Only one in five Brisbane properties sold under the hammer over the weekend, according to Realestate.com.au data. The city's preliminary clearance rate was 22 per cent, down from 30 per cent a week earlier. Regional Queensland fell to 18.9 per cent. Realestate.com.au economist Luc Redman said clearance rates are likely to stay low until sellers lower price expectations or demand returns. A riverfront Newstead penthouse sold for $5.825m, the biggest Brisbane auction sale, while a Daisy Hill property sold for $2.3m.
The Queensland Police Service opens its statement by acknowledging First Nations peoples, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, as Traditional Owners of lands across Australia and their connection to country and community. It pays respect to Traditional Owners and their Elders, past, present and emerging, and to the ancestors of this land and their legacy. The statement says these ancestors laid foundations that give strength, inspiration and courage to current and future generations, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous. The acknowledgement is presented as a formal opening and does not describe the fire itself.
Only one rental market in Queensland is classed as healthy, according to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland's September quarter vacancy report. The Bay Islands, near Redland, recorded a vacancy rate of 3.5 per cent. Forty-eight of the 50 regions tracked remain tight, with vacancy rates of 2.5 per cent or below. Thirty-four regions recorded rates of 1 per cent or less. Antonia Mercorella, the institute's chief executive, said the shortage was changing how Queenslanders live, with more multigenerational households forming and more friends sharing homes to split costs.
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A 66-year-old woman has been granted bail after she allegedly tried to snatch a hijab from a teenage girl at Bayside Park in Brisbane in February. Deborah Lee Jackson appeared at Wynnum Magistrates Court charged with common assault with a serious vilification or hate crime aggravation. Police allege she approached a group of teenage girls twice, and filmed footage allegedly shows her trying to grab a phone. The matter is due to return to court on December 7.
Police say they do not believe there will be a retaliatory attack after a drive-by shooting outside a pub south of Brisbane left four people injured. Two masked men opened fire on a crowd at a boxing night at Fitzys on Bryants Road at Loganholme on Saturday. A 19-year-old woman from Jimboomba is in a critical condition, while three men are stable after surgery. Chief Superintendent Mel Adams said the attack was not targeted but was not random, and police are asking the community for information. The hunt for the offenders continues.
Four people were seriously injured in a drive-by shooting at Fitzy's pub in Loganholme on Saturday night. Police say the gunmen wore balaclavas and fired at least six bullets into the hotel while more than 100 people were inside watching a boxing event. A 19-year-old woman from Jimboomba remains in critical condition in hospital. Three men, aged 27, 37 and 38, are in serious but stable condition. A witness, Stephen March, said he narrowly avoided being near the doorway when the shots were fired. The gunmen later fled in a burnt-out Mitsubishi, and no arrests have been made.
A 19-year-old woman is in a critical condition and three men are seriously injured after shots were fired from a car outside a Loganholme pub on Saturday night. Police say a silver Mitsubishi stopped near people standing outside during an intermission at a boxing event and fired multiple shots. Police believe the woman was an innocent bystander. The Mitsubishi was later found burnt out at Waterford West, and police are investigating a possible link to a second vehicle fire. Police are appealing to the public for information.
A 19-year-old woman is in a critical condition after a drive-by shooting outside Fitzys Loganholme, a pub in Logan, on Saturday night. Police say four people were shot as crowds left a boxing event. Detective Inspector Ian Galpin says he believes she was an innocent bystander and was not the intended target. Two men and another man were also shot and are in hospital. Police are urging anyone with information to contact them.
Four people were shot from a passing vehicle outside The Fitzy Hotel in Loganholme on Saturday night. Police say the shots were fired around 8.15pm during a boxing event. A 19-year-old woman is in a critical condition after surgery, and police believe she was an innocent bystander. Three men are in stable or serious condition. The getaway vehicle was later set alight nearby, and police are appealing for information.
Four people have been shot in a drive-by attack at Fitzy's pub in Loganholme, Queensland, on Saturday night. A 19-year-old woman is in a critical condition after emergency surgery. Three men, aged 38, 37 and 27, are in a serious but stable condition. Police say two men in balaclavas fired from a car at a crowd gathered outside the pub, where a boxing event was being held. The gunmen fled, and a burnt-out car was later found in Waterford. Police are appealing for information and say no arrests have been made.
First-home buyers have been locked out of 169 previously affordable Queensland property markets since the federal 5 per cent deposit scheme was expanded a year ago. An analysis of Realestate.com.au data found that 852 of 890 house and unit markets have risen in value. Deagon houses jumped 31.2 per cent to $1.187 million. Since October, new Queensland mortgage lodgements have fallen 30 per cent, with first-home buyer applications down 18 per cent, according to Loan Market. Buyer's agent Lauren Jones said rising interest rates and living costs have cut borrowing power, leaving young buyers largely absent from the market.
Police are searching for at least three people after a drive-by shooting outside Fitzy's Hotel in Loganholme, south of Brisbane, on Saturday night. A 19-year-old woman was critically injured and is fighting for her life, and three men aged 27, 37 and 38 are in hospital in serious but stable condition. Shots were fired from a vehicle near a boxing event at about 8.15pm. Both vehicles used in the attack were later found set alight, and detectives are still working to establish a motive. Queensland Premier David Crisafulli called the attack a horrendous crime.
Four people have been injured after shots were fired from a vehicle outside a licensed premises on Bryants Road, Loganholme. Police said reports of the shooting were received at 8.15pm on 24 October. The injured people were taken to hospital, where their conditions are being assessed. Witnesses saw the vehicle leave the scene. Police said there is not believed to be any ongoing threat to the public and urged anyone with information to contact them.
Fans of The Block have rallied around Queensland contestants Chantel and Wyatt, claiming they were mistreated by production and unfairly judged. Viewers on Reddit argue the couple was targeted, given a bad edit, and unfairly portrayed as the show's villains. Others believe the judges were harsh, as the couple did not win a single room reveal despite completing their renovations on time. Meanwhile, the cast is reportedly divided, with separate after-parties planned for the upcoming auction.
