Julius Dennis

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Tobi Loftus |Julius Dennis

A pressurisation defect that deprived the pilot of oxygen resulted in a fatal plane crash that claimed the lives of three people in outback Queensland in 2023, a transport safety investigation has found. ATSB Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell will address the media at 10:30am AEST. ATSB Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell is speaking in Brisbane. He has flagged the investigation found a pressurisation default was the cause of the fatal crash.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Julius Dennis |Caitlin Rawling

Police are set to provide an update about missing 17-year-old Pheobe Bishop, whose body they believe was discovered near a national park in southern Queensland yesterday afternoon. Detective Inspector Craig Mansfield will address the media at 11am. In a statement on Friday night police said they had discovered what they "believed to be human remains" near the Good Night National Park near Gin Gin at about 2:30pm on Friday.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Tobi Loftus |Claudia Williams |Julius Dennis

Not so long ago Queensland was considered an integral part of Peter Dutton's path to the Lodge. Instead, Labor gained seven seats in the Sunshine State, including five from the LNP. Suburban Brisbane seats once considered home to Howard's battlers — and later Scott Morrison's quiet Australians — turned away from the Coalition on a scale beyond even Labor insiders' predictions. Forde, to Brisbane's south, and Petrie to its north, are prime examples.

Jan 8, 2025 | abc.net.au | Julius Dennis

Ashley Pettit bought the Moorooka block in 2019 hoping to subdivide it like others on his street. Brisbane City Council told him he couldn't due to stormwater flow risk. A local councillor says planners are not being practical about the proposal. When Ashley Pettit bought a double block in Brisbane's inner south in 2019, he planned to subdivide and build.

Dec 19, 2024 | abc.net.au | Julius Dennis

Oyster reefs filter water and provide habitat for fish and other sea creatures. The "deployment" was the largest undertaken by the Moreton Bay-based restoration project. Current law limits reef restoration in the marine park, but project organisers hope new legislation will allow them to expand. More than 3,000 man-made oyster reefs have been dropped in Moreton Bay as part of an effort to bring shellfish back into the ecosystem.