Queensland to ban sale of knives and gel blasters to kids

Queensland to ban sale of knives and gel blasters to kids

The proposed laws mark the first restrictions on gel blaster sales in a state previously reluctant to regulate them,amid efforts to manage youth offending.

  • byMatt Dennien

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This luxury hilltop retreat is just a 90-minute drive from Brisbane

This luxury hilltop retreat is just a 90-minute drive from Brisbane

It boasts immaculate accommodation,a polo field and one of south-east Queensland’s best regional restaurants.

  • byMatt Shea
The popular tree- and sea-change towns where home owners are almost on to a sure thing

The popular tree- and sea-change towns where home owners are almost on to a sure thing

Almost every property seller made a profit,and the chance of gains improved,in four regional towns that have gone against the trend.

  • byJim Malo andElizabeth Redman
Developers cut a swath across Sydney as cranes dominate the sky

Developers cut a swath across Sydney as cranes dominate the sky

Newly launched Sydney-based development companies,PERIFA and Abadeen have joined forces to develop a mixed-use commercial and residential site in Putney with an end value of $240 million.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Southern swell:Why Queensland is attracting so many migrants from NSW and Victoria
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Southern swell:Why Queensland is attracting so many migrants from NSW and Victoria

Use these interactive maps to find out how many people have moved into your neighbourhood from NSW and Victoria.

  • byMatt Wade,Craig Butt andCourtney Kruk
‘No way I will ever go back’:The Sydney suburbs losing the most people to Queensland
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‘No way I will ever go back’:The Sydney suburbs losing the most people to Queensland

These interactive maps show how many people have moved north of the border from Sydney.

  • byMatt Wade,Craig Butt andCourtney Kruk
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As southerners prepare to wind clocks ahead,most Queenslanders want the same

As southerners prepare to wind clocks ahead,most Queenslanders want the same

Early detail from new national daylight saving research suggests strong support in the Sunshine State – even with two timezones. Political will is a different story.

  • byMatt Dennien
One lonely LNP Yes man is quietly pushing for the Voice

One lonely LNP Yes man is quietly pushing for the Voice

Watching recent Yes campaign events across the country has been a rare show of shared political drive – except in Queensland. But one LNP MP has spoken out.

  • byMatt Dennien
Wife murderer claims DNA tests on hammer are ‘inconsistent’

Wife murderer claims DNA tests on hammer are ‘inconsistent’

A man jailed for killing his wife with a hammer claims inconsistencies between new and old DNA tests on the weapon should overturn his conviction.

  • byRex Martinich
Bugs and bands:The best things to do in Brisbane this week

Bugs and bands:The best things to do in Brisbane this week

It’s festival season in Brisbane and that means culture,grooves and flashy lights,with a side serve of amazing insects and dance.

  • byNick Dent
‘Aggressive,drug-fuelled’:Men jailed after tortured teen fell from balcony

‘Aggressive,drug-fuelled’:Men jailed after tortured teen fell from balcony

Teenager Cian English had invited strangers to party with him before they assaulted and stabbed him. He retreated to a balcony to escape,before falling to his death.

  • byCloe Read