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Catherine Strohfeldt

Catherine Strohfeldt

Catherine Strohfeldt is a reporter at Brisbane Times.

Mike and Julie Hennessy.

‘Ornament in the garage’: Caravanners, 4WDers cancelling trips over fuel fears

“If you go to the gas station here and fill up your jerry cans, people look at you like you’re some sort of criminal,” caravanner Mike Hennessy said.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt

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Queensland Rail has warned commuters travelling southward into Brisbane delays could stretch over an hour.

Hour-long delays for northern rail lines, delays to last all morning

Rail commuters heading into Brisbane have been warned trains are not running to timetable, after multiple tracks were offline for hours.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Students were taught the wrong ancient history exam topic last year, studying Augustus Caesar rather than his great-uncle, Julius Caesar.

Parents, students to check exam topics after bungle makes history books

Months after the mix-up upended final exams, authorities have given students and parents a nudge to keep schools in line.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Michelle Margaret Cooke.

Real estate agent jailed after skimming $130,000 off trusts, tenants

Michelle Cooke was sentenced to more than four years in jail, having defrauded tenants of $15,000 in sham fees, and falsifying records to siphon off $116,376.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Companies Lime and Neuron operate thousands of rental e-scooters across Brisbane.

E-bike crackdown might have ‘serious unintended consequences’ for tourism

The state government has accepted all the recommendations of the e-mobility inquiry. That will make Queensland’s rules among the strictest for low-powered e-bikes in the world.

  • Felicity Caldwell and Catherine Strohfeldt
A man’s body was found on Navua Street, Strathpine, shortly before 1am on Monday.

Mystery as police reveal dead man had no obvious signs of serious injury

“We have a number of witness versions, and they don’t clearly explain what brought about this death,” detective inspector Phil Hurst said.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt and William Davis
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E10 is “absolutely a safe product to use in your car”, the NRMA says.

About 11,000km from the Strait of Hormuz, this is how the fuel crisis is biting in Brisbane

Searches for “electric car” have surged to a higher level than the last fuel shock. But the effects on household budgets will go beyond the cost of filling up.

  • Felicity Caldwell and Catherine Strohfeldt
A 32-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder and torture after the alleged Sunday morning attack.

Man charged with attempted murder, torture of woman

Police allege the 32-year-old man attacked a woman, held her captive and tortured her at a home north-west of Brisbane on Sunday.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Cyclone Narelle

Cyclone Narelle: Storm downgraded; makes landfall between Lockhart River and Cape Melville as towns evacuated along Queensland’s northern tip

Follow our rolling coverage as the cyclone makes landfall and hammers communities in Far North Queensland.

  • Dominique Tassell, Cloe Read, William Davis and Catherine Strohfeldt
An image of Cyclone Narelle, off the Far North Queensland coast, on Wednesday.

Cyclone Narelle: Warnings issued for Queensland coastline as storm intensifies to category 5

Follow our rolling coverage as the cyclone barrels towards the Queensland coastline, with an updated map from the weather bureau, emergency crews sent north and communities starting evacuations or hunkering down.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt, Dominique Tassell and William Davis