Brisbane, Australia Travel News

BRISBANE motorists have been promised less congestion with more than 1400 traffic lights to be controlled under a single system within 18 months.

THOUSANDS of visitors are "clicking" into Brisbane to see Picasso, book hotels and bask in our glorious winter weather.

VIRGIN Blue's new international arm, V Australia, has announced that it will fly direct from Brisbane to Los Angeles from next year.

AUSTRALIAN journalist Michael Ware has been seeing more action in Iraq than his news reports have revealed.

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Bad weather, rising fuel prices and flight cutbacks have contributed to a decline in overseas visitors.

HEIR to the Kuwaiti royal throne, Sheik Abdulla al-Mubarak al-Sabah, yesterday flagged more Australian hotel investments after opening his first in Melbourne's suburban southeast.

The iconic El Dorado Cinema in Indooroopilly will become the focal point of a $100 million urban renewal project featuring the construction of a 14-storey residential building.

A CITY Cat ferry skipper tried to brake before crashing into a school rowing team on the Brisbane River this morning.

LAST weekend in Sydney, I sauntered around dizzy Darling Harbour on my way to catch a ferry and wondered whether Brisbane had missed the boat.

The road conditions might have improved over the years, but the 32,000 kilometre overland journey from Oxford, England, to Singapore is still recognised as an epic challenge.

THE ferris wheel which was due to be unveiled last month at Expo 88's 20th anniversary celebrations has had its opening delayed a second time.

Traffic has slowed to a crawl on the Story Bridge and across Brisbane this afternoon following an incident between a man and police.

A STATEWIDE head lice epidemic is robbing children of precious school time and forcing some parents to fork out more than $800 a year on treatments.

A Chermside man has been remanded in custody after allegedly climbing the mast of the HMAS Diamantina and threatening police at the Queensland Maritime Museum at South Bank last night.

A BACKPACKER has died suddenly just days after joining a fitness club on a year out in Australia.

Global hotel group Accor is seeking up to 30 hospitality, business or tourism graduates to fill positions in its mid year intake of their Graduate Management Trainee Program.

“I like that she's so challenging, and it's demanding vocally, physically and emotionally”

The Phantom of the Opera returns to Sydney tomorrow night for the first time in 11 years, breaking box office records along the way. via The West Australian

“You've got to be smart in today's market”

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“The colours cannot be found anywhere else and because the stone is not as porous it produces the finest surface”

A HELIDON quarry that produced sandstone for some of Brisbane's oldest buildings is now helping to build a modern China. via The Courier Mail