Brisbane, Australia News

It's the most wonderful time of the year. A time for awkward corporate Christmas parties held at chain restaurants and boutique bars or warm tension-infused get-togethers with friends and family.

VIRGIN Australia has dumped direct flights from Townsville to Cairns and Rockhampton, leaving just one airline to service the routes.

Soon to be merged CMO DSM Pharmaceutical Products has been contracted to provide process development for a protein allergy drug being developed by Tunitas Therapeutics.

Defense contractor Leonard Francis, right, shown in this courtroom sketch with his attorney Patrick Swan, Judge David Bartick and prosecutor Robert Huie, left, during his appearance in federal court in San Diego on Nov. 21. After a month at sea, the 5,000 sailors aboard the USS George Washington couldn't wait to hit the bars, legalized brothels and ... (more)

The EX1 circuit board printer is latest Kickstarter campaign with "3D printing" in its headline to grip the imagination and, more importantly, financial support of more than 230 backers.

Sherdog.com reports from the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane, Australia, at approximately 6:30 p.m. ET with live UFC Fight Night 33 results.

Now worth less than $250,000 ... The investment property bought by Joy Bouton in Burpengary, Queensland, through The Investment Club for $305,000.

Domestic violence refuges in south-east Queensland are being overwhelmed by what one manager is calling "a silent epidemic" of abuse against foreign nationals.

LAWYERS for an asylum seeker family with a four-week-old baby born in Brisbane slam "callous" government and apply for protection visa.

LAWYERS for an asylum seeker family with a four-week-old baby born in Brisbane slam "callous" government and apply for protection visa.

Tiger Airways is setting up a Brisbane base and will launch new routes from the river city to Cairns, Darwin and Adelaide.

The clubs are assembling a $500,000 war chest for the showdown, which could be launched before Christmas, and have employed NSW Hells Angels barrister Wayne Baffsky to lead the charge.

The contract covers the initiation of process development activities by DSM for Tunitas' lead Fc-fusion protein for the treatment of asthma and other allergic diseases.

During the programme he will create the world's first child-run computer, and meet youngsters competing in the International Olympiad of Informatics in Brisbane, Australia, before assessing whether mankind can stay ahead in the field of logistics, or whether it is in danger of creating a machine smarter than the most logical human mind.

WHEN Dominique Maber was bullied at school, she assumed it was because of the colour of her skin.

Hong Kong reported its first case of a form of bird flu that killed 45 people in eastern China, suggesting the virus is spreading further south in poultry.

Preparations to put VK9MT on the air from Mellish Reef continue. The VK9MT team is moving forward with plans to activate this rare DXCC entity in late March and early April 2014.

KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Bhd, the country's oldest conglomerate, plans to pump in as much as A$80.7 million to acquire automotive and real estate assets in Australia.

A bantamweight bout between Alex Caceres and Mitch Gagnon has been scratched from Saturday's UFC Fight Night 33 event in Brisbane, Australia.

Singapore has been invited to take part in the G20 Summit in Brisbane, Australia, from 15 to 16 November 2014.