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
Restrictions temporarily increase in towns surrounding Byron Bay, New South Wales, after people linked to a recent outbreak of the UK variant in Brisbane spread the virus. Mask wearing is made mandatory indoors and private gatherings are limited to 30. 2021-03-31
Lockdowns in Brisbane and the Northern Beaches of Sydney are lifted as the number of cases in those areas drop. 2021-01-11
A mother and her three children are killed in a car fire in Brisbane, Australia, in a targeted familicide carjacking by former New Zealand Warriors player Rowan Baxter. He was the ex-husband of the woman and father of the children, and he committed suicide at the scene. 2020-02-19
Authorities shut down the city of Brisbane and South East Queensland as remnants of Cyclone Debbie move south. 2017-03-30
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
The ninth G-20 summit gets underway in the Australian city of Brisbane. 2014-11-15
Up to 1600 homes in the Moreton Bay region near the state capital Brisbane are also threatened with flooding. 2013-01-26
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