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Josh Bavas

Josh Bavas

Josh Bavas is a journalist for Nine News Queensland.

A a “once in a generation” under river infrastructure project is forcing officials to dump millions of litres of raw sewage and stormwater directly into the Brisbane River.

The big stink: This is how much raw sewage is being dumped into the Brisbane River

Complications with a “once in a generation” under-river infrastructure project are forcing officials to dump millions of litres of raw sewage and stormwater directly into the Brisbane River.

  • Josh Bavas

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An Australian Army ARH Tiger helicopter during exercises in June.

Helicopter damaged, regiment grounded after ‘hard landing’ in war games

A regiment of Tiger helicopters have been grounded, and an investigation launched, after one was damaged in the Northern Territory.

  • Cloe Read and Josh Bavas
Platypus swimming at Eungella

Cod hotels and 200,000 trees: The $30m plan to clean up our waterways

The funding package, one of the single biggest investments in Queensland’s waterways, will kickstart more than 30 rehabilitation projects.

  • Josh Bavas
Covert cameras are recording hundreds of south-east Queensland drivers breaking the law, in sometimes bizarre scenes.

Brisbane’s covert cameras catching more than just litterbugs

A series of covert cameras, netting hundreds of dollars a year in fines, are catching more than just careless litterers.

  • Josh Bavas
The Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre, formerly known as QEII stadium, will no longer be upgraded for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

SEQ’s defect-riddled stadiums need major repairs ahead of Olympics

A stadium audit has unearthed a litany of defects, but government documents also reveal sections of The Gabba and Suncorp Stadium will need more than mere maintenance before the 2032 Games.

  • Josh Bavas
More than $3.5 billion was spent on poker machines in Queensland hotels and clubs in 2024.

‘Extraordinary’: More than $3.5 billion slotted into Qld poker machines

“Gambling is taking an incredible toll on the community and we are sleep-walking,” one national campaigner said of the latest numbers from Queensland.

  • Josh Bavas
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Matt Poll, Assistant Curator of the Indigenous Museum Collections and Repatriation Program.

Grave robbers, body snatchers and the history of Australian museums

Seven museums have confirmed the number of stolen remains and artefacts they have in storage. Another says it would be too sensitive to say.

  • Josh Bavas
Redlands woman Angela, centre, with daughter Freya and son Nils in happier times.

High-profile mayor settles deceased estate with woman’s family

Outgoing Redland City Mayor Karen Williams has settled a legal dispute over a late resident’s $486,000 estate.

  • Josh Bavas
The Queensland Museum is under pressure to return ancestral remains to the Solomon Islands.

Queensland Museum under pressure to return remains to the Solomons

A Solomon Islands official said the nation was keen to have the ancestral remains returned for proper burial.

  • Josh Bavas
Redland Whitewater Olympic Centre plans

Redland ponders whitewater wonderland for Olympics and beyond

Redland Council is hoping to parlay a whitewater centre for the 2032 Olympics into Queensland’s “Second South Bank”. But not everyone thinks it’s a great idea.

  • Josh Bavas