Brisbane Times Headlines

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:55:48 +1000
Hundreds of millions has been spent to fix mental health crisis. But will it work?
Over 40 Medicare Mental Health Centres have opened across Australia in the last year, including 12 in Queensland. We visited one on Brisbane’s north side to find out what they’re all about, and who they’re for.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:45:15 +1000
Young dad killed in shooting at Altona North
A young father has died in a shooting at Altona North, in Melbourne’s west.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:30:56 +1000
One better than Erin: North star’s stunning new AFLW mark, teammate laughs off Nasiah-like snub
North Melbourne superstar Jasmine Garner has won the AFLW MVP award for the third time, one more than one of the legends of the women’s game.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:56:43 +1000
US and Russia hold secret Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi
A key Pentagon official has flown to the United Arab Emirates to meet with Russian counterparts, even as Moscow and Kyiv continued to attack each other overnight.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:50:23 +1000
Surfers Paradise drowning prompts safety concerns
Authorities say men swimming after the flags have been taken down in the evening are of growing concern.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:41:02 +1000
Ground worker blamed herself for horror chopper crash
The coroner heard from former staff of the joy flight operator on day two of the inquest into the fatal helicopter collision.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:37:01 +1000
South-east Queensland hailstorms declared insurance catastrophe
South-east Queensland has been hit by successive hail storms causing widespread damage.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:35:24 +1000
Queensland Teachers Union members strike across state
Hundreds of schools are affected by the industrial action.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:30:00 +1000
Every day, Ellie sees people risk the cancer that claimed her mother’s life
Andeau Bowley died 10 months after being diagnosed with a melanoma no one saw. Her daughter has a message for all Australians.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:30:00 +1000
Varsha’s rules for herself made her miserable. But she couldn’t stop
Rigid thinking can leave sufferers in their own mind prisons, creating strict rules for themselves and seeing the world in black and white terms. But there is a road to self-compassion.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:30:00 +1000
Inside the Sydney school where the teachers change classrooms, not the students
It was Sydney’s first public high-rise school. With others built and more to come, we find out what it’s really like.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:30:00 +1000
Is my chocolate snack making me hungrier?
Why do I feel more hungry if I eat a chocolate snack in the afternoon than if I eat nothing at all? Here’s the reason.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:30:00 +1000
Pauline Hanson pulls a stunt and Muslims pay the price
When Pauline Hanson wore a burqa into parliament, she was signalling to racists.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:18:46 +1000
‘Generous’ young father killed in Altona North shooting
The young man is being remembered as a generous, respectful father and well-loved community member.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:01:11 +1000
Hero resident helps apartment complex evacuate during fire
An Adelaide man has been hailed a hero after he alerted his neighbours to a fire in their apartment complex and got them to evacuate.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:00:58 +1000
Mine shafts focus of new search for missing boy Gus
There have been renewed efforts to find missing four-year-old Gus Lamont.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +1000
Melbourne’s grasslands face ‘extinction’ without greater protection
The last remnants of an environment that once stretched to South Australia are in peril due to a failure to create a grasslands reserve on Melbourne’s fringes.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:59:53 +1000
Severe thunderstorm warnings across NSW
Large hail and damaging winds are forecast to hit parts of NSW including the Mid North Coast and Hunter region.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:57:11 +1000
Notorious child killer rushed to prison hospital in dire condition
Bevan Spencer von Einem was convicted of one death, but there are fears his death will lead to questions going unanswered.

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:56:17 +1000
Former FBI Director case thrown out
A federal judge throwing out a case against former FBI Director James Comey insisting ruling the lawyer prosecuting the case was appointed illegally.

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