Australia’s third-largest city of Brisbane to enter Covid lockdown
The only way to beat the Delta strain is to move quickly, to be fast and to be strong, says deputy premier.
Cheers, fireworks as Brisbane awarded 2032 Olympics
Australia has already hosted the Olympics twice, in Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000.
Brisbane lifts virus lockdown after city finds zero cases
The UK strain is among several emerging variants around the world believed to be more infectious than those which have spread previously.
Brisbane locks down after new Covid-19 variant case found in quarantine
The federal government is considering further tightening country-wide restrictions on international travellers.
Aussie cops call elderly couple’s death a ‘terrorism incident’
The suspect threatened police with a knife before he was shot dead on a highway on the outskirts of Brisbane.