Tag Archives: Queensland

Inside two major heritage restorations in a famously pro-development city

Claire Moore sips a cup of tea while taking in a sweeping river view from the back porch of a stately home set among an avenue of stately fig trees and queen palms. “I don’t think there’s a better place in Brisbane,” the former senator says. Although Moore moves comfortably within the ornate 19th-century decor,… Read More »

What does this mean for the region and what happens next?

The Cape York peninsula is one of the most unique places on earth: Australia’s northern tip boasts untouched wilderness, hosts important First Nations cultural sites and provides a refuge for hundreds of threatened species. This week the Australian and Queensland governments took the important step of nominating parts of the region – Cape York’s “cultural… Read More »

Queensland woman Natasha Ryan remembers being more than ‘the girl in the closet’

This was one of the most famous missing persons cases in Australian history. A Queensland teenager thought to have been murdered has been found alive in a cupboard almost five years after she first disappeared. To many Australians, Natasha Ryan was known as “the girl in the closet”, but to her family and the community… Read More »