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‘No one wants vapes for our kids’: Qld passes nation’s toughest anti-vaping laws
“We know these vapes are being marketed at children, with flavours like fairy floss and bubblegum, and they’re hiding dangerous poisons,” the health minister says.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Goodbye golden gateway: Big changes ahead for Brisbane Airport
Travellers leaving Brisbane will soon have a very different airport experience as the international terminal undergoes “a giant leap” into the future.
- by Cameron Atfield
No access to fresh air: Children held in ‘inadequate’ adult watch houses for weeks
Children being held in adult watch houses for extended periods of time are using mattresses to surround themselves when using the toilet.
- by Keira Jenkins
Firefighters rang bell at ‘attractive’ women in Brisbane training centre
A toxic “macho” culture and sexual harassment within the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service have been a problem for decades, a union says.
- by Savannah Meacham
Things to do with kids in Brisbane over the September school holidays
We’ve compiled a list of activities and shows to occupy young ones until term four begins.
- by Nick Dent
Public transport advocates rail against road tunnel proposal
The Miles government has been urged to abandon the Centenary Motorway tunnel bypass in favour of a new high-frequency rail line to link the western suburbs with the airport.
- by Cameron Atfield
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Crime
Scalded baby’s mum angry that suspect slipped past police and left Australia
The mother described the man who threw hot coffee on her son in a Brisbane park as a monster.
- by Cameron Atfield, Marissa Calligeros and Cloe Read
As it happened: Brisbane on Monday, September 9
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