Good morning, thanks for joining us for Brisbane Times’ live news blog. It’s Friday, September 20, and the city can expect a mostly sunny day with a top temperature of 30 degrees.
In local news you need to know:
“We can invest in the Bruce Highway, we can invest in great healthcare, but we can’t if David Crisafulli gets his way and spends another $3 billion on stadiums, just because an Olympic big wig bullied him into it” – that was Premier Steven Miles on his opposite’s objection to no-frills QSAC being used at the 2032 Games.
Major party campaigns are gearing up for key stops drumming up support across Queensland’s 93 electorates before October 26. But some seats aren’t like the others.
Archer the dog, from Archer Brewing, before the complaint was investigated by Brisbane City Council.
A dogged campaign to allow dogs to join humans inside cafes and pubs will be taken to a national government meeting – after poor Archer was kicked out of his own brewery.
From a uni dropout sewing in her parents’ garage in Kedron to a world-renowned designer with a cult following, Brisbane’s queen of colour Rachel Burke tells her story.
And in sport news, when Will Ashcroft last took on Geelong, what followed were the “toughest days” of his life. But his rapid comeback – a year in the making after suffering a ruptured ACL – has led to the ultimate demon-vanquishing mission.
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