GRAPHIC footage shows a former Airlie Beach cop accused of police brutality swing a petite female tourist about by the hair.

THE trainee helicopter pilot who crashed and died at the Gold Coast on Thursday was an ex-racing car champion and documentary maker from Austria.

POPULATION growth will drive the housing market over the next five years and Queensland will lead the way with 100,000 new residents expected each year.

A KEY program to fight road carnage has been quietly scrapped by the State Government as Queensland faces its worst road toll in more than a decade.

THE search for the hospital ship Centaur is on track to begin later this year but Japanese archives are not likely to provide clues on the wreck's position.