Chicks,swans and scarecrows:The best things to do in Brisbane this week

Chicks,swans and scarecrows:The best things to do in Brisbane this week

Brisbane dishes up some frightfully good fun in the lead-up to Halloween.

  • byNick Dent

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Halloween has a waste problem:Here’s how to make it more sustainable

Halloween has a waste problem:Here’s how to make it more sustainable

Australians are expected to spend $490 million this Halloween,a 14 per cent increase from last year’s spending.

  • byLauren Ironmonger
Spooky season:Why Sydney is embracing a month-long Halloween

Spooky season:Why Sydney is embracing a month-long Halloween

The decorations are already up,and Halloween is in full swing across Sydney.

  • byMary Ward
The best pubs in Brisbane with playgrounds for kids

The best pubs in Brisbane with playgrounds for kids

Here are 10 of the best pubs in Brisbane that have playgrounds,play areas and more for children and families.

  • byNick Dent
Greek TV programmers owe an Apollogy
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Greek TV programmers owe an Apollogy

To add to the ads.

It’s scary but Halloween spending is tipped to near $500 million

It’s scary but Halloween spending is tipped to near $500 million

Discount department stores Kmart and Target are getting in on the action as the event gains traction in Australia.

  • byEmma Koehn
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Werq it,Brisbane:The best things to do in town this week

Werq it,Brisbane:The best things to do in town this week

Sharks and kazoos,Dirty Dancing and drag queens,putt putt and plays – never say Brisbane doesn’t give you options.

  • byNick Dent
‘Free-spirited soul’:second Australian involved in Seoul crush dies

‘Free-spirited soul’:second Australian involved in Seoul crush dies

Justina Cho,28,a social worker who dreamed of starting her own fashion label,died on Sunday night surrounded by her family.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
‘Absolutely avoidable’:How the Seoul crowd crush unfolded

‘Absolutely avoidable’:How the Seoul crowd crush unfolded

Police did not respond to 11 calls warning them that Saturday’s crowded festivities were becoming deadly.

  • byEryk Bagshaw andSean Na
Relocating echidnas? Sod it!
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Relocating echidnas? Sod it!

A technique we can dig.

Family grieving beloved daughter killed in Seoul crowd crush
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Family grieving beloved daughter killed in Seoul crowd crush

Tributes are flooding in for Grace Rached,a 23-year-old Sydney film production assistant,who was killed while two of her friends are being treated in intensive care.

  • bySarah Keoghan,Nick Ralston andGeorgina Mitchell