Sources: News.com.au
Cyclone warnings are issued to residents of Brisbane, South East Queensland and the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales as Tropical Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall on Thursday or early Friday local time. 2025-03-3
Restrictions are increased in Queensland after an increase in locally-acquired COVID-19 cases, resulting in 25% of ticket-holders for the NRL Grand Final in Brisbane receiving cancellations. 2021-09-30
Lockdown restrictions are lifted in Perth and surrounding towns after a decrease in the number of new cases. Masks are still mandatory in indoor settings, private gatherings are limited to 10 people, and public gatherings are limited to 20 people. Restrictions also lift in Brisbane. 2021-07-3
Lockdown restrictions are eased in Queensland, including Brisbane, after a decline in the number of COVID-19 cases. 2021-04-1
Brisbane is placed into lockdown for three days in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 after a cleaner at a hotel quarantine site was diagnosed with a known variant of concern. The Northern Territory and Tasmania ban all travellers from Brisbane. 2021-01-8
A man shoots to death a woman and a seven-year-old boy then himself in the Queensland town of Biddeston, west of Brisbane, Australia. 2015-03-2
2013 Brisbane train crash: A train overshoots the end of the tracks and crashes into a railway station's ladies' bathroom in Brisbane, Australia, leaving 14 people injured. 2013-01-31
The Commission of Inquiry into the 2010–11 Queensland floods hands down its report with engineers at the Wivenhoe Dam outside Brisbane to be referred to the Crime and Misconduct Commission. 2012-03-16
Flood waters peak in Brisbane, Australia, missing historic levels but still threatening thousands of homes. 2011-01-13
The floods in Queensland, Australia, worsen further with 20,000 properties in the capital Brisbane expected to be flooded and 4,000 homes flooded in the nearby city of Ipswich. 2011-01-12