Welcome to Brisbane, 2022

IN 2022, hundreds of thousands of people will not only celebrate the arrival of a new year but also Brisbane’s coming of age as a genuine 24/7 city.

Family secret is a Ripper of a yarn

THE relatives of a convicted killer and conman buried in a Brisbane cemetery suspect he was Jack the Ripper, from the fog-shrouded streets of London.

Let PM Karl do it right for you!

CANBERRA’S pack of bickerers are strangers to common sense, so please give a big hand to Prime Minister wannabe Karl Stefanovic (and his completely in-order citizenship papers ;-) ).

‘Mummy, am I going to die?’

WHEN your child is diagnosed with brain cancer, it is almost certainly a death sentence. Parents are begging for more government funding to help find a cure. Finn Marker was eight when he lost his battle with the disease.

Olivia Newton-John: Why I use cannabis

BATTLING cancer for a second time, Olivia Newton-John wants Australia to know how important cannabis is to her healing process.

What a bunch of tools

ALLEGATIONS of heavy-handedness and “aggressive tactics” have been levelled at the state’s construction watchdog by an alliance of builders who say its methods are destroying jobs.

$400,000 for worthless scrap paper

A WEALTHY Queensland man has lost $400,000 buying blackened ‘US bank notes’ that turned out to be worthless pieces of scrap paper.

Slater’s story: Even heroes need hard work

SUNDAY SESSION: BILLY SLATERtells ROBERT CRADDOCK whether his talents are born or made, the salary cap scandals that brought his club to its knees and why big isn’t always best in rugby league.

Brisbane home makes TV debut

FOLLOWING a 10-year renovation project, this Brisbane masterpiece will be revealed on an upcoming television show.

The town at the end of the Earth

Completely isolated and spectacularly beautiful, if the world has an end — then this is it. Welcome to the town like nowhere else.