Thank you for joining us for today’s Brisbane Times blog. The city can expect a sunny day with light winds and a maximum of 31 degrees.
In today’s top local stories, the mother of a baby seriously burnt in a Brisbane park says she had only been there 10 minutes when a man came up behind her and poured hot coffee on her son.
After helping to spruik the plan, the state government has poured cold water on Brisbane City Council’s push to extend the Metro bus system to the airport.
In today’s Perspective column, Courtney Kruk says maybe Brisbane should embrace the much-maligned ibis as an icon of the city rather than a stain on our name.
Foul-smelling swamp bird or a potential Brisbane icon?Credit: Aresna Villanueva
A major Queensland union has vowed to redirect all funds earmarked for Labor Party donations towards fighting the Commonwealth’s takeover of the CFMEU.
Brisbane’s latest river crossing, the Neville Bonner Bridge – which opens at the crack of dawn today – is expected to attract about 9500 pedestrians a day, but bikes and scooters are banned.
In sport, swimmer Elijah Winnington tells of his harrowing journey to the Paris Olympics and how he now has visions of a Brisbane 2032 swan song.
