News from Brisbane

Tonya Turner | couriermail.com.au |October 31, 2007

AS BRISBANE gets set to host its first self-named jazz festival, eager audiences are rubbing their hands together at the chance to enjoy live and improvised music by international, national and local artists over four nights.

Read the Full Story here: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22679509-7642,00.html

Jessica Marszalek | news.com.au | October 31, 2007

Detective Inspector Marty Mickelson from the Queensland crime operations command said that overnight raids on 50 Brisbane propertys across the city have seriously impacted on the local distribution of heroin in the Brisbane metropolitan area.
Around 250 officers were involved in the dawn raids on the Brisbane and Logan areas in which heroin, cannabis, ice and $135, 000 were found and 15 people were charged.

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abc.net.au | 9 Oct, 2007

There have been more storms forecast for south-east Queensland right up until Friday. Power has been restored to most of the 37, 000 homes that lost supply in last nights storms with Ergon crews still working to restore houses in the Darling Downs area.

Read the full story here: http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/09/2054241.htm?section=australia

Oct 9, 2007 | brisbanetimes.com.au | Shannon Molloy reports

With all State Emergency Service call-outs being directed to either the Gold Coast or towns west of the city last night, it looks as though Brisbane suburbs seemed to escape the main force of the storms.

Read the full story: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/brisbane-escapes-storm-damage/2007/10/09/1191695858051.html

27th Sep 07 - ABCnews.net.au reports that the first batch of the vaccine for horse flu is due to arrive in Australia today. With more horses testing positive in Brisbane, fears of the virus spreading to Victoria are stronger than ever. 20, 000 doses are due to arrive in Australia today with another 60, 000 due to arrive sometime next week.

Read the full article at: http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/27/2044584.htm?section=justin

theaustralian.news.com.au | September 27, 2007 | Fiona Cameron

The BRISBANE-BASED Opus Capital Group has spent $30 million on the first asset for its newest fund as the group launches an aggressive expansion phase.

Read the full story here: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22487546-25658,00.html 

September 26, 2007 - smh.com.au reports that Laing O’Rourke, the UK’s largest privately owned construction firm, has been chosen to build Brisbane’s tallest tower.
APH Capital Partners announced last wednesday that Laing O’Rourke are there preferred design and construct contractor for the building.
The construct contract is said to be valued at more than $300 million.

Read the full feature at: http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Laing-ORourke-to-build-Brisbanes-tower/2007/09/26/1190486364812.html

abc.net.au | Sep 26, 2007

The shutdown of Albion Park harness racing complex has forced the Brisbane Greyhound Racing Club to move its next two meetings to Ipswich. Danny Ryan, the Greyhound Racing Authority Stewards chairman is confident that the greyhounds will be able to race at Albion Park again next week.

Read the full story here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/26/2043921.htm?section=sport

September 25, 2007 - smh.com.au reports that the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane’s south was hit by a major telephone system breakdown on tuesday afternoon.
Members of the public have been urged not to call the hospital until the system is restored.

read the full story at: http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Brisbane-hospital-hit-by-phone-outage/2007/09/25/1190486297120.html

September 24, 2007 - abc.net.au reports that Emergency services along with Building and air conditioning technicians were called in to investigate amystery smell in a Coles Supermarket in inner Brisbane. Firefighters with breathing equipment have been testing air quality inside the store, so far tests have come back negative.

Read the full story: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/24/2041965.htm?site=idx-qld