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Congrats to The Sunday Mail with its up-to-the-minute late night breaking story on the passing of #BarryHumphries with a front page lead & 6 inside pages. Gone are days when the country edition of the SM - which Ipswich received - was around 6pm Saturday. Well done. The Courier-Mail

Is this a demotion for 9 News Brisbane reporter Josh Bavas from A Current Affair sleuth to 4pm sports reporter at Suncorp Stadium? 7NEWS Queensland @10NewsFirstQLD ABC Brisbane

Is this the coolest top cop in Australia: Queensland’s Commissioner Katarina Carroll at Springfield Central last evening at the Greater Springfield Community Festival. @CoPCarroll 7NEWS Queensland @10NewsFirstQLD Queensland Police

Of all days for this to happen: The official B.O.M. Ipswich weather station at Amberley has failed to record or transmit temperatures back to the Weather Bureau in Brisbane since 4.00am today. However, at 3.59am it was -0.8° at Amberley. It was -1.0° at Greenbank at 6.22am.

One of the most-articulate election night commentators on Sky News Australia - Senator Murray Watt - clear, concise, accurate and free from of the BS being pedalled by the LNP - Liberal National Party

The flip side! Does this mean you no longer get a discount from Allianz Australia if you pay yearly? Doesn’t seem all that fair or reasonable.

CHERBAUCICH, Giovani Giorgio | My Tributes - Farewell John. mytributes.com.au/notice/death-n…

B.O.M. might finally be right this week: They are predicting a 0% chance of rain across Ipswich today. Bureau of Meteorology, Queensland Bureau of Meteorology, Australia 7NEWS Queensland

Alan Joyce might be gone from Qantas but the legal mumbo-jumbo from them continues with the ACCC breathing down their air-intake. Click link: m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…

Not Fake News: This stunning story from QTQ Channel9 Brisbane leaves no one but intrepid 9 reporter Josh Bavas to produce his usual type of report exposing the story behind the story. This career-changing journalist would be ideal to expose the deep, dark secrets of 9 Brisbane

Now that the genie appears to be out of the bag, intrepid QTQ @channel9 Brisbane reporter Josh Bavas should be put on the case to ensure the facts don’t get in the way of a bad story!

Is this deceptive advertising by Costco? Save more than $1000 in a fortnight? Possible as long as you spend an estimated $5000 to save $1000. So you would lose $4000 to save $1000. Dubious Costco maths! ACCC will do nothing. 7NEWS Queensland Sunrise The Australian

It’s a pity that Channel 7 Brisbane is showing tonight’s AFL Women’s Grand Final on its 7mate secondary channel but in Melbourne it’s on the main 7 Channel. Main channel viewers in Brisbane can watch Border Security and We Bought a Zoo. Yippee! Brisbane Lions

This is definitely a story for the “Hercule Poirot” of 9 News Brisbane Josh Bavas to investigate the deep truth of this saga. Was his boss unfairly sacked? We should find out through the Fair Work Commission but a fearless journalist like JB should lift the lid sooner. Channel9

Why is Seqwater now keeping actual release times from Somerset & Wivenhoe Dams secret from the public? Until recently they advised when releases actually commenced but now just “planned for the next 48 hours”. Then when they’ve stopped. The public should be properly informed.

This morning I attended the Woodcrest State College #ANZAC Day service for 2025. It was a very moving ceremony and the students were involved and very attentive throughout. In attendance were Milton Dick Federal Member for Oxley and Charis Mullen, State Member for Jordan.

This morning, I attended the Goodna Special School in Queen St Goodna for their 2025 #ANZAC Day Service. The Member for Bundamba Lance McCallum MP was also in attendance. It was a great tribute by the students, staff & parents to the original ANZACs at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.

Should the new Cross River Rail be officially named the Elizabeth Line after Queen Elizabeth? Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie thinks so. Click to Listen: Point of View.