Brisbane Cabs News
Getting Serious For Coming Of Age Party
Thursday September 20, 2007
TEDDY TAHU RHODES kept his shirt on. Bindi Irwin faced off with the Wiggles. And the surprise packet was a pixieish Brisbane girl with operatic leanings.
Nor, despite her newcomer status was Kate Miller-Heidke, a platinum-bobbed Queenslander who describes her music as having the storytelling element of folk and the theatricality of opera.Calling All Cabs: Kerr Heading To Sydney After Aerial Ding-dong
Wednesday February 28, 2007
A QUICK news update for those AFL fans yet to make the transition from the silly season to the official pre-season ... West Coast star Daniel Kerr has spent more time in court than Anna Nicole Smith's lovers. Not sure about his skin-folds, but answering two assault cases in two days surely constitutes some sort of pre-season record.Column 8
Friday September 8, 2006
More on weird washing instructions (Column 8, since Tuesday). "We have a number of Tantra brand printed T-shirts which were bought in India," writes Janet Rogers, of St Lucia in Brisbane. "Their washing instructions state: 'Hand wash separately in cold water. Use gentle suds. Do not scrub print or beat the shit out of the garment. Buy more Tantra T-shirts."'Sprint Star A Target, But There'll Be No Takeover
Wednesday October 27, 2004
Joe Janiak, a battling trainer who also drives cabs, already has knocked back $1 million for his five-year-old, writes Stephen Howell.Sunshine, Pineapples And The Lions
Saturday July 12, 2003
Heading north to watch Brisbane take on the Tigers proves to be a footy trip with a difference.What's A Fare Price For An Ex-taxi?
Saturday April 27, 2002
PICTURE Michael enjoying his newly-acquired '95 Falcon EF wagon on a street in Brisbane a couple of weekends ago. And then...Hayden In Cab Blue Over $9 Fare
Saturday November 4, 2000
Former governor-general Bill Hayden was involved in a heated argument with a cab driver after he could not pay a $9 taxi fare. Mr Hayden tried to use his Cabcharge card to pay for the fare from the Brisbane CBD to an address in an inner suburb on Saturday night, the Courier-Mail newspaper said Hail Tommy: Coach Turned Taxi Driver
Sunday August 1, 1999
PICTURE it. The plane lands at Brisbane airport, you pick up your luggage and head to the taxi stand. And there at the wheel is Tommy Raudonikis - the man who less than a year earlier had piloted Wests' final season as a single entity in the NRL. This is not as far-fetched as it seems. "Great Rain Shield, Guv
Thursday April 29, 1999
An Australian company is likely to win a contract to supply Britain's famous London cabs with weathershields - to keep cabbies dry on rainy days. And there are plenty of those in London. After the familiar black cabs came under the scrutiny of European legislators, London Taxis International Dated, Dull And Daggy In Kl
Saturday September 19, 1998
THE pride engendered though seeing Aussies flock to the winner's dais in Kuala Lumpur is somewhat diminished by embarrassment at the ghastly clobber they are compelled to wear. Those tracksuits are a joke. Over-complicated design, crook graphics, dated, dull and daggy. The green panels on the insidA Bit Of Argy-bargy
Saturday November 22, 1997
The Captain Bligh who once ferried quivering passengers across Brisbane's Moreton Bay has mellowed and moved on. But his Amazonian daughters have taken over the helm to create an unlikely transport dynasty. By Frank Robson. Years ago, a group of us bound from Brisbane to nearby Moreton Island camPolice Search Bushland For Jail Breakers
Friday November 7, 1997
Police were searching last night for two dangerous jail escapees, including the notorious armed robber Brendan Abbott, in bush in the outer western Brisbane suburb of Camira. And police admitted they had followed a taxi containing three other escapees for 20 minutes but did not see them get out aLavross Plans To Start In Canberra
Sunday September 28, 1997
Exciting prospect Lavross booked a Canberra Cup start next month with a crushing Doomben victory on Saturday. Lavross, heavily backed to start 5/2-on favourite, was never better than three wide, but still scored by 1-lengths from Another Buck (12/1) in the Black And White Cabs Handicap (1615m). <Sydney V Brisbane: Is Life Cooler Up North?
Friday May 28, 1993
ALL evening yuppie voyeurs at footpath tables ogled the passing parade -ghostly Gothics, sandalwood-scented greenies, straitened methadone addicts, weaving alcoholics, gorgeous gays and pairs of stiffly strolling young constables. Council buses spewed diesel fumes and new diners onto the Judge 'breached Ethics'
Saturday February 11, 1989
BRISBANE: A Queensland Supreme Court judge, Justice Connolly, had breached judicial ethics with courtroom comments about Aborigines, the State Opposition spokesman on legal affairs, Mr Deane Wells, said yesterday. Justice Connolly told the Supreme Court last week that Aborigines were dyingMobile Office Is Time-saving
Monday April 4, 1988
BUDGET Transport Industries is targeting its chauffeur-drive division for special promotion this year, as business travel and conventions, notably World Expo in Brisbane, take on a new image in Australia. According to chief executive Bob Ansett, the chauffeur-drive division is already enjoyi