Australia Day backlash | Greenies target Aurizon | Crash teen still on the run

‘Absolutely ridiculous’: Australia Day backlash

BYRON Bay Shire Council has caused a stir with its decision to change the date of Australia Day, but one defiant community group has sworn to hold its annual community event on the same day ...

Green threat: ‘Change your business or we will break it’

GREENIES have their sights set on a new target in a campaign of illegal direct action that threatens to disrupt Queensland’s multibillion-dollar coal exports.

Teen still on the run after horrific fatal crash

A BOY is still recovering in hospital after a wild joyride which killed his friend in Brisbane’s north on Saturday morning – although a third person involved in the horrific incident rem...

What should happen to Billy’s grand finale?

WITH the Melbourne Storm star’s grand final fate resting in the hands of the NRL judiciary, here are the arguments for and against the much-loved Queenslander.

Why our doctors are demanding chaperones

MALE doctors fearing false accusations of abuse are refusing to examine female patients without a chaperone, with new rules being drawn up for doctors to use witnesses for patient consultati...

Bungled investigation of baffling murder

TONY Jones was hitchhiking around Australia when he vanished. Despite a creepy tip-off, the case remains unsolved.

Deadly driver now on drug charges

A BRISBANE man who was jailed for killing a Sunshine Coast woman in a head-on smash while drunk has reappeared in court more than a decade later with a new name and facing the prospect of li...

Roosters reach grand final but will Cronk be fit?

COOPER Cronk’s injured left shoulder will carry the weight of Sydney after the halfback’s bravery inspired the Roosters to a title showdown with the Melbourne Storm.

Mum’s long road to brutal birth

MOTHER-of-two Ali De Strang believes she and her son are lucky to be alive after a “horrific’’ birth in which she was forced to travel 1350km because of a lack of rural birthing services.

Chilling final seconds of Pasquale Barbaro’s life

IT is the exact moment gangster Pasquale Barbaro is shot dead. Exclusive images show the brazen killer, with gun in outstretched arms, taking aim at the crime kingpin and opening fire at clo...