Truck accident closes Gateway Motorway for inbound commuters
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Brisbane

Truck accident closes Gateway Motorway for inbound commuters

A truck and two other vehicles were involved in the crash,which closed the northbound lanes on the motorway at Eight Mile Plains for hours.

  • byJocelyn Garcia

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High hopes for lower fuel prices before New Year but AirportLinkM7's toll to increase

High hopes for lower fuel prices before New Year but AirportLinkM7's toll to increase

On Wednesday,less than one-third of Brisbane servos charged above $1.45 per litre for unleaded 91,by Saturday most were.

  • byToby Crockford
Man shot on motorway cut off tracking device,was known to counter-terror cops

Man shot on motorway cut off tracking device,was known to counter-terror cops

Raghe Abdi,22,was armed with a knife and shot dead after confronting officers who were responding to reports of a traffic hazard.

  • byJocelyn Garcia,Toby Crockford andMatt Dennien
Man shot dead on motorway was armed with knife,confronted officers:Police

Man shot dead on motorway was armed with knife,confronted officers:Police

Police were responding to calls regarding a traffic hazard when officers were allegedly confronted by an armed man on foot.

  • byToby Crockford
Twelve arrested as climate protesters take over Brisbane's city streets
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Twelve arrested as climate protesters take over Brisbane's city streets

The Extinction Rebellion protesters were met with a strong police presence as they marched through the city on Thursday calling for more government action on climate change.

  • byMatt Dennien andToby Crockford
Delays for days amid emergency work on Fortitude Valley intersection

Delays for days amid emergency work on Fortitude Valley intersection

Work on an Energex cable that caused traffic chaos on Wednesday is expected to take up to six days,with crews"working around the clock".

  • byMatt Dennien
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‘Clowns ... lock them up’:Lord mayor rips into activists as police lay charges

‘Clowns ... lock them up’:Lord mayor rips into activists as police lay charges

Extinction Rebellion is promising a mass rally in the Brisbane CBD on Thursday and further smaller pop-up protests after the blocking of a busy intersection on Monday.

  • byToby Crockford
Extinction Rebellion’s blockade of Edward Street in Brisbane CBD ends

Extinction Rebellion’s blockade of Edward Street in Brisbane CBD ends

Firefighters lifted both men off the top of the truck and brought them to the ground. They were arrested and face serious charges.

  • byToby Crockford
Gateway Motorway reopens after truck,ute crash blocks three lanes

Gateway Motorway reopens after truck,ute crash blocks three lanes

The crash blocked all but one northbound lane near the Nudgee Golf Course for almost 90 minutes,according to police.

  • byMatt Dennien andToby Crockford
Crash brings Gateway Motorway to afternoon standstill

Crash brings Gateway Motorway to afternoon standstill

Emergency services were called to the scene,in the southbound lanes at Boondall,about 3.30pm after reports of the vehicle and motorcycle crash.

  • byMatt Dennien
Twin pursuits leave officers injured and 10 cars damaged across Brisbane

Twin pursuits leave officers injured and 10 cars damaged across Brisbane

One of the Friday evening police chases ended in an arrest in the City Botanic Gardens,with a second sparked by an alleged bottle shop theft by a group of children as young as 12.

  • byMatt Dennien