Easter warning: ‘Traffic will be shocking’

THE RACQ has warned motorists to prepare for shocking Easter traffic this afternoon, saying ‘everyone has the same brilliant idea to leave early’.

Bennett gets his man as Bird joins Broncos

JACK Bird has decided this morning that he will move to Queensland and join the Brisbane Broncos on a three-year deal worth $2.1m.

Top anti-bikie cop could leave Maxima

NO-NONSENSE anti-bikies unit Task Force Maxima will be repackaged into a new police group. And Superintendent Mick Niland’s job will be put up for grabs as a result.

N Korea nuke test ‘primed and ready’

FOREIGN media in Pyongyang have been told to prepare for a ‘big event’ as fears grow the rogue nation is preparing to launch missiles.

Teen parents and baby go missing

POLICE are appealing for help after a three-day-old girl was taken from a western Sydney hospital during the night by her teenage parents.

Schapelle is ‘not the same person’

FRIENDS who have not seen Schapelle Corby for more than a decade have been warned to expect a different woman when the convicted drug smuggler returns to the Gold Coast late next month.

NZ storm ‘worst in generations’

NEW Zealand’s North Island is set to be battered by the remnants of Cyclone Cook, with residents in low-lying areas evacuating to higher ground.

Flood relief feud sinks to new low

ACTING PM Barnaby Joyce accuses the Queensland Government of being ‘smart alecs’, while he’s been called a ‘child’. Meanwhile, cyclone-hit farmers wait for funding.

NBN just a ‘giant step backwards’

ONE of the nation’s most highly regarded economists has reversed his view that the NBN can boost Australia’s productivity after the havoc it caused him and his neighbours.

Cooper back for changed up Reds

QUADE Cooper’s return to the leaking Reds ship coincides with a rest for veteran skipper Stephen Moore under Queensland’s rotation policy.