to spend Christmas Day bathing in hot water rather than basting a turkey.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 17:00:07 +1000‘Everyone’s here’: Backpackers flood Coogee after Bronte crackdown
Crowds have flocked to Coogee Beach to celebrate Christmas, after moves to limit partying at Bronte Beach following an “unacceptable” mess last year.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 16:54:22 +1000‘Furry and green’: The MCG Grinch that cruelled spinner’s Boxing Day hopes
Melbourne’s green MCG pitch is the Grinch that stole Boxing Day from Todd Murphy, while Cameron Green’s Test spot is on notice with a demotion to No.7.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 16:32:43 +1000The Christmas lunch turning strangers into family
Young families, pensioners, rough sleepers, asylum seekers and other locals looking for company were welcome at a very special Christmas gathering.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 16:13:15 +1000‘Chosen family’: Everyone’s welcome at this inner-city Christmas oasis
The popular Christmas event has been running for almost two decades. It’s showing no signs of slowing down.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +1000Snowden hopes inside draw puts ex-Godolphin galloper on winning path
Port Macquarie trainer Paul Snowden hopes an inside draw can help a former Godolphin galloper keep his Highway Handicap streak alive on Saturday at Randwick.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +1000Race-by-race tips and details for Randwick on Saturday
All the information you need for a 10-race meet at Randwick on the last Saturday of 2025.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 15:41:41 +1000The best Boxing Day sales to shop in 2025
Didn’t get what you wanted for Christmas? Find the best deals of the year with our guide to the sales.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 15:36:50 +1000Christmas around the world in pictures
Surfing Santa’s, crazy cows and traditional carols, see how people across the globe celebrate Christmas in 2025.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 15:34:02 +1000‘It was just screaming’: Battery fires more than double in three years
There were more than 200 fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries in Queensland in the first 11 months of 2025.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +1000This Sydney to Hobart competitor couldn’t afford sails – so she started her own company
Christie Hamilton created her business, Kraken Sails, after she couldn’t buy new sails. Now she’s taking on the whole industry and disrupting a sport steeped in tradition.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 15:30:00 +1000Remember Elon Musk’s DOGE? Here’s how it caused so much chaos but saved so little money
The group’s biggest claims were largely incorrect, while its many smaller cuts added up to few savings.
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 15:20:54 +1000The year Brisbane’s property market leapfrogged past Melbourne
But as the Queensland capital sheds its “big country town” tag, the question looms large: is relief in sight for cash-strapped buyers?
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +1000The Doomsday Clock: Counting down to the next apocalypse
You can dismiss this timepiece trope as a gimmick, but you’d do so at your own intellectual risk.