Jeremy Pierce

International travellers arriving at Brisbane Airport face 90-minute waits with lines stretching more than a kilometre by 2030 unless there is a drastic overhaul to our immigration arrival systems.

Robert Irwin’s star turn on US reality television has Sunshine Coast tourism leaders dancing in the streets as American interest in the Queensland holiday hot spot soars.

Tax breaks, fast-tracked approvals and other financial sweeteners are being urgently called for to entice developers to build more hotels as Queensland faces an embarrassing shortfall of up to 30,000 rooms for the 2032 Games.

The Sydney Opera House could be used to promote Brisbane’s Olympics when the curtain falls at the Los Angeles Games.

It was the kind of stunning Gold Coast summer’s day destined to live long in the memory.

Brisbane Airport officials are adamant the facility’s multibillion-dollar redevelopment won’t lead to travel chaos during the Easter holiday rush.

Victoria Park’s Olympic dream faces hurdles including bedrock five times tougher than concrete, old rubbish dumps, swamps and risks of unexploded World War II munitions which could add billions of dollars to the project.

Calls for the Queensland school year to permanently start after the Australia Day holiday have gathered steam with the long weekend set to deliver a gold mine to the state’s tourism sector.

A Queensland man who spent years locked in a doomed effort to save his daughter’s beloved dog from Death Row is now facing a battle against bankruptcy.

Brisbane’s international cruise ship terminal has welcomed its two millionth passenger in just over two years as the industry continues its extraordinary renaissance.