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Emergency services at the scene of a crash near Wooloowin train station in northern Brisbane, where a car crashed through a fence and onto the railway line. December 16, 2025.

Major Brisbane train outage after car crashes onto tracks

The city’s rail network has been disrupted for most of the afternoon after a driver crashed through a fence and onto the tracks at Wooloowin.

  • Dominique Tassell

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Many Brisbane home buyers expect to pay less than sellers are asking.

The Brisbane suburbs where home sellers want $800k more than buyers are budgeting

Brisbane buyers are dreaming of champagne homes on beer budgets – and new data shows how far house hunters are falling short.

  • Sarah Webb
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Four rounds of consultation, three routes suggested – but this bikeway still isn’t built

Brisbane council spent thousands of dollars consulting over three possible bike routes in Brisbane’s north – before returning to a plan it kiboshed in 2018.

  • Felicity Caldwell
Curtis Shea Mickan has pleaded guilty to setting his partner’s house in Wooloowin in Brisbane in 2021.

Pharmacist admits burning down partner’s Brisbane home

Curtis Shea Mickan, 36, who was arrested over a domestic violence incident the day before the blaze before being released, has pleaded guilty to a string of serious offences.

  • Toby Crockford
The fire at Wooloowin on Brisbane’s northside on Sunday morning.

Top cop says alleged Brisbane DV arson attack ‘not foreseeable’

Queensland’s Police Commissioner has defended how her officers dealt with an alleged domestic violence incident in Wooloowin on the weekend.

  • Toby Crockford
The fire at Wooloowin on Brisbane’s northside on Sunday morning.

Pharmacist accused of trying to kill partner in Brisbane house fire named

A Queensland pharmacist accused of setting a Brisbane house on fire with his partner inside will spend at least the next month behind bars.

  • Toby Crockford
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The fire at Wooloowin on Brisbane’s northside on Sunday morning - May 16, 2021.

Man allegedly set Brisbane house on fire with two women inside

A 34-year-old Wooloowin man is due to face a Brisbane court on Monday morning over the incident.

  • Toby Crockford
Paramedics treated the man who fell five metres off a balcony.

Man falls five metres from balcony in Brisbane

The patient believed to be in their 30s was taken to hospital with leg injuries.

  • Jocelyn Garcia
Developer seeks permission to start demolition at former convent site

Developer seeks permission to start demolition at former convent site

Demolition works are planned around two heritage buildings that are more than 100 years old. A developer paid $27 million for the former Sisters of Mercy site.

  • Ruth McCosker
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