Thanks for joining us on today's live news blog. Brisbane can expect a partly cloudy day with one or two showers and a high of 25 degrees.
In our top stories this morning, there are no plans for new trains on a major rail line, even after the number of passenger journeys has doubled in the past decade, increasing by 39 per hundred in the last 12 months.
In today's Perspective column, reporter Felicity Caldwell questions why, when dogs are allowed on public transport in cities around the world, they are banned from buses and trains in Brisbane and muzzles the CityCat.
Felicity Caldwell's dog Juno enjoying the river breeze on a recent CityCat ride in Brisbane.Credit: Felicity Caldwell
A new theory has emerged about the helicopter crash that killed Alex Naggs and three other army airmen on July 28 last year on Queensland's Lindeman Island.
The backlog of cases at a forensic DNA lab has ballooned to more than 41,000 as Queensland's opposition calls for a strategy to tackle the beleaguered service.
In sport, Australia's fastest woman, Queensland's Torrie Lewis, has completed another impressive pre-Olympic sprint by beating the world champion in the 100m and taking an impressive 200m triumph at the Diamond League opening meeting of the season. in China
And Gold Coast-raised Keegan Palmer won a gold medal for Australia aged just 18 when skateboarding debuted at the Tokyo Olympics and is on track to repeat the feat at the Paris Olympics. But the 21-year-old admits the freestyle sport has taken its toll on his body at such a young age.
Keegan Palmer will represent Australia at the first Olympic skateboarding events in Paris.
