A woman has been taken to hospital after she was shot in a violent home invasion north of Brisbane. It’s understood two men stormed the home and an altercation broke out at the home at Burpengary East at around 1pm. Police have set up a crime scene in the area. There were six people at […]

The business community has hit out at the Palaszczuk government over outdated laws restricting regional retail trade. Shops in many regional areas, including Kingaroy, Longreach, Goondiwindi and the Whitsundays, will be forced to close from Christmas Eve until December 29. Deborah Knight called on Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace to consider the needs of retailers […]

Australian basketball star Andrew Bogut says he was “mentally and physically” ready to retire.  The NBA champion announced he was hanging up his boots before the Tokyo Olympics. “The end of the last NBL season the body wasn’t in good shape,” he told Peter Psaltis on Wide World of Sports. Bogut said Australia was producing […]

After weeks of negotiations, the Australian Open is set to go ahead with Tennis Australia in final negotiations with the State Government over a start date.   Tennis commentator Craig Gabriel told Scott Emerson it was looking likely the tournament would be pushed back three weeks to February 8, although it was not locked in. “They […]

The UK’s approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is an “extraordinary” feat for modern science, a Queensland virologist says. It will be rolled out from next week. Professor of Virology at the University of Queensland and co-lead on the Vaccine Project Paul Young said the timeline was incredible. “It really is extraordinary,” he said. “When […]

‘Goon’ or cask wine has had a bad wrap in the past. What was originally the left over wine unable to be bottled has been expanded into a variety of products. Sophisticated Cocktail Co has taken the cask concept and used the design to serve up Australian made and grown ready-to-drink cocktails. Vicki Lyon is […]