Brisbane Times Headlines
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:19:54 +1000Council pushes for ‘old school’ pub stays to boost Olympic accommodation
Changes to Brisbane’s planning rules will make it easier for pubs to build new hotel rooms to boost the city’s short-stay accommodation.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:45:00 +1000The Triple Zero call came at 7.03pm. Lindy’s body wasn’t found until after midnight
Emergency services were told “there’s a man bashing the hell out of his woman”. Lindy Lucena later died 600 metres from a police station.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:45:00 +1000AFP fails to identify leak that cruelled Ben Roberts-Smith war crimes investigation
The Australian Federal Police has finally released embarrassing documents showing it still cannot identify the source of a damaging tip-off.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:42:43 +1000Brisbane council effectively bans short-stay rentals in residential areas
Brisbane City Council has moved to ban short-stay rentals from low-density residential areas.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:36:44 +1000CCTV shows masked offenders in Brisbane home invasion
CCTV shows masked offenders invade a home in Wellington Point.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:36:15 +1000V’landys meets with sacked Wests Tigers directors
The NRL has made good on its promise to look into the club’s boardroom issues following the sacking of four independent directors by its majority owner.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +1000Lego, glaciers and a room without colour: The show that’s all about seeing things differently
Through works that take you from dark to light, artist Olafur Eliasson underscores why sometimes it’s important to speak with people you might disagree with.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +1000When Emily walked into maths class at uni, there were only three women. Then something changed
Before 2020, female enrolments in advanced mathematics at the University of Sydney were in decline. But an intervention transformed everything.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +1000Foods that didn’t exist 10 years ago are putting baby and toddler health at risk
Parents are being hoodwinked by misleading marketing of ultra-processed snacks for babies and toddlers that claims the foods are healthy and natural.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +1000The real reason Anika Wells is bound to survive this scandal
Ministerial survival depends on a single, unwavering principle: the prime minister refuses to give ground to his enemies. He’d sooner sandpaper his own shins.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:23:22 +1000Residents return home after fleeing fire engulfing Sydney servo
Atmospheric testing for gas was conducted before residents who fled as a nearby petrol station sent black smoke billowing into the sky were allowed home.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:22:20 +1000Singh to spend at least 25 years in jail for Toyah Cordingley murder
Ex-nurse Rajwinder Singh will serve a minimum 25 years in jail for the murder of Toyah Cordingley.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:18:10 +1000Richo’s sins are washed as the Love Boat, Gold Coast and other scandals fade into the mist
The great and the good assembled to farewell Graham Richardson, honoured for his singular talent in wielding political influence.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:05:51 +1000Popular greyhound racing track to make way for new homes
The greyhound racing track at Sydney’s Wentworth Park will be demolished to make room for thousands of homes and community sporting grounds.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:05:48 +1000RBA keeps rates on hold heading into the holidays
The Reserve Bank of Australia has spared Aussie borrowers from a pre-Christmas rate hike, keeping the cash rate target on hold in its last meeting for 2025.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:05:48 +1000Kikau re-signs with Dogs
The Bulldogs receive a huge boost as gun back-rower Viliame Kikau re-signs with the club.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:05:32 +1000Blaze breaks out at petrol station in Sydney's south-west
A large fire has taken hold of a petrol station in Sydney's south-west, with more than 50 firefighters battling the blaze from all directions.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:02:10 +1000Two kids arrested after fire outside houses in Sydney
Two children are in police custody after a fire front flared up dangerously close to homes at Kellyville.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:01:42 +1000NSW’s longest serving child abuse detective calls for justice
NSW’s longest serving child abuse detective is pushing for the country's worst daycare paedophile to face justice.
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:01:40 +1000Paramount bids to take over Warner Brothers
Media giant Paramount launches a $150 billion hostile bid to grab control of Warner Brothers.